I know I always keep bringing her up (she's one of my heroes) but Temple Grandin has two great books on the emotional life of animals--Animals in Translation and Animals Make Us Human. Thoughtful insights into each of the basic emotions that she believes all animals show.
IMHO, she and her books are beyond wonderful.
Temple Grandin
Making Animals Happy
LOVE that one too!
I heard her speak at a Dairy Welfare convention last month. She has done so much for animals and continues to do so in a no-nonsense manner that I really respect. I can't imagine where we would be without her!
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... The entire clip looked staged to me. ... the package was planted for the sake of video. ... and Mr. Roger’s had to keep repeating himself, didn’t go as rehearsed.
Maybe it WAS staged!
But I still see uncomfortableness and stress .... whether from a staged skit or not. I still see what someone else saw: "head down, eyes closed, ears back. That's what tells the story for me. The nose licking, too."
The avoidance and the slight cringe -- those just don't strike me (at all!) as being home-trained mannerisms for a video. That dog looks stressed to me, even on second and third viewing.
I missed this post.
I taught our Dobes to smile, and when they did, they always held their ears flat and licked their noses. With Dobes, you sure can clear a room of unwanted visitors! We think of smiling in terms of a friendly gesture, baring teeth to a dog has different meaning. Having a dog raise his lips up to his snout, Do you think this accounts for different body language when teaching “smile?”
I am not talking about a natural, relaxed, showing of teeth.
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I don't know. I watched it 5 times now. Maybe I'm wrong, but I still see what Lauren and Kristel saw:
"I've had 'smiling' dogs so that doesn't concern me, but .... the blinking, nose licking and averted gaze, plus the hunched posture and twitchy wag of the Lab tells me the dogs may not have been entirely comfortable with the situation." (Kristel)
The tail twitch, the avoidance of gaze, the face down .... I still see a stressed dog. I feel uncomfortable watching it.
I don't see that stress in those 4 (very funny, BTW) clips of "smiley dogs."
I don't mind the nose licking- most smiling dogs seem to lick the nose after... but that dog just does not look happy. Terrible tail twitch, I agree Connie.
Kaiser does the same teeth baring thing with me when he comes to meet me in the morning. There is no aggression with it.
But I think the lab was definitely uncomfortable. Once Bommi chewed up my shoes and I yelled at her, and now every time I say bommi, did you chew my shoe , she will lie down and look at me in a sad / fearful way.
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We think of smiling in terms of a friendly gesture, 
baring teeth to a dog has different meaning. Having a dog raise his lips up to his snout, Do you think this accounts for different body language when teaching “smile?”
Terrible tail twitch, I agree Connie.
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