I think it's often innocent but self-absorbed -- people want to use their companion animals as a way of expressing themselves. And dogs are often so long-suffering, they'll act happy at the slightest attention, that people probably actually don't stop to think that the animals may not enjoy it.
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I think you're probably right :-)
You were probably asking a rhetorical question. I have a habit of answering them ;)
:-)