Sentences with phrase «appeasement behaviors»

"Appeasement behaviors" refers to actions or decisions made by someone in order to avoid conflict or hostility, often by giving in to the demands or wishes of others. Full definition
Unlike a pariah dog it will not show appeasement behavior (begging or groveling) but will normally isolate itself to avoid being bullied.
Appeasement behaviors include holding the ears back, tucking the tail, crouching or rolling over on the back, avoiding eye contact or turning the body sideways to the perceived threat.
The purpose of appeasement behaviors is to stop the aggression.
It just makes them afraid, and then you get a bunch of coping behaviors as a result, everything from appeasement behaviors to neurotic behaviors.
In this recent blog post, Dr. Patricia McConnell, CAAB, discusses a recent attribution of guilt to a dog's behavior and the importance of differentiating between «guilt» and social appeasement behavior.
This appeasement behavior is similar to the nail - biting habit in nervous humans, so you may witness continuous yawning when your dog is at the vet or in another stressful situation.
Appeasement Behavior Some dogs whine excessively when interacting with people and other dogs, usually while adopting a submissive posture (e.g., tail tucked, body lowered, head down, gaze averted).
As for the appeasement behavior that follows, it seems to me that some dogs are born appeasers and go into appeasement mode any time they see something out of place until they are quite sure that no one is actually angry.
When dogs roll over onto their backs when you are dominating them, they are performing an appeasement behavior.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z