>You're confusing play noises with growling, the growl is long (grrrrrrrrrrr) >and included with specific body language, where play noises are short burst >more like snorts and snarls. There's a definitive difference.
Again, it totally depends on the dog if there is a clear difference or not. You're also it seems to me defining a very specific sound as a "growl" where there are many sounds that dogs make that most of us would call growls. Basically any of the low, rumbling noises a dog makes I consider a growl. There are many different play noises as there are different types of warning or aggressive growls. My dogs for instance use a very different growl when they are just casually warning a dog or puppy that they want some space, and a totally different type of growl when there is actual intent to attack. And yes, body language is a huge part of this...which is one reason I would not say that any growl automatically means a dog intends to attack. Whether you want to call it a play growl or snarl or whatever, sound alone does not define intent. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238921 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
