Apr 16, 2012 21:38
I saw a poster that showed various indications of dog mooods. You know, various body positions (body curving to the side means friendly and polite, tail and head held high means alert) and a few facial expressions (dog "smiles" and the "feed me now" stare).
One of the expressions indicated a need for space. The dog points his nose away from you, but keeps his eyes on you. They called it the "whale eye," and if I hadn't seen dogs do it, I wouldn't know why. But yeah, whale eye. When Nigel does it, it's clear he'd like you leave the room. When Zoe does it, it's looks like she thinks you're a moron.
Not that I have kids, but I'm pretty sure when teenagers give an adult the whale eye, it's because they think you're a moron who should leave the room.