{"id":17587,"date":"2022-03-25T10:59:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T10:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-does-my-dog-bow-and-stretch-in-front-of-me\/"},"modified":"2022-03-25T10:59:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T10:59:56","slug":"why-does-my-dog-bow-and-stretch-in-front-of-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-does-my-dog-bow-and-stretch-in-front-of-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does my dog bow and stretch in front of me?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-does-my-dog-bow-and-stretch-in-front-of-me\/#Why_does_my_dog_bow_and_stretch_in_front_of_me\" title=\"Why does my dog bow and stretch in front of me?\">Why does my dog bow and stretch in front of me?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-does-my-dog-bow-and-stretch-in-front-of-me\/#Why_does_my_dog_stand_up_and_stretch_on_me\" title=\"Why does my dog stand up and stretch on me?\">Why does my dog stand up and stretch on me?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-does-my-dog-bow-and-stretch-in-front-of-me\/#What_does_it_mean_when_a_dog_does_downward_dog_in_front_of_you\" title=\"What does it mean when a dog does downward dog in front of you?\">What does it mean when a dog does downward dog in front of you?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-does-my-dog-bow-and-stretch-in-front-of-me\/#Why_does_my_dog_stretch_and_push_me_away\" title=\"Why does my dog stretch and push me away?\">Why does my dog stretch and push me away?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-does-my-dog-bow-and-stretch-in-front-of-me\/#Why_does_my_dog_always_bow_and_stretch\" title=\"Why does my dog always bow and stretch?\">Why does my dog always bow and stretch?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-does-my-dog-bow-and-stretch-in-front-of-me\/#Why_does_my_dog_keep_bowing_to_me\" title=\"Why does my dog keep bowing to me?\">Why does my dog keep bowing to me?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_does_my_dog_bow_and_stretch_in_front_of_me\"><\/span>Why does my dog bow and stretch in front of me?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If your dog is stretching their front legs and &#8216;bowing&#8217;, <b>they probably want to play! This is a position dogs commonly use to indicate that its playtime with other dogs or humans.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_does_my_dog_stand_up_and_stretch_on_me\"><\/span>Why does my dog stand up and stretch on me?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Why does my dog jump up and stretch on me? <b>This behavior is called greeting, which is a sign of affection between two dogs who are friends. This gesture is used when a dog wants to make sure that he is being taken care of.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_it_mean_when_a_dog_does_downward_dog_in_front_of_you\"><\/span>What does it mean when a dog does downward dog in front of you?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The downward dog position (also sometimes called prayer position) is <b>most often a sign of abdominal pain due to a condition such as pancreatitis. Less commonly, it can also be a sign of back pain.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_does_my_dog_stretch_and_push_me_away\"><\/span>Why does my dog stretch and push me away?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Your dog might be seeking attention and that is why he&#8217;s pushing you away with his paws. The main issue is that your dog is smart enough to know that a certain behavior will get a certain response. If your dog wants your attention he will use his paws to push you away.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_does_my_dog_always_bow_and_stretch\"><\/span>Why does my dog always bow and stretch?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If your dog is stretching their front legs and &#8216;bowing&#8217;, they probably <b>want to play! This is a position dogs commonly use to indicate that its playtime with other dogs or humans.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_does_my_dog_keep_bowing_to_me\"><\/span>Why does my dog keep bowing to me?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Dog bowing is most commonly expressed with what we refer to as the &#8216;play bow&#8217;. This common posture serves as a cornerstone of dog communication. Most often, it functions as an expression of let&#8217;s play! Or it can signal an apologetic tone, such as, Oops, I didn&#8217;t mean to bite so hard. I wasn&#8217;t trying to hurt you.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Why does my dog bow and stretch in front of me?Why does my dog stand up and stretch on me?What does it mean when a dog does downward dog in front of you?Why does my dog stretch and push me away?Why does my dog always bow and stretch?Why does my dog keep&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17587"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}