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Stress Signals Checklist for Dogs

Sue Sternberg

STRESS SIGNALS CHECKLIST


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EYES

  • Dilated Pupils
  • Squinting
  • Blinking
  • Whale Eye
  • Avoidance
  • Direct Stare

CAGE/ RUN #

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FACE

  • Furrowed Brow/Scowling
  • Veins Popped Out Under Eyes
  • Ears Uneven
  • Ears Up and Aroused
  • Ears plastered Back

CAGE/ RUN #

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MOUTH

  • Lip Licking
  • Clomping Jaw
  • Yawning
  • Panting --Too Wide
  • Panting --Too Shallow
  • Velvet Tongue
  • Drooling
  • Snarling

CAGE/ RUN #

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Courtesy of

Rondout Valley Kennels, Inc.
suesternberg.com

 

 

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