BODY LANGUAGE ABBREVIATIONS/TERMS

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Across
  1. 1. body soft (abbr)
  2. 3. ears back and flat (abbr)
  3. 5. circular tail wag (abbr)
  4. 8. open mouth (abbr)
  5. 9. muscles are body are taut
  6. 11. stress wrinkles (abbr)
  7. 12. mouth is open and breathing at a rapid rate, often with tight facial wrinkles
  8. 13. ears out (abbr)
  9. 16. ears neutral (abbr)
  10. 17. yawns out of context of sleep or being tired
  11. 20. paw sweat (abbr)
  12. 22. firmly hits person's body or hand with his muzzle-likely had closed mouth
  13. 24. head spine level (abbr)
  14. 25. head low (abbr)
  15. 27. loose wiggly body (abbr)
  16. 29. lowers front of body to the floor with his legs outstretched in front of him with rear elevated to initiate play
  17. 30. shake off (abbr)
  18. 31. spine level tail wag (abbr)
  19. 32. low tail (abbr)
  20. 33. places body directly in between the person and resource
  21. 34. tail out (abbr)
  22. 36. closed mouth (abbr)
  23. 37. ears flat to the head and the tips of the ears are pointing to the rear of the animal
  24. 38. tongue flick (abbr)
  25. 39. animal swiftly turns head toward person with closed mouth
  26. 40. lip lick (abbr)
Down
  1. 2. lip is short and tense
  2. 4. tail stiff and tall. Tip of tail moving in short rapid back and forth movements. Observed with tail high and tail at spine level
  3. 6. eye is large and whites are likely observable, animal is likely stiff or is freezing
  4. 7. places mouth on person, another animal or leash/other items and can use pressure on a scale ranging from no pressure to up to extreme pressure leaving tooth impressions on skin
  5. 9. tail moving back and forth in a sweeping motion
  6. 10. tucked tail (abbr)
  7. 14. side to side tail wag (abbr)
  8. 15. quickly brings upper and lower jaw together, usually only front incisors are visible. Does not make contact. A snapping/clicking of teeth is often audible
  9. 16. base of ear is brought further towards the front of the head
  10. 18. tail is tucked under the body and is covering his/her genitalia. Or docked tail is pressed down, tight to the body
  11. 19. above spine level tail wag (abbr)
  12. 21. head high (abbr)
  13. 23. a injury to a dog's tail due to confinement and wagging their tail repeatedly against a wall or other hard surface, often resulting in bleeding and wounds.
  14. 26. animal licks lip out of the context of food or eating
  15. 27. lip is long and stretched towards the ear
  16. 28. below spine level tail wag (abbr)
  17. 35. ears back (abbr)
  18. 37. ears forward (abbr)