CONTENTS

PART ONE - Introduction
How can I understand if my dog is 'stressed out' ?
But is my dog really as stressed out as he seems ?
What is an ethogram, and why is it a useful tool ?
How to use this ethogram
Notes regarding the ethogram

PART TWO - Fear
Anxiety, panic and fear
Avoidance and aggressiveness
Tail up, standing tall
Fear and aggressiveness

PART THREE - Stress
A little background information
Acute stress
Rebound behaviours
Chronic stress
Learned helplessness
Stereotyped behaviours
Stress and aggressiveness
Coping strategies
Natural coping strategies
Learned coping behaviours
Fear and stress in training

PART FOUR - De-escalation behaviours

Airplane ears
Alertness
Approaching indirectly
Attempting to flee
Avoidance
Avoiding eye contact
Barking
Crawling
Crouching
Dandruff
Defecating
Destructiveness
Digging
Dilated pupils
Displacement behaviours
Drinking
Ears back
Ears turned sideways
Eating grass
Exit stare
Eyes shut
Facial fear display
Fast open and close
Fighting against a muzzle
Fighting against the leash
Flight
Floor licking
Head shaking
Head toss
High pitched barking
Howl barking
Howling
Hunching
Hunting

Ignoring
Immobility
Jaw punch
Leaping out
Leaving the interaction
Leaving
Licking the flews
Licking the nose
Lifting front paw
Low posture
Lowering hindquarters
Lowering the head
Mounting
Occupying the perimeter
Pacing
Panic reaction
Panting
Piloerection
Play display
Playing with objects
Puffing cheeks
Pulling on leash
Repeated behaviours
Rolling
Running
Salivation
Scratching
Seeking refuge
Self grooming
Shaking off
Short bark
Shrinking back
Sighing
Skin muscle contraction
Sleeping
Sneezing
Sniffing own genitals
Sniffing the air
Sniffing
Squealing
Startled movement
Stiff high stance
Stiff walking
Struggling
Support seeking
Swallowing
Swerving
Tail between the legs
Tail chasing
Tail low
Tail up head down
Trembling
Uncertainty
Urinating
Walking head down
Whining
White of the eyes
Yawning
Yelping

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