Sentences with phrase «show submissive behaviors»

A frightened dog may try to escape, may show submissive behaviors (avoidance of eye contact, submissive urinating, rolling over to expose his belly), or he may freeze and remain immobile.

Because of their dependence upon humans, pit bulls respond well to positive reinforcement training and praise — they want to impress you by learning new tricks and showing submissive behavior.

Not exact matches

Russians historical literature describe Russian women as vulnerable and submissive, but also flavored with stubbornness with irrational behavior at times and able to show patience that permits ultimate survival in most bad circumstances.

A group of pups will usually work out the pecking order themselves, some showing dominant behaviors, others being more submissive.

Both males and females may show submissive urination behavior, although it is more common in females.

If a dog is exhibiting the tail between the legs signal and backing himself into a corner, he is showing weakness and submissive behavior.

Most commonly known as submissive urination, you'll see this behavior occur when the puppy or young dog is a tad bit intimidated and is showing appeasement signals of submission such as ears back, whining and lip licking.

Independent observations of children's behavior found that treatment group children showed significantly fewer submissive behaviors (e.g., approval - seeking or help - seeking) and negative behaviors (e.g., pouting, ridicule) and higher rates of positive - affect behaviors (e.g., smiling, expressions of affection) than control group children.