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Poodleholic
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Tue July 07, 2009 4:07 AM
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All my dogs do this when I either haven't understood what they're trying to tell me (I wanna go out, fill the water buckets, I'd like some loving up), or I'm not moving quickly enough! LOL Beau, especially, uses his paw, even when all he wants to do is gaze at me eye-to-eye! My silly boy!
I've heard Boxers use their paws a lot. Well, mine are Standard Poodles, and they use their paws a lot, too!
Lesly
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onwards1981
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Tue July 07, 2009 4:49 AM
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I remember seeing "Paw Lift" in Brenda Aloff's book - Canine Body language.... here's what I found in the Index...
1. Paw lift w/Smile = happy dog and in "submissive" state of mind
2. Paw Lift w/ backwards orientation, rounded back, tucked tail & braced legs = anxious dog doing avoidance behavior
3. Paw lift w/extreme rounded topline (back), flat ears, lowered head, drawn lips and tucked tail = fearful dog "STOP approaching me"
4. Paw lift w/alert yet relaxed body posture = dog filled with good anticipation
5. PL w/alert, relaxed body and ears erect = curious dog
6. PL w/dog on dog greeting - side by side bodies, half mast ears, relaxed bodies = polite greeting "Hello There"
7. PL w/human greeting, squatting/sitting, ears back, soft eyes, lowered tail = polite human greeting "I'm friendly and respectful" (BA's quote)
There were also paw lifts regarding: stalking (prey), targeting, warning, neogtiating a pass by, playing, pointing...
Also, if its any help (probably not) but our girl Feeby rarely, if ever, lifts her paws yet she shows other signs of her feelings/desires etc. The only time she lifts her paw is to "Shake" or swat me for attention.
Edited: Tue July 07, 2009 at 4:50 AM by onwards1981
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hudsonshock
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Tue July 07, 2009 6:21 PM
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I'm not bothered by it, except that I wondered if I should consider it "pushy" behavior. Jazz is a rather pushy girl, and I'm trying to teach her some manners while I have her. I just wondered if the paw was a sort of "Hey! Pay attention to me, dammit!" signal. Or whether it was a signal for play, or insecurity. It sounds like it could be all of those depending on context.
(I do find the list a bit funny. Essentially, if you take the "Paw Lifted" out of any of those, but leave the rest of the physical description, the meaning is the same. In other words, "dogs greeting side by side, half mast ears, relaxed bodies" = a polite "Hello there" in dog whether they've got a paw raised or not.)
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Lonewolfblue
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Sat July 11, 2009 12:15 PM
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Back when I had Betty, my Cattle Dog, she used to paw alot, especially when I had pizza. So I thought that was the perfect situation in which to capture the High-5. So when she would get ready to do it, I would put my hand out and she would paw at my hand, and I would click and give her a small piece of pepperoni. I did this, and when she was 100%, which didn't take her long at all, I started tagging it with 'High-5". She caught on really fast, and that's how we captured High-5.
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Lonewolfblue
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Sat July 11, 2009 1:12 PM
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And I'm thinking that not only did I capture it, I redirected it, as she no longer pawed, but waited for me to give her the command, 'High-5'. That was a nice thing. Not sure how many people have Kathy Sdao's videos, but I like how they captured the bell sound from the walrus, which normally meant, 'I'm going to kill you'. So when he was in attack mode, they kept tossing treats, and soon, they had the bell on cue, but the walrus was not acting aggressively. Pretty cool. So I think the same happened with Betty, I turned a bad habit of her pawing to get my attention because she wants pizza, to having the High-5 on cue, and she no longer pawed.
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Here's a video of Betty's training. My laptop was in flip mode, so she really was on my left, not the right. The print on my shirt is backwards because if it. But at the end of the video, I have Betty's High-5's.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2926036923471025889
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Edited: Sat July 11, 2009 at 1:16 PM by Lonewolfblue
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