Don't confuse these with
submissive gestures.
Should either dog show
a submissive gesture, they are returned to their marks and released again.
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.
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.
It is
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.
Not exact matches
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.