When a dog apparently misbehaves, people blame it on the dog itself. They never question themselves, they never wonder about how compelling some drives can be.
“But he does want this”. This is what a friend of mine told me when I pointed out that the dog she was cuddling was stressed out.
They invented a sensor-packed harness which can sense a dog's movement, and the sounds it makes. The purpose is letting the owners know how their dogs feel. This is quite a bewildering news, and not in a good way.
It may not be nice to film someone else’s dog. However I couldn’t help but switch my mobile on and record this little guy, cause I felt sorry for him.
At a first glance he was quite calm.
Years ago I read an article on the existence of meta-communication in dogs. The example was the bow. In the bow posture, the dog bends his front paws resting them on the ground, staying with his rear raised. According to several authors this posture is a meta-communication signal as it changes the meaning of the behaviors that precede and follow the bow. The bow means "what I've done before or what I will do after is not serious, it's a game."