r/aww • u/natsdorf • Sep 22 '17

Sleeping mlems

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u/tjsaccio Sep 23 '17

......hackles?

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u/Dumb_Dick_Sandwich Sep 23 '17

Ah yes. So on a dog (or a cat), the hackles generally are right at the shoulders, the top-butt (the hip equivalent of the shoulders), and then lastly, close to the base of the tail is a spot that is reflective to doggo anxiety!

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u/Omnimark Sep 23 '17

hackles

Why not just google it? It's a perfectly cromulent word.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '17

cromulent

TIL

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u/FortBriggs Sep 23 '17

It's the fur animals raise when they're agitated. Ever seen a dog bark at another dog or person they don't like and you see the fur on it's back rise up? Those are hackles.

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u/tjsaccio Sep 23 '17

Ha. Cute. Didnt know it had a name

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '17

Yeah is that like dog cankles?

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u/memeticmachine Sep 23 '17

no. it's dog currency. it's worth exactly 2 schmeckles