{"id":94068,"date":"2022-04-22T12:16:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-does-my-dog-lay-on-my-chest-and-stare-at-me\/"},"modified":"2022-04-22T12:16:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:16:37","slug":"why-does-my-dog-lay-on-my-chest-and-stare-at-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-does-my-dog-lay-on-my-chest-and-stare-at-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does my dog lay on my chest and stare at me?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-does-my-dog-lay-on-my-chest-and-stare-at-me\/#Why_does_my_dog_lay_on_my_chest_and_stare_at_me\" title=\"Why does my dog lay on my chest and stare at me?\">Why does my dog lay on my chest and stare at me?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-does-my-dog-lay-on-my-chest-and-stare-at-me\/#Why_does_my_dog_sleep_on_top_of_me\" title=\"Why does my dog sleep on top of me?\">Why does my dog sleep on top of me?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-does-my-dog-lay-on-my-chest-and-stare-at-me\/#Why_does_my_dog_sit_on_my_chest_and_stare_at_me\" title=\"Why does my dog sit on my chest and stare at me?\">Why does my dog sit on my chest and stare at me?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-does-my-dog-lay-on-my-chest-and-stare-at-me\/#Why_does_my_dog_lay_on_top_of_my_chest\" title=\"Why does my dog lay on top of my chest?\">Why does my dog lay on top of my chest?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-does-my-dog-lay-on-my-chest-and-stare-at-me\/#Why_do_dogs_sleep_on_top_of_you\" title=\"Why do dogs sleep on top of you?\">Why do dogs sleep on top of you?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-does-my-dog-lay-on-my-chest-and-stare-at-me\/#Why_does_my_dog_cuddle_on_top_of_me\" title=\"Why does my dog cuddle on top of me?\">Why does my dog cuddle on top of me?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-does-my-dog-lay-on-my-chest-and-stare-at-me\/#Why_does_my_dog_lie_on_top_of_my_chest\" title=\"Why does my dog lie on top of my chest?\">Why does my dog lie on top of my chest?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_does_my_dog_lay_on_my_chest_and_stare_at_me\"><\/span>Why does my dog lay on my chest and stare at me?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>They are trying to show affection<\/b> Lying on your chest can simply be a way for your dog to show affection. Consider what it must be like for your dog. It&#8217;s where they can feel your heartbeat and breathing, helping them feel close to you. Sometimes they really just want to cuddle!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_does_my_dog_sleep_on_top_of_me\"><\/span>Why does my dog sleep on top of me?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In some cases, the answer to why does my dog lay on top of me? could be that <b>your dog is telling the other dogs or pets in the home that they are making their claim on you the owner.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_does_my_dog_sit_on_my_chest_and_stare_at_me\"><\/span>Why does my dog sit on my chest and stare at me?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Being on your chest is <b>an intimate behavior for your dog, since the feeling of your breath makes him or her feel very close to you. A desire for closeness is especially likely if your dog jumps up on your chest as soon as you lie down after being out all day. Your dog missed you!<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_does_my_dog_lay_on_top_of_my_chest\"><\/span>Why does my dog lay on top of my chest?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>It&#8217;s a sign of comfort and trust. When your pup falls asleep on your chest, they are showing you that they fully trust you and feel comfortable being vulnerable with you.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_do_dogs_sleep_on_top_of_you\"><\/span>Why do dogs sleep on top of you?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Since dogs consider their owners a part of their family and pack, they want to lay on top of them <b>to show them that and to provide them with comfort and security as well as receive it in the process. Laying close to their owner is also their way of protecting what they love, even if there is no real threat or danger.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_does_my_dog_cuddle_on_top_of_me\"><\/span>Why does my dog cuddle on top of me?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When your dog cuddles with you, <b>they&#8217;re showing their complete trust and love in your relationship, Bonk adds. Dogs are pack animals by nature, so touch and affection are a strong love language, Bernal explains further.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_does_my_dog_lie_on_top_of_my_chest\"><\/span>Why does my dog lie on top of my chest?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>They are trying to show affection<\/b> Lying on your chest can simply be a way for your dog to show affection. Consider what it must be like for your dog. It&#8217;s where they can feel your heartbeat and breathing, helping them feel close to you. Sometimes they really just want to cuddle!<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Why does my dog lay on my chest and stare at me?Why does my dog sleep on top of me?Why does my dog sit on my chest and stare at me?Why does my dog lay on top of my chest?Why do dogs sleep on top of you?Why does my dog cuddle on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94068"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}