Staffy's Body Language - Mouth
How to Read Your Staffy's Body Language - Part 2. Mouth
Dogs do more things with their mouth beside eating and drinking.
Though they can’t speak, they
communicate with their lips, teeth and
tongue. Particular gestures of these parts of a
dog’s body can say a
lot to other dogs and to you, of course.
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Lip-reading
will Help You to Understand
Your Dog
When
your Staffordshire feels relaxed and satisfied its mouth
is
shut or a bit open. A frightened or obedient
dog keeps its mouth
shut or a little open – the corners of its lips are a bit
stretched.
Your Staffy can put out and put in its tongue to communicate
with
you or other animals.
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Staffy Uses
Its Tongue to Communicate
Dogs show “obedient smile” when they want to show their
submissive
position. They stretch their lips to show front
teeth: incisors and
fangs. Such a signal is almost always followed by an obedient
body
pose, for example, lowered head, whimpering, screwing up eyes.
People often think such behaviour is aggressive, but a dog just
tries to show you that it is not interested in a conflict.
If your Stafford has aggressive intentions, it shows its
front
teeth, and wrinkles appear on its face. Dogs
behave like that when
they don’t want you or other animals to come to them. For such
dogs a strong
muzzle is a must!
When a dog stretches its lips horizontally and you see its front
and
back teeth (tricuspid and bicuspid teeth), it means that a dog
is frightened. When a dog is going to bite, its lips are pulled
up
and back, its mouth opens and its teeth are shown.
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Keep Your
Aggressive Dog Muzzled and
Train It Obedience
Read what your Staffy’s
ears can tell you in our next article.
