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Location: Scotland
Joined: Feb 2005
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yeah i know what you mean. i have to get a picture of honey smiling. she actually smiles with her mouth closed. i have been told its a submissive gesture, but its a definate smile.
And of course they do that eyes-half-closed expression when i am eating something they particularly like. i see so many expressions, not all aimed for me, through the dogs, they communicate in such small ways, that seem to mean big things. unoticable to the untrained eye, or the eye that doesnt see. i see a flicker or a blink, thats means 'get away, this is mine' and if harrassed further, then a slight movement of the lip. i think dogs are better at communicating than we are. perhaps through their simplicity, like children, they have better understanding than we suspect or give them credit for.