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Originally Posted by
bingowings
It's excitement
thats what i thought... never seen jake being aggressive towards a dog ever.
Originally Posted by
Emrad
As far as I know it can be a sign of aggression or arousal (excitement) in the case of Jake it sounds like he is just excited to see a potential friend to play with
lol, knowing jake and what a dafty he is, i always think its through excitement. didnt know if this was normal though, so want to make sure he isnt making up behaviours for the wrong thing
Originally Posted by
whippetrus
Raised hackles in my opinion is a sign of aggression or apprehension. I have never seen a dog showing hackles as a sign of excitement.
If you dog is showing hackles and its body is going down. He is showing apprehension. The body going down is a sign of submission. Your dog is not sure, wants to be friends but does not know what to expect from the approaching dog.
If your dog is showing hackles and his tail is up ram rod straight this is a definite sign of aggression.
Tail wagging can also be a sign of uncertainty rather than friendliness. It depends on the type of wag. If your dogs tail is flying off and he is all bouncy and happy then yes he is being friendly. If this is accompanied by hackles, is a slow wag and or accompanied by this bowing down position, it is a sign of uncertainty and or aggression depending on all the other body language displayed.
I have never known a dog yet wagging its tail and showing hackles who is pleased to meet the dog approaching. You can see this a lot in some dogs if they are approaching dogs who are black in colour as their body language and facial expressions can often be difficult to read.
This is all covered in the many booked written by Jan Fennell.
well, his behaviour depends on where he is in relation to the dog. if he is at a distance, they somtimes go up. when approaching another dog, he is very alert. head and ears up, fixated on them and tail wagging slowly (which i know can be uncertainty) but as he gets closer his tail picks up speed til its wagging like crazy.
if they go up when he is close to a dog, his tail is going like crazy, and he only goes down if its a play bow and with the play bow he jumps around the place, instigating play...
i dont think his behaviour is aggressive, he isnt an aggressive dog.
Originally Posted by
Tillymint
Tilly does it when there's a cat in the garden & also if she's playing with another dog & it gets a bit too boisterous, but her tail wags too so it seems like a mixture of excitement & apprehension.
i think thats what i must be with jake... ive seen them go up when someone strange goes into the garden, but i know its just coz he is uncertain and apprehensive of the person. with dogs though he is great...
Originally Posted by
ClaireandDaisy
It`s arousal - the reason depends on the circumstances. Quite often it`s just the dog trying to look big `just in case` so can be a sign of timidity. Or it can be a male strutting his stuff in front of another - just one of the signals they communicate by.
lol, jake is a very strutty dog