*Distance “decreasing” Signals

(COME CLOSER or Invite Interaction)

• Forequarters lower than rear-quarters (play bow, greeting or yielding display)
• Avoidance of eye contact
• Submissive grin (Lips pulled back horizontally. The lips look “longer”)
• Ears slightly lowered, drawn back or drawn so that the pinna is held out to the side of the head
• Lowering of body
• Wagging tail
• Lip licking
• Raising forepaw
• Rolling over
• Lifting the rear leg when the human touches the dog near the flank, or when another dog sniffs this area to reveal the groin area. Often the dig will stretch the rear leg out behind them so the sniffer has an easier time
  

* List taken from “Aggression in Dogs” By Brenda Aloff