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Different facial expressions serve to reflect the emotional state in order to choose the appropriate social behaviour. An angry facial expression leads to avoiding the person or animal to avoid conflict. A fearful facial expression triggers a feeling of protection. But how do you read a dog's facial expression?
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Although dogs have a range of different facial expressions, these are much more limited than in humans. The dog dominates with its muzzle, which serves both as a weapon and to manipulate its environment. This is why the muzzle is above all strong and less flexible and has fewer possibilities to show emotions.<\/p>\n
The dog's face shows six basic emotions: contentment, sadness, surprise, disgust, anger and fear. It also has a neutral facial expression. Satisfaction is seen when playing with the dog, fear at the vet, for example, surprise when playfully frightened, disgust when taking medication and sadness when being punished. The neutral facial expression is usually seen when the dog is just sitting and nothing is happening.<\/p>\n
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Certain facial expressions in dogs can be recognised with 90%iger accuracy by any layperson. This includes, above all, contentment. The muzzle is open and the tongue hangs far out of the mouth when the dog is relaxed and content.
People's ability to interpret a dog's facial expressions is surprisingly poor. Anger is often mistaken for disgust and fear for sadness. Many people see surprise as fear.<\/p>\n
However, the inability of humans to read a dog's feelings from its face does not mean that they do not understand the dog. Communication between humans and animals involves the whole body. Humans can read more from the dog's posture and tail than from its face. The tail can be tucked submissively or wagging happily and thus gives a much better indication of the dog's feelings than its face. The hairs on the dog's neck and tail can also stick out, indicating anger. An anxious dog tends to drool, while a happy dog pants evenly. Not forgetting the dog's sounds such as barking, growling or whining, which can usually be interpreted very clearly.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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