Big yawn
By inu1711
@inu1711 (5285)
Romania
July 30, 2010 11:17am CST
I use to go in the school yard with my dog. There we can play as we wish, and sometimes (maybe too often in Binne's oppinion) we have there some training sessions.
Yesterday, in the morning trainig session, I asked Binne to stay in the down position, and I move away. I wanted to take some pictures of her. She wasn't so happy to obey the command, and when I took off my camera, I was surprised to catch this funny image of her.
I knew from my previous dog that dogs can yawn if they feel stressed, but I haven't seen Binne yawning before. She is seven month and a half now, and it seems she grew up and now she has preferences of her own. She is not so happy to obey my commands as she was before.
I'm sure your dogs yawn, too, but do you know what is the meaning of yawning for a dog? What do dogs want to tell us with this body language?
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@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
30 Jul 10
I didn't know dogs yawn when they are stressed. Penny, my high strung dog then should be yawning most of the day...lol Binne is really cute in this picture, she looks like she is getting ready to attack. I have a picture of my white shepherd yawning and she looked the same way..
@inu1711 (5285)
• Romania
31 Jul 10
Yes, Binne was ready to attack my camera... :))
Dogs may yawn when they are nervous or pressured. It is not unusual to see a dog yawning during training classes. Maybe your Penny wasn't too pressured yet. But she has the whole life ahead.
Show us the picture of your white shepherd yawning, maybe we can make a collection of big yawners :)
