{"id":2663,"date":"2013-05-20T02:33:03","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T02:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/?p=2663"},"modified":"2014-06-17T02:47:41","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T02:47:41","slug":"its-dog-bite-prevention-week-signs-of-anxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/?p=2663","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s dog bite prevention week &#8211; signs of anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s dog bite prevention week. <a title=\"Dog Bite Preventation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.utsandiego.com\/news\/2013\/may\/14\/tp-know-the-signs-pet-anxiety-often-the-cause-of\/?fb_comment_id=fbc_567681896615174_6108580_567890679927629#f2cbce9da\" target=\"_blank\">Here\u2019s a great article <\/a>that <a title=\"Dr Jacky May\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aranimalclinic.com\/dr-jacky-may\" target=\"_blank\">Dr May<\/a> recommended about recognizing the dog anxiety that leads to dog\u00a0bites and how interpreting those signals correctly can prevent dog bites. Dog bites don&#8217;t always start from\u00a0a dog growling and showing its teeth, there are usually MANY\u00a0other lesser known signs and signals inbetween.<\/p>\n<p>The article is a quick and easy read with easy to digest language. For example from the article:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2673\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/PuupyLove.e2jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2673\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2673 \" style=\"border: 5px solid white;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/PuupyLove.e2jpg-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"PuupyLove.e2jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/PuupyLove.e2jpg-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/PuupyLove.e2jpg-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/PuupyLove.e2jpg-80x60.jpg 80w, http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/PuupyLove.e2jpg.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2673\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These two are friends and are playing &#8211; how can you tell the difference?<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Dog bites are particularly stressful for families because children are most often bitten on the face, head or neck.<\/li>\n<li>People are often surprised to learn that most of these bites come from our own family pets or dogs that we know.<\/li>\n<li>Dog bite prevention begins with the understanding that dogs do not bite \u201cout of the blue.\u201d People can learn to recognize potentially dangerous situations. First, we\u00a0can become aware of dogs\u2019 body language, especially around children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dogs use their bodies to say, \u201cDon\u2019t bother me right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h0-p5\">Here are some things you may notice when a dog becomes anxious:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h0-p6\">\u2022 Lip licking or tongue flicking<\/p>\n<p id=\"h0-p7\">\u2022 Tightly closing mouth<\/p>\n<p id=\"h0-p8\">\u2022 Turning head, or turning entire body away from a situation<\/p>\n<p id=\"h0-p9\">\u2022 Barking or whining<\/p>\n<p id=\"h0-p10\">\u2022 Crouching or tucking the tail<\/p>\n<p id=\"h0-p11\">\u2022 Yawning<\/p>\n<p id=\"h0-p12\">\u2022 Body still, in a \u201cfreeze\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h0-p13\">\u2022 Ears \u201cpinned back\u201d to head<\/p>\n<p id=\"h0-p14\">\u2022 \u201cHalf moon eye,\u201d which occurs when the whites of a dog\u2019s eyes are exposed<\/p>\n<p>Read\u00a0the full article,\u00a0written by Dr. Cynthia Hoecker and Kay Thompson<em>, <\/em><a title=\"Dog bite prevention article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.utsandiego.com\/news\/2013\/may\/14\/tp-know-the-signs-pet-anxiety-often-the-cause-of\/?fb_comment_id=fbc_567681896615174_6108580_567890679927629#f2cbce9da\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a>\u00a0 If you have dogs or kids, you should take 5 minutes to read the full article.<\/p>\n<p>Find more related content\u00a0on <a title=\"Links We Like\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/?page_id=2067\" target=\"_blank\">our links page<\/a>. We have links to videos that show these\u00a0 common stressed dog behaviors as well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s dog bite prevention week. Here\u2019s a great article that Dr May recommended about recognizing the dog anxiety that leads to dog\u00a0bites and how interpreting those signals correctly can prevent dog bites. Dog bites don&#8217;t always start from\u00a0a dog growling and showing its teeth, there are usually MANY\u00a0other lesser known signs and signals inbetween. The article is a quick and easy read with easy to digest language. For example from the article: Dog bites are particularly stressful for families because children are most often bitten on the face, head or neck. People are often surprised to learn that most of these bites come from our own family pets or dogs that we know. Dog bite prevention begins with the understanding that dogs do not bite \u201cout of the blue.\u201d People can learn to recognize potentially dangerous situations. First, we\u00a0can become aware of dogs\u2019 body language, especially around children. Dogs use their bodies to say, \u201cDon\u2019t bother me right now.\u201d Here are some things you may notice when a dog becomes anxious: \u2022 Lip licking or tongue flicking \u2022 Tightly closing mouth \u2022 Turning head, or turning entire body away from a situation \u2022 Barking or whining \u2022 Crouching or tucking the tail \u2022 Yawning \u2022 Body still, in a \u201cfreeze\u201d \u2022 Ears \u201cpinned back\u201d to head \u2022 \u201cHalf moon eye,\u201d which occurs when the whites of a dog\u2019s eyes are exposed Read\u00a0the full article,\u00a0written by Dr. Cynthia Hoecker and Kay Thompson, here.\u00a0 If you have dogs or kids, you should take 5 minutes to read the full article. Find more related content\u00a0on our links page. We have links to videos that show these\u00a0 common stressed dog behaviors as well. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,26,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-this-that","category-training-and-behavior","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/PuupyLove.e2jpg.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2663"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5257,"href":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2663\/revisions\/5257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}