Ethology/body Language

Question 1

When a dog focuses his weight in the back, what can this imply?

Answer 1

Aggressive,curious, angry suspicious

Question 2

If a dogs body weight is backwards, what does that imply?

Answer 2

Threatened, anxious, ready to run

Question 3

If a dogs body is loose, what does this imply?

Answer 3

Playful

Question 4

If a dogs body is tight, what does this imply?

Answer 4

Stressed, frightened, angry, aggressive

Question 5

If a dogs body is forward, Tight, ears up, tail high, what does this imply?

Answer 5

About to aggress

Question 6

What does BEET stand for when looking for main areas to look for body language signals?

Answer 6

Body Tension
Expression
Ears
Tail

Question 7

What does expression include?

Answer 7

Eyes, muzzle, nostrils, whiskers, comisher etc.

Question 8

What is an agonistic pucker?

Answer 8

Pursed, tight lips as if you are mad at something

Question 9

What does a forward wisker bed indicate?

Answer 9

An intent to approach and may turn into an agonistic pucker or a snarl

Question 10

What does a tongue flick indicate?

Answer 10

Conflict, stress, over arousal

Question 11

What does dilated pupils indicate?

Answer 11

Arousal

Question 12

What does tight to head ears indicate?

Answer 12

Anxiety

Question 13

What does half-mast or pinned back ears indicate?

Answer 13

Worry

Question 14

What does forward ears indicate?

Answer 14

Alert, or coming forward, confidence

Question 15

When trying to read tails, what are the three first things to look for?

Answer 15

Angle- midline, raised above spine, or tucked

Question 16

What does a raised/flagged tail indicate?

Answer 16

Confidence, forward motion

Question 17

What does a midline tail indicate?

Answer 17

Neutrality, friendly relaxed internal state

Question 18

What does a tucked tail indicate?

Answer 18

Insecurity or fear, frustration, approach avoidance conflict

Question 19

What does a happy wag look like?

Answer 19

No body tension, loose rear end, propelled, broad circular motion

Question 20

A fast wagging tail in the presence of a potential threat indicates what?

Answer 20

Suspicion

Question 21

An aroused dog with a fast wagging tail indicates?

Answer 21

The potential to lunge forward

Question 22

What is a never to be trusted tail set?

Answer 22

High, tight tail with a short arch fast wag

Question 23

A slow wag at midline indicates what?

Answer 23

Ready for friendly interaction

Question 24

What are the 10 distance decreasing signals, affiliative behaviors and greeting behaviors?

Answer 24

1: Pawing,
2: Greeting behaviors,
3: Approaching with a wiggly curved body,
4: Presentation of a wiggly rear end,
5: Play bow
6: Loose tail wag
7: Head press
8: Hip nudge
9: Inguinal sniffs
10: Nose to nose touching

Question 25

What are appeasement behaviors?

Answer 25

Calming signals, or distance increasing behaviors to stop an aggressive or scary behavior.

Question 26

What are the 8 appeasement behaviors?

Answer 26

Pawing (to push away), puppy like licking, inguinal twist, submissive grin, obnoxious submission, rolling on the ground, submissive urination, repeated, extended muzzle nudging and licking

Question 27

What are the 8 dramatic distance increasing signals for fear aggression?

Answer 27

1: barking 2: snarling 3: lunging 4: snapping 5: growling 6: agonistic pucker 7: intense stares 8: height seeking postures

Question 28

What are the 9 subtle distance increasing signals?

Answer 28

Displacement behaviors: Yawning, scratching, grooming, URL-genital check, sniffing, stretching, rapid blinking, whale eyes,and a head turn, shaking off

Question 29

What are the three categories of emotional/ behavioral signals?

Answer 29

Distance increasing, distance decreasing, and stress

Question 30

What are the 9 mild to moderate stress signals?

Answer 30

Nose lick, yawning, scratching, shaking, weird grooming, head turns, avoidance, rapid blinking, fast panting

Question 31

What does a dog with tight ears, panting with a wide tongue, and with tension ridges in his face indicate?

Answer 31

Stress

Question 32

In simple terms what does shaking indicate?

Answer 32

Whatever happens before was stressful, good or bad

Question 33

What should you do if your dog is exhibiting mild signs of stress?

Answer 33

Interrupted, redirected for good behavior, and rewarded

Question 34

What are the ten extreme distress signals?

Answer 34

Arched back, shedding hair/dander, stiff or braced legs, whale eyes, dilated pupil, hard eyes, sweaty paws, trembling, and tucked tail

Question 35

What is intraspecific aggression?

Answer 35

Dog/dog

Question 36

What is interspacific aggression? What is the most frequent cause?

Answer 36

Dog/human Fear or distrust

Question 37

Which type of aggression is Different than most behaviors, silent, stalking, chasing, grabbing biting, killing, and ALWAYS for consumption or the reinforcement of killing?

Answer 37

Predation

Question 38

What are key signs of territorial aggression? And where do they most likely occur?

Answer 38

Barking, marking, scratching, fence fighting, Urination at doorways, gates, fences, etc.

Question 39

How long after ovulation does a dog produce puppies?

Answer 39

63 days

Question 40

Nesting, cleaning behaviors (eating placenta and after birth, stimulating urination and dedication, cleaning neat by eating poop, etc.), social instruction/correction to her puppies, and aggression towards humans are typical signs of what behavior?

Answer 40

Maternal

Question 41

Not removing the fetal membrane, insufficient nursing, ignoring puppy, accidentally eating puppy while eating after birth are what type of behaviors?

Answer 41

Abnormal maternal behaviors

Question 42

What is pseudopregnancy?

Answer 42

When a dog acts like she's pregnant but isn't

Question 43

What is PICA?

Answer 43

Abnormal eating of non edible substances.

Question 44

What is coprophagia?

Answer 44

When a dog eats poop

Question 45

Where does house spoiling usually present?

Answer 45

Anywhere but most likely in the room where there's no interaction with dog

Question 46

Where does marking usually present?

Answer 46

Corners, edges, doorways and thresholds, from both male and female and both urine and feces

Question 47

When a dog urinates and or deficates in confinement, this is a typical sign of

Answer 47

Separation distress

Question 48

In the stages if fear, what is freeze?

Answer 48

Inhibitory response of a low level or distance threat

Question 49

In the stages of fear, flight is?

Answer 49

Excitatory response from high level or close proximity stimuli

Question 50

In the three stages of fear, fight is?

Answer 50

When the dog feels there's no other option, such as flight is blocked.

Question 51

Is fear learned or unlearned?

Answer 51

Learned

Question 52

How is anxiety different then fear?

Answer 52

Fear is normal, acute, temporary, and specific | Anxiety is a chronic issue produced by non specific apprehension, persistent sympathetic arousal, and vigilance

Question 53

What is a phobia? And what are the key elements?

Answer 53

Excellent fear towards a specific stimuli, medically predisposed, and rarely respond to training

Question 54

Signs of anxiety, stress, panic, frustration, pacing, drooling, refusal of food, abnormal elimination, vocalization, digging, chewing at exit points, and extreme escape. Behaviors are signs of?

Answer 54

Separation distress

Question 55

If you determine a situation is outside of your scope, what is the first thing you should do?

Answer 55

Refer to the appropriate person