{"id":421,"date":"2018-04-28T10:59:59","date_gmt":"2018-04-28T14:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/edmond\/?p=421"},"modified":"2019-08-28T13:54:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T18:54:34","slug":"quirky-dog-play-behaviors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/edmond\/quirky-dog-play-behaviors\/","title":{"rendered":"Quirky Dog Play Behaviors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is important to be reminded that dogs are truly different than people. They process information differently. They live in the moment and they are unconditional in their love. The other thing is that they play far differently. Here are four specific actions that people often misinterpret but dogs get right when they are &#8220;talking&#8221; to each other during play.<\/p>\n<h3><u>Roll Over on Their Back<\/u><\/h3>\n<p>In June 2016 Scientific American published a great little article that talks about rolling on the back during play. (<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/dog-spies\/why-do-dogs-roll-over-during-play\/\">https:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/dog-spies\/why-do-dogs-roll-over-during-play\/<\/a>). People used to think it was a passive submission from a classic 1967 paper in American Zoologist. However, what the study showed was:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most rollovers were \u201cdefensive\u201d (e.g. avoiding a nape bite)<\/li>\n<li>Of all the rollovers studied none were submissive.<\/li>\n<li>The smaller of the two dogs were not more likely to roll over.<\/li>\n<li>Less than half of all dogs roll over during play.<\/li>\n<li>When two dogs are playing, rollovers most often facilitate play.<\/li>\n<li>Rolling over is a self-handicapping move to help balance the game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><u>Play Biting<\/u><\/h3>\n<p>Dogs obviously play for fun, but they also are educating each other with every interaction. Dogs learn what an acceptable bite pressure is and that they have to inhibit their bite if they want to continue the game. They literally have to bite each other to know what they can do. Pups do this with people too and the \u201cyipe\u201d from another dog or \u201couch\u201d from a pet parent both mean the same thing. This \u201clearning\u201d is an important part of identifying socially acceptable behaviors. Both humans and dogs educate their specific dog(s) as to what they can and can\u2019t do with their mouth.<\/p>\n<h3><u>Play Growling<\/u><\/h3>\n<p>Growling doesn\u2019t mean that the game has escalated from play to a fight. When both dogs are adding some vocalizations and they are matched in tone and intensity, it\u2019s just normal \u201ctrash talking\u201d and doesn\u2019t mean much. If you see something unbalanced where only one is doing it or the other has increased the intensity then we\u2019re probably moving into a different place and intervention is warranted. Play growls have different acoustical properties than growls given as threats, Dogs distinguish between play growls and growls given in agonistic (i.e., conflicting) contexts. Dogs know when a partner\u2019s growl is just pretending.<\/p>\n<h3><u>Oh No!<\/u><\/h3>\n<p>One behavior that\u2019s worth mentioning is mounting. There\u2019s nothing more horrifying than to jump on a web camera and see your dog as the perpetrator or even worse, the victim of another dog mounting them. Mounting is a big panic button for parents but it is a natural part of the play where they are \u201crehearsing\u201d behaviors. Dogs actually have to practice this in order to be \u201csuccessful\u201d when the time comes. The other side of the behavior is that it is not sexual. What\u2019s interesting is that the behavior is not just male to female. It\u2019s more of an \u201cI\u2019m your friend\u201d behavior or \u201cyou are my buddy\u201d since you see all genders performing this behavior. More importantly, even if they have been spayed or neutered they still practice this.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_295\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-295\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"295\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/edmond\/dog-daycare\/8b5bb31b-f142-4f44-aa6d-50d6ebcf85c3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3-prod.dogtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/189\/2018\/03\/8b5bb31b-f142-4f44-aa6d-50d6ebcf85c3.jpg?fit=2048%2C1367&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1367\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D750&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1506022461&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;52&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Daycare Playtime\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Daycare at Dogtopia&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Daycare At Dogtopia&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3-prod.dogtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/189\/2018\/03\/8b5bb31b-f142-4f44-aa6d-50d6ebcf85c3.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3-prod.dogtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/189\/2018\/03\/8b5bb31b-f142-4f44-aa6d-50d6ebcf85c3.jpg?fit=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-295 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dogtopia.com\/edmond\/\/home\/dogtopia\/www\/releases\/65\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/189\/2018\/03\/8b5bb31b-f142-4f44-aa6d-50d6ebcf85c3-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Daycare Play at Dogtopia of Edmond\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-295\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daycare at Dogtopia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Want to know more about dog daycare at Dogtopia of Edmond? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/edmond\/dog-daycare\/\">Click here!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is important to be reminded that dogs are truly different than people. They process information differently. They live in the moment and they are unconditional in their love. The other thing is that they play far differently. Here are four specific actions that people often misinterpret but dogs get right when they are &#8220;talking&#8221; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/edmond\/quirky-dog-play-behaviors\/>Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":346,"featured_media":1370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"fimg_url":"https:\/\/s3-prod.dogtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/189\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-28-at-11.54.05-AM.png","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.6 (Yoast SEO v22.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Quirky Dog Play Behaviors | Dogs Play In Strange Ways<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We know dogs play differently than people. 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