I am dog sitting for Tassles dogs except the pup----but I have the whippet pup and I have Zeff---so a bit tied up for hunting through photos----sorry! She will be home early evening but possibly knackered and I will be chilling with a bit of luck.

Off to try and get everyone in the garden and pup to wee and poo.

Maybe I'll take the camera outwith me

rune

Layla they are fantastic, I assume it's all play.. oh and I know the difference, Tupse on the left and Zeff on the right

Hmm...you might be assuming wrong

I don't have any photos but attending dog socialisation group with Cain has really educated me. Usually anything over the back of another dog is quite rude behaviour. The dog may not mean it in a "I'm going to rule the world" way , it can be playful but generally it's not considered good manners between dogs who don't know each other very well. Same with putting the head over the shoulders of another dog, it's a bit bolshy and the other dog could well object. The main things I look out for is stiffness of body. For example the photo of the Flattie (in my humble opinion), the Flattie looks relaxed about the whole thing, Dexter on the other hand doesn't look too perturbed but does look vaguely concerned by the action, but I doubt this would come to anything and might encite play. But if the bodies are stiff, or still, then you might get an objection. Some dogs natural play behaviour can upset other dogs, some are very paw orientated, Cain used to think that leaping full force onto another dogs back was a great way to ask them to play apparently the neck grab thing is very GSD, yet some other dogs might find it rude. Sorry I'm sort of rambling and I'm unsure of the conclusion of my post

Hmm let me have another go..

1st pic
Tupac's ear's back (assuming it's Tupse) tongue out - licking lips? appeasement signal? and crouched to the floor - perhaps going into a submissive roll? P*ssed Flea off?

2nd and 3rd pic
Same as above just different angle?

4th pic
No idea but Flea's tail is high (could be the breed/mix though) kinda looks like fun police? A play photo?

I'm going to say the 5th is a very embracing greeting Can't see Zeff's tail properly but I guess he wasn't happy about it?

The last one - thats a hard one..

Please tell me I'm nearly right - haven't been watching behaviour long..

That doesn't happen to be the OTT young Great Dane with no friends does it? I hope so, it would make me so happy to hear it found a friend....