We have a 1 year old golden retriever that loves us so much and she is very well behaved but every once in a while she gets a little anxious and tries to body tackle or hug me. This can happen if I am sitting too because she tries to get in my chair but of course she doesn't fit. Don't get me wrong she is very well behaved but these incidents happen. Since I am on blood thinners I can get some great bruises when this happens and I do worry that this could be a problem when I first come home after surgery. Does anyone else have this problem. I also have 5 other dogs( chihuahuas and yorkie ) and 3 cats that I have to feed and take care of but my golden is the only one that can affect me physically.

Just call me the crazy pet lady!

Love the pic, @LipstickLady. This is me on New Year's Eve with the 70 and 35 lb doggies terrified and shaking in my lap from fireworks.

LOVE the dog pics!!!!!!!!

My cat is really huge.

Ok, seriously.......... Mine has no respect for personal space either. He likes to be right on me. And I mean on me.

This is me and the possible future offender.

Edited January 22, 201610 yr by MIMISAN

Well she's certainly a lap dog!

Precious baby!!!

I am Pre-Op right now but I am worried about this also. I have 3 pointers and they are crazy energetic, wild monsters who think they are lap dogs (all at the same time) and like to sleep in the bed with us! One is 5years old, one is 1 year old and one is 7 months old. I will probably keep them outside when I have the surgery but I worry about them jumping up.

Now you have me worried as well. This is my future offender who is always after me for hugs. Great Danes are just giant lap dogs .

Now you have me worried as well. This is my future offender who is always after me for hugs. Great Danes are just giant lap dogs .

Oh. My. Stars. Sooooo cute!!! I love Great Danes.

Thank you. We have two. Bella and this handsome guy Maverick. Bella is more calm because she is older. But this guy is a hugger. 10 months old and stands taller than me.

So precious! I have always wanted big dogs. Now I have cats. I have had to put down my 18 year old dog and a 15 year old. Don't think I want to get that attached any more however I am super duper attached to my cats.

Pets become our family. Sorry for your loses. We lost our Samson last year. It was hard and my husband didn't want another but a I fell in love with Maverick. He didn't replace Sam, he reminded us why we loved him so much.

My baby. As you can see, she needs WLS.

I have two Great Danes. They are quite clumsy and their tails are weapons of mass destruction. Fortunately, they've given up the idea that they need to sleep on the bed with me. However, when I get up in the morning, apparently that's the signal that my bed is available to them.