Does anyone's GSD do this

i'm not 100% sure what you mean, but this is Tildens "accepting some lovin" body posture. (he's meeting both guys pictured for the first time). he licks his lips and circles around their arms... but not like a snake, lol





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I know exactly what you mean because Rafi does this. He puts his ears back and circles around their body. I think of it more like a cat than a snake but I get what you're saying.

In Rafi's case he is very happy. He loves everyone and greets all people with kisses and squiggles and rubs.

He has a fan club in my neighborhood because he's so friendly!

LOL, basically what I mean is he is like a snake, he goes around them and rubs/coils (full circle around them with his full body...almost like his 4 brothers and 1 sister (cats) do when they are happy).

Maybe he is part cat

But I really do think its an affection display, I just love behavior, and studying it (and am curious if anyone elses GSD does it

I believe with cats they do it to rub their scent glands on the particular object in question, maybe its the same?

I love Tilden, reminds me of Cassidy Moms beautiful Long hairs, long hairs are my fave

When Molly meets new people, and is getting some lovin' (especially some good old butt rubs) her ears will go back and she will look at them with her beautiful brown eyes and while they are rubbing her butt, she will bend herself so that her nose comes around and touches the person's hand rubbing her butt and then will give them gentle kisses on their hand. People love that

Originally Posted By: BowWowMeowI know exactly what you mean because Rafi does this. He puts his ears back and circles around their body. I think of it more like a cat than a snake but I get what you're saying.

In Rafi's case he is very happy. He loves everyone and greets all people with kisses and squiggles and rubs.

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Yup, just like Rafi

Thanks

aww thanks jasper, i love him too! dena is actually the first lhgsd i fell in love with and inspired me to get tilden.

after reading about rafi, tilden doesnt do the thing you guys are describing. he's more like the 2nd pic i posted where he'll "cup" the persons hand between his neck and shoulder, then he bows his head, closes his eyes, and gets all "deep" and does the tongue thing. when they stop petting him he comes to me like "did you see that mom "

gia on the other hand has mastered the german shepherd lean, complete with the paw on your foot (and she's a heavy girl!)

We've never had a GSD that did not lay their ears back when they were happy. The ears and the cat like movement usually precede the in your face kisses etc!

Yep, Dena especially. Keefer will just lean against people while they pet him, with his head up, eyes half closed, and a blissful expression as if he's saying "this is the life!". Dena does this thing I refer to as flirting - she puts on her submissive ears (someone on the board referred to this as the 'otter head' or 'love ears') and a big doggy grin on her face while she sidles up to people and dances around them. She seems to be saying "look at me, and how pretty I am!" If they give her the slightest bit of attention she'll jump up and kiss their face, so if I see her start to flirt I have to call out "Dena, no jumping!!!", and I can usually stop her before she does it. She'll be 4 in September, and she STILL does this!

Betsy, my dogs are a disgrace too, not a single aloof bone in their entire bodies, lol! Two weeks ago, we were at a local brewpub where we take the dogs almost every weekend for lunch. We sit outside with them, (we leash them to the outside of the short wrought iron fence surrounding the seating area next to our table) and there was a woman at the table next to us sitting by herself. She had to be in her 80's and she started asking questions about the dogs - are they protective, that sort of thing. I told her they were really friendly.

Her: "But if someone approached you, they'd protect you, right?" Me: "Well, they'd probably lick them to death first". A few minutes later one of the servers who knows us well and loves the dogs came out to take our order, said "yay, my favorite dogs!" when she saw us, and came over and started petting them. They put their paws up on the fence and were kissing her face while she gave them love. I looked at the woman, gestured towards my 'protective' shepherds slobbering all over our server and said "see?" She was very impressed by them, and commented several times about how good they were. Several other people came by to see and pet them, they laid there calmly when they weren't meeting people, and they didn't even bark when a fire truck went by with the siren going. Dena & Keefer are regulars there, we've been taking them almost every weekend since they were puppies.