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31-10-2012, 11:29 PM
Originally Posted by spot 
They also chatter they teeth when really excited (like when getting a chicken wing) dont know of any other dogs that do that tho.
Yeah, Guinness does that when he knows he's getting some raw.
He also does this sort of "croc-snap" thing when he wants attention and isn't getting it. His fosterer warned me about that one when we first went to meet him. It would look and sound pretty scary if you didn't know otherwise.
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01-11-2012, 06:22 AM
There are some stressed dogs showing defence in some of those photos.
- this is simply her way of greeting those she loves - it's a breed trait for Belgians and almost every one I've had has done this.
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01-11-2012, 08:33 AM
Sometimes people interpret things in different ways
There are many reasons for this,lack of understanding is the foremost hurdle we all have to overcome.
Dave
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01-11-2012, 08:53 AM
Originally Posted by dave olley
Hi,some of the dogs in some of the photos are showing stress and defence.
Sometimes people interpret things in different ways
There are many reasons for this,lack of understanding is the foremost hurdle we all have to overcome.
Dave
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01-11-2012, 09:35 AM
Originally Posted by dave olley
Hi,some of the dogs in some of the photos are showing stress and defence.
Sometimes people interpret things in different ways
There are many reasons for this,lack of understanding is the foremost hurdle we all have to overcome.
Dave
I guess from some of the photographs it may appear that way but to get a really accurate interpretation I would say you would really need to see the dog 'in person' when the photographs were taken.I used to have a dog Bunny who would pull all sorts of different faces on demand and she did this when she was neither stressed or being defensive
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01-11-2012, 01:46 PM
Originally Posted by bijou
With the greatest respect Dave this has NOTHING to do with stress or defence -the bitch in the original photo is a PAT dog with the most unstressy nature possible
- this is simply her way of greeting those she loves - it's a breed trait for Belgians and almost every one I've had has done this.
Tilly is definately NOT a stressed dog, she is a happy smiley wobbily dog... but then maybe I don't know my dog at all
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01-11-2012, 05:13 PM
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01-11-2012, 05:25 PM
Originally Posted by Azz
Catching a dog at the precise time while 'speaking' could easily result in a photo that some might interpret as aggression - but it's just a single freeze frame from thousands. It's the overall picture (that you don't get to see in a photo) that counts imo.
The photograph taken just at the moment the dog was sneezing...
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