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PET COMMUNICATION What pet owners need to know... 101 Barking Meowing DOGS BARK FOR NUMEROUS REASONS, SUCH AS : • USED BY MOST ADULT CATS FOR GENERAL ATTENTION OR GREETING PURPOSES TOWARDS HUMANS. A. INTRUDER ALERT! B. HUMANS OR OTHER ANIMALS UNKNOWN TO THEM • CATS CAN PRODUCE 100 DIFFERENT VOCAL SOUNDS VERSUS C. INVADING THEIR SPACE DOGS WHO CAN ONLY MAKE 10. D. ELEMENT OF SURPRISE E. EXPRESSION OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF EMOTIONS • THE MORE YOU TALK TO YOUR CAT, THE MORE THEY WILL F. EXCITED AND PLAYFULNESS BARKS ARE ALSO COMMON MEOW BACK TO YOU. WOOF! MEOW 9995 Growls 2 Hissing / Growls A DOG'S GROWL MAY INDICATE: • WARNING TO STAY AWAY AND GET READY FOR AN ATTACK! A. DESIRE TO PLAY B. DOGS GROWL WHEN THEY ARE AFRAID • CATS ONLY D0 THIS IF THEY FEEL THERE IS A PROBLEM. C. GROWL OVER THEIR POSSESSIONS D. DEFENDING THEIR TERRITORY • PROVOKED BY A VARIETY OF THINGS, SUCH AS, PAIN, UPSET, DOMINANCE, FEAR AND SO ON. IT IS NOT NECESSARILY ALWAYS DIRECTED AT YOU. GRRRRRRRR. Tail Movement Purring MOVEMENT OF THE TAIL SIGNIFIES THE DOG'S MOOD : • VIBRATING SOUND WHEN A CAT IS HAPPY OR CONTENT. A. TAIL RAISED HIGH SIGNIFIES THAT THE DOG IS ON ALERT OR AGGRESSION • SOME CATS PURR IF THEY ARE ILL OR ARE IN PAIN AS A B. TAIL BETWEEN THE LEGS SIGNIFIES THAT THE DOG METHOD OF SELF-COMFORT. IS FRIGHTENED • MOTHER CATS WILL PURR TO OFFER COMFORT AND SECURITY C. SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE TAIL SIGNIFIES THE DOG TO HER KITTENS. IS QUESTIONING HIS/HER SURROUNDS Ears 4. Arched Back DOGS WILL HOLD THEIR EARS NATURALLY WHEN THEY ARE • SIGNALS THAT A CAT IS SCARED AND ON THE DEFENSE. RELAXED WHEN ON ALERT, DOGS WILL RAISE THEIR EARS HIGHER • WAY FOR A CAT TO MAKE ITSELF APPEAR LARGER TO DEFEND AGAINST A THREAT. WHEN EARS ARE PULLED BACK SLIGHTLY IT INDICATES THAT HE/SHE IS BEING FRIENDLY Howls 5 Ears RELAXED E HAPPY - EARS ARE POINTING FORWARD AND ONE OF VERBAL COMMUNICATION USED BY DOGS SLIGHTLY OUTWARD LOG-RANG COMMUNICATION WITH OTHER DOGS LISTENING - EARS ARE VERY STRAIGHT UP AND FORWARD SEPARATION ANXIETY HOWLING NERVOUS - EARS ARE TWITCHING Whines Tail Movement DOG WHINE MAY SIGNAL: • SCARED - ARCHED TAIL AND PUFFED OUT OR BRISTLED A. YOUR DOG SIMPLY WANTS SOMETHING B. YOUR DOGS WANTS YOUR ATTENTION • ANGER - TAIL IS STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR WHILE BEING EULLY PUFFED OUT C. SEPARATION ANXIETY • HAPPY & FRIENDLY - TAIL IS STRAIGHT UP AND TILTED TO ONE SIDE Eyes and Eyebrows 7 Paw • CATS MAY PAW OR KNEAD THEIR OWNER TO SHOW RAISED EYEBROWS SUGGEST INTEREST AFFECTION WHILE PURRING. LOWERED BROWS SUGGEST UNCERTAINTY RELAXED EYEBROWS INDICATES FRIENDLINESS • ANOTHER WAY FOR CATS TO MARK THEIR TERRITORY FROM SCENT GLANDS IN THEIR PAWS. OPEN WIDE SUGGEST ALERT Head Movement 8 Rolling LEANING HEAD TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE LEFT INDICATES • CATS WILL ROLL ON THEIR BACK WHILE EXPOSING THEIR CURIOSITY. ALSO, SIGN OF RECOGNIZING A FAMILIAR WwORD BELLY SIGNIFYING THEY TRUST YOU BECAUSE THEY ARE EXPOSING THE MOST VULNERABLE PART OF THEIR BODY. HEAD HELD HIGH WITH ITS NECK CRANING FORWARD INDICATES SHOWING INTEREST • FORM OF PLAY AND WANT TO ENGAGE IN SLIGHTLY ROUGHER PLAY. TURNING THEIR HEADS AWAY INDICATES AVERTING EYE CONTACT NOSE LICKING INDICATES THAT THE DOG IS STRESSED OR NO FOOD/WATER NEARBY • A UNIQUE WAY OF SCRATCHING THEIR BACK IF THEY CANNOT REACH WITH THEIR PAWS.