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Old February 10th 05, 10:39 PM
Leah Roberts
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 01:52:31 GMT, "karolus1"
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For the past 25 years I've pretty much figured out the signs, messages my
elkhounds are gving me. One thing puzzles me: Why do they yawn mostly only
when being brushed? I'm sure it doesn't mean boredom; or does it?. Can
anyone help me out here?


Yawning is a calming signal. It releases tension. Methinks your
elkhounds are not entirely thrilled about being brushed. :}

For more information, check out "Calming Signals" by Turid Rugaas.
She has a book and a video. It's fascinating!

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Old February 11th 05, 02:52 AM
karolus1
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Default Yawning Norwegian Elkhound

For the past 25 years I've pretty much figured out the signs, messages my
elkhounds are gving me. One thing puzzles me: Why do they yawn mostly only
when being brushed? I'm sure it doesn't mean boredom; or does it?. Can
anyone help me out here?
Thanks!


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Old February 11th 05, 03:42 AM
Peter Seibel
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"karolus1" writes:

For the past 25 years I've pretty much figured out the signs,
messages my elkhounds are gving me. One thing puzzles me: Why do
they yawn mostly only when being brushed? I'm sure it doesn't mean
boredom; or does it?. Can anyone help me out here?


According to a pet-assisted therapy class I took, for lots of dogs
yawning (and lip licking) is both a way to calm themselves down (in
other words a sign of mild apprehension) or sometimes a signal to
others to calm down. As in, "Hey, look, I'm yawning--I'm calming
myself down. You can calm down too." In theory, with dogs like this
you can sometimes calm them down by yawning or licking your own lips.

I haven't really observed this behavior in my own dog (she yawns but
it doesn't seem to be related to anxiety.) but that's what they taught
us in this class.

-Peter

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