The phrase
"submissive posture" means having a body position that shows you are willing to be controlled or guided by someone else.
Full definition
During play, punishment, greetings or physical contact some dogs might urinate and they also do tend to show
submissive postures in interactions — for example, they flatten their ears against their head, they roll over and expose their belly or hold their tail low.
When you're angry and upset, your puppy feels threatened by your tone of voice, body postures, and / or facial expressions, so he may hide or
show submissive postures.
Often, the urination is accompanied
by submissive postures such as crouching and flipping over and exposing the belly.
Dogs don't feel guilt, rather they display
submissive postures like cowering, running away or hiding, when they feel threatened by an angry tone of voice, body posture or facial expression.
Teddy rushed into Sky and jumped on Sky's back and which point Sky snapped at Teddy and Teddy fell to the ground in a
very submissive posture.
Through play, they also begin to practice dominant and
submissive postures in preparation for life in the real world.
When you're angry and upset, your dog feels threatened by your tone of voice, body postures and / or facial expressions, so they may hide or
show submissive postures.
Such dogs tend to display
submissive postures during interactions, such as holding the tail low, flattening the ears back against the head, crouching or rolling over and exposing the belly.
When in a situation that seems to trigger submissive urination, a dog will tend to
display submissive postures, such as cowering, lowering the body, raising the front paws, tucking the tail, flattening the ears back, licking the lips or displaying a submissive grin.
Putting yourself in
a submissive posture for some «thing» that people claim rules the universe.
That submissive posture is a sign to everyone that your dog is harmless.
Some trainers think that all canine behavior can be reduced to dominance or
submissive posturing.
In this context, whining is often accompanied by
a submissive posture: head, ears, and tail down and the body low to the ground.
What follows is very predictable — the dog goes into
a submissive posture («that guilty look»), just in case.
A submissive posture keeps anxious and fearful dogs positive and relaxed.
This is not the same as
the submissive postures dogs show because it's not intended to «turn off» an attack from another cat.
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).
When you're angry and upset, the puppy feels threatened by your tone of voice, body postures and / or facial expressions, so he may hide or show
submissive postures.
Because the position is
a submissive posture.
Fearful / Defensive Aggression Cats that are fearful may display body postures which appear to be similar to canine
submissive postures — crouching on the floor, ears back, tail tucked, and possibly rolling slightly to the side.
He has turned his head away and is not looking at the brown dog and has assumed
a submissive posture.
Perhaps the dog who «wants to play» is showing nervousness about the pecking order and is being overly submissive by face licking another dog and rolling over in
a submissive posture.
In a human - dog pack, the owner must learn to recognize
the submissive posture of his dog because continuing to be aggressive toward the dog when the dog has already submitted may lead to behavioural problems.
These dogs will mount other dogs until the second dog assumes
a submissive posture.
Some dogs are unable to acquire the ability to submit (absence of
submissive posture) and are dangerous because they are very aggressive.
Teaching your dog the Down command can be tricky because it's
a submissive posture.
Don't be afraid to take
a submissive posture in your desire to help.