You're right and I didn't mean to imply that it does, body language is as important. My dogs are very distinct in their intent, of course I've known them for the past year and a half.
Right now I know exactly what their intent is... to sleep, as they're both sacked out on the floor :) and Finn is dreaming.... which is amazingly cute. -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 7241 Jillspring Ct. Springfield, Va. 22152 (703) 220-2835 http://www.sstwebworks.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/sstwebworks -----Original Message----- From: Mary Jo Sminkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 10:57 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: A pic to make ya cringe >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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238923 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
