can you read your pets facial expressions??

[commander bunnypants]

I heard a crash last night on the middle floor. SO I go down to investigate and MOCatt comes tearing around the corner, sees me and comes to a standstill. His expression was "I didnt do anything" Never found what the crash was though.

Stories

CB

[eataTREE]

1. Cats have very expressive faces.

(So do dogs, for that matter...)

Best cat expression ever: I noticed my cat's water dish was empty, so I filled it up. Not knowing how long the dish had been empty for, and thinking that the cat might be thirsty, I called her over. She came bounding up to me, looked down at the water, and then looked up at me with this sad little expression, like, "That's all I get?" Poor kitty.

[Mend]

2. My German Shepherds Smile.....n/t

[demnan]

3. Oh yes

I have a telepathic connection to my cats anyway.

This was my Lucifer, photographed Christmas Day about 3 years ago. He's passed on now, but you can still see the love.

[Dem Agog]

18. Ahh the ol' blinky eye...

I have the same connection with my cats. Nothing's better than when they look you in the eyes and then close their eyes, as if in bliss. We call it "love eyes".

[InvisibleTouch]

4. One of my dogs has a way of holding her ears...

...when she's done something wrong - they kind-of cup forward, and I can always tell she's done something she wasn't supposed to. This is before I even find the stolen shoe/scarfed loaf of bread/shredded coat, so she's not reacting to my yelling at her ... she knows.

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. Oh yes! Jessie has got the biggest grin. Check it out...

and here is Merlin giving me his, "What the Hell? I was sleeping...




And check out my new baby niece...blowing me kisses at a few minutes old already. This is my screensaver because it makes me smile:

[Zuni]

6. Yes, and I know the 'don't look at me, I didn't do nothin'' look on

my cat.
My cat has many looks---'I'm hungry', 'where is the damn food', 'I need attention', 'I know nothing', 'I'm trying to sleep so leave me the hell alone' etc.

[skygazer]

7. Absolutely

I once took my invalid sister for a nice ride in the country. Dixie, my Boxer, was as always in the back seat.

After riding for some time, my sister, who is a worrywart, asked, "Shouldn't we stop for her to pee?" I looked back at Dix and asked, "Do you have to pee?" and upon seeing her expression, told my sister, "She's fine."

It drove my sister nuts. "How can you tell?" she kept asking me. After about another hour, I turned to look at Dix and she was eyeing me. I said, "Okay" and stopped, and she got out and peed.

My sister never did figure it out. When you live day in and day out with anyone, you know their expressions.

[LisaLynne]

11. Boxers have the best expressions!

My Gizmo would raise one eye brow, then the other when he was trying to figure something out. And he had this little head movement when he wanted something. Like, if you tried to give him a cracker without butter, he would look at the cracker, look at the counter where the butter was, and make this little, "Uh, I think you forgot something" face. It was so cute. I miss him so much.

He could also control me with his mind -- like just stare at me until I'd take him for a walk. :)

[Rainbowreflect]

8. Both my dogs have very readable expressions, but my older

dog has a trait that gives him away every time.
When he greats me at the door his tail is always waging. If he has been a good dog his tail wages back & forth, if he has been a bad dog his tail wages in a circle.
When I come home & his tail is going in circles I'll ask him what he did & he will look at me like how the hell did you know.

[Modem Butterfly]

9. I never believed so until we rescued our first Shar-pei

We went to the local animal shelter to adopt another dog after our first dog was hit by a car. I was looking for a second male Chow to go with the female Chow puppy we'd adopted from our vet. We noticed this pathetically skinny male Shar-pei who was covered with black-fly bites and scratches. He weighed about 20 pounds (his healthy weight was 45) and he was so underweight he didn't even have wrinkles anymore, just puddles of skin (the wrinkles are actually filled out by membranes under the skin that the dog has to be reasonably healthy to support). We took him into a private "bonding room", where I checked his temperment and fed him treats. AFter the first treat, he laid his head in my lap and looked up at me as if to say, "Please take me away from this place!"

When we brought him home, we fed him, bathed him, and let him play with his new sister for awhile. Eventually he lay down for a nap, and that little dog fell asleep with a grin that stretched from ear to ear. He must have slept for the better part of two days. He never lost that smile. When he died in his sleep last October, he still had it. My partner says that the smile was because he knew he'd scored a good home.

[commander bunnypants]

10. nice story

thanks

CB

[Beware the Beast Man]

12. My cat's facial expressions, in words:

"WHAT?!!"
"milk....please?"
"i'm in the kitchen, you're in the kitchen, we're in the kitchen...so give me a treat."
"ooh...err...right..there...nice...." when I scratch behind their ears.
"Kwaldok, is that you?" When my one cat is communicating with the mothership.

[MisterP]

13. my budgies have more eye-expressions and vocalizations

"Hold on, we have to declare this Illuminati plotting convening closed!"
"Food-slave! Water now!"
"Admire my giant head!"
"Bow to your sensei! BOW TO YOUR SENSEI!"
"I AM THE QUEEN!"
"Thank heavens Bush won, how else could I conquer the world without a crippled U.S.?"
"Look at my baby eyes!"

My hamster is more vague:
"Where's the wheel gone to?"
"Who are you again?"

[yellowcanine]

14. My dog is quite adept with his eyebrows. But I am not so good at

dog eyebrow language so I am not always sure what he is trying to say.

[Beaverhausen]

15. When cats knock something to the floor- that look

You know it. It's like, "What's your problem? I wanted that to be on the floor. It was in my way, and anyway it looks better there."

[Ladyhawk]

16. Yes.

The funny thing about parrots is that you have to read the lay of their feathers, the pinning or dilation of pupils, body stance and beak position. It's different from mammal body lingo.

If you are a stranger and a parrot is pinning its pupils, don't try to touch it unless you really don't care how many fingers you have. ;)

This is a content and curious Amazon parrot:



He's checking out the camera.

[huskerlaw]

17. Most definitely

My favorite is Riley's "where have you been? It's been dark for hours" look when I come home late. This is often followed by a single meow...to be repeated approximately 30 seconds later...until I take the time to bend over, pet him and say, "Hello, Riley."

[Dem Agog]

19. Our Golden has the funniest expression

We have a Golden Retriever and anytime we make her go to bed or calm down she gives us a look. My husband is the one who makes her do all of this and so she gives HIM the look mostly.

When she's giving him the look I put on a voice (as if it were hers) and say, "You suck, Daddy"...

So we call it the "You suck, Daddy" face.