Moving the ears back farther
is a submissive gesture, meant to appease the person or another dog that your dog views as dominant.
This is a submissive gesture similar to nervous urinating.
It is a submissive gesture.
Not exact matches
Should either dog show a
submissive gesture, they
are returned to their marks and released again.
The ultimate appeasement
gestures are crouching or rolling onto his back with
submissive urination.
The
submissive grin, which
is almost always accompanied by other signs of submission like those listed above, functions as an appeasement
gesture.
Technically called
submissive urination, consider this
gesture your puppy's way of declaring you to
be in charge.
This behavior may
be spurred in part by a weak bladder, but it
is really more of a
submissive gesture from your dog.
He can sometimes
be a bit unsure with people, but he just turns away from them or will flop onto his back in a
submissive gesture.
Licking
is also a
submissive gesture, and your dog may lick you from time to time as an expression of affection and submissiveness.