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Our dog does it, though not much anymore. It unnerved me, it looked very
ugly especially since he has horrible teeth and a poor bite. Like the link Dianne posted, we didn't reward the behavior so it went away. He's still very submissive though. flick wrote: We have a 5mo pup here (half St. Bernard) who's very friendly tho a bit submissive. If you call him, he approaches kinda sideways, ears down, head to one side, acts like he'll flop onto his back at the slightest excuse. At the same time, he wrinkles his nose to bare his top front teeth. Looks really odd. I've never seen a dog do this before. Is it part of the submissive behavior? flick 100785 |
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Our dog does it, though not much anymore. It unnerved me, it looked very
ugly especially since he has horrible teeth and a poor bite. Like the link Dianne posted, we didn't reward the behavior so it went away. He's still very submissive though. flick wrote: We have a 5mo pup here (half St. Bernard) who's very friendly tho a bit submissive. If you call him, he approaches kinda sideways, ears down, head to one side, acts like he'll flop onto his back at the slightest excuse. At the same time, he wrinkles his nose to bare his top front teeth. Looks really odd. I've never seen a dog do this before. Is it part of the submissive behavior? flick 100785 |
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Our dog does it, though not much anymore. It unnerved me, it looked very
ugly especially since he has horrible teeth and a poor bite. Like the link Dianne posted, we didn't reward the behavior so it went away. He's still very submissive though. flick wrote: We have a 5mo pup here (half St. Bernard) who's very friendly tho a bit submissive. If you call him, he approaches kinda sideways, ears down, head to one side, acts like he'll flop onto his back at the slightest excuse. At the same time, he wrinkles his nose to bare his top front teeth. Looks really odd. I've never seen a dog do this before. Is it part of the submissive behavior? flick 100785 |
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Submissive behavior? Baring teeth
We have a 5mo pup here (half St. Bernard) who's very friendly tho a bit
submissive. If you call him, he approaches kinda sideways, ears down, head to one side, acts like he'll flop onto his back at the slightest excuse. At the same time, he wrinkles his nose to bare his top front teeth. Looks really odd. I've never seen a dog do this before. Is it part of the submissive behavior? flick 100785 |
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On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, flick wrote:
I've never seen a dog do this before. Is it part of the submissive behavior? it's hard to tell without seeing the behavior in person, but in the context of his other behaviors, it sure sounds submissive. -- shelly (perfectly foul wench) and elliott and harriet http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette |
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On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, flick wrote:
I've never seen a dog do this before. Is it part of the submissive behavior? it's hard to tell without seeing the behavior in person, but in the context of his other behaviors, it sure sounds submissive. -- shelly (perfectly foul wench) and elliott and harriet http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette |
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On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, flick wrote:
I've never seen a dog do this before. Is it part of the submissive behavior? it's hard to tell without seeing the behavior in person, but in the context of his other behaviors, it sure sounds submissive. -- shelly (perfectly foul wench) and elliott and harriet http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette |
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flick wrote:
We have a 5mo pup here (half St. Bernard) who's very friendly tho a bit submissive. If you call him, he approaches kinda sideways, ears down, head to one side, acts like he'll flop onto his back at the slightest excuse. At the same time, he wrinkles his nose to bare his top front teeth. Looks really odd. I've never seen a dog do this before. Is it part of the submissive behavior? That does sound like what is termed a submissive smile, especially in light of your description of his other behavior. And yes, it does look pretty odd. Here's a picture, though this one does not show the dog exposing its teeth: http://www.cnn.com/interactive/books.../content5.html Dianne |
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flick wrote:
We have a 5mo pup here (half St. Bernard) who's very friendly tho a bit submissive. If you call him, he approaches kinda sideways, ears down, head to one side, acts like he'll flop onto his back at the slightest excuse. At the same time, he wrinkles his nose to bare his top front teeth. Looks really odd. I've never seen a dog do this before. Is it part of the submissive behavior? That does sound like what is termed a submissive smile, especially in light of your description of his other behavior. And yes, it does look pretty odd. Here's a picture, though this one does not show the dog exposing its teeth: http://www.cnn.com/interactive/books.../content5.html Dianne |
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flick wrote:
We have a 5mo pup here (half St. Bernard) who's very friendly tho a bit submissive. If you call him, he approaches kinda sideways, ears down, head to one side, acts like he'll flop onto his back at the slightest excuse. At the same time, he wrinkles his nose to bare his top front teeth. Looks really odd. I've never seen a dog do this before. Is it part of the submissive behavior? That does sound like what is termed a submissive smile, especially in light of your description of his other behavior. And yes, it does look pretty odd. Here's a picture, though this one does not show the dog exposing its teeth: http://www.cnn.com/interactive/books.../content5.html Dianne |
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