Stress, discomfort and nervousness language. When dogs are stressed and nervous. They exhibit many different kinds of behavior that will either help relieve the stress they are feeling or a piece a perceived threat. yawning can be a sign that a dog is tired, but it also signals stress, lip licking or tongue flicking. Dogs lick their lips when nervous. Brief body freezing.

The dog is still for a few seconds before reacting, body freezing, the dog freezes until the threat goes away. Or he decides to use fight or flight. Sigh. The dog turns his head away, but keeps looking at the perceived threat showing the whites of his eyes. head turn. The dog will turn his head away from a fear source as a gesture of appeasement furrowed brow or curved eyebrows calm By facial tension, tense jaw, the mouth is closed and the dog is preparing for action.

Hugging, a dog will gain comfort by holding on to his owner. Low tail carriage. It indicates discomfort and uncertainty. Curved tongue. The tongue is curved at the edges from tension. raspy dry sounding panting nervousness reduces saliva production twitching whiskers.

This is caused by facial tension, shaking caused by adrenaline release. drooling. Stress can also cause excessive salivation lack of focus, an anxious dog finds learning difficult, sweaty paws. Dogs sweat through their footpads and raised hackles are also a sign of stress and discomfort.