Just a Whisper: The Early Signs of Fear in Dog Body Language

Just a Whisper: The Early Signs of Fear in Dog Body Language

A white dog with brown ears and ticking, wearing a blue harness, looks at the back of a construction worker's trailer

It is quite straightforward to realize extreme fear in canines. A tucked tail, crouching, panting, a limited mouth and wrinkled forehead, shrinking away. But my close friend and coauthor Marge Rogers has taught me the relevance of seeing the early indications. The whispers, she phone calls them, that precede the “shouts” that come later if we really don’t heed the early warnings.

I caught a “whisper” on camera.

Checking out a Novel Object

The other day, I began having shots of 18-month-outdated Lewis as he explored a trailer newly parked in entrance of the dwelling following door. I’ve been having Lewis on walks given that a few of months soon after I got him at the close of December 2021. Lewis is entranced by novelty, as extensive as he feels harmless. That’s a little bit of a paradox, possibly, but we ordinarily find the sweet place. And he investigates

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