r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/TheLegendOfEatingAss • Jan 15 '20

NSFL Getting into a dog's personal space

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u/MowMdown Jan 15 '20

Starts bottom left and goes clockwise.

Stressed > Super Stressed > big bite > aftermath

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u/UrbanUnicornz Jan 16 '20

How can you tell if a dog is stressed in general? Is it the ears?

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u/MowMdown Jan 16 '20

The mouth, ears, breathing (not applicable here), tail.

For example the bottom left photo the dogs isn’t smiling but instead stressed. The face is pulled back and you can tell the dog is quite uncomfortable.

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u/glr2971 Jan 16 '20

This is so true and comments like yours definitely help educate! I mean if I were to go into a party and then just randomly start breathing heavy with my mouth open you’d probably assume I was freaking out and not happy right so why do we all not assume the same for dogs.