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Why dogs shake off after a hug or a tense moment

Watch a dog closely after someone bends down to hug him, or the second an unfamiliar dog moves away, and you will almost always see the same thing: a rapid, head-to-tail shake, as if he just climbed out of a river. No water involved. The shake lasts under two seconds. Then he moves on as if nothing happened.

What the shake actually is

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