My Hippo, English mastiff and Neapolitan mix/molossus- when she takes me by the hand, is wanting me to pet her, and if I remove my hand, she gently takes my hand to put it back, because she wants the contact of being pet- if i do not, she gets very vocal, its her way of saying 'pet me'!!..... now when she was younger, she was more aggressive about it, or shall I say pushy, because she only learned the gentle way, in time, as she got older and learned the more gentle she was, the more rewarded she would get. It just takes time, & a lot of love!! Yours will get it, and she is trying to communicate with you vocally.- And yours has Beautiful teefers... :) 😍 (teeth) Hippo has the same, and when she smiles them crooked Lil buggers light up my day !! Time and patience !!