#greeting

[candela888]

Countries where cheek kissing is a common way of greeting people

Number of cheek kisses when greeting somebody in the Americas and Europe

[jumy-m]

【Pit Stop / お休み中です】 Dear friends, followers and visitors, 毎年恒例となりつつあるの🏥送りですが、今度こそ最後になるハズ。すぐに戻ってきます。みなさん、どうぞお元気で！ I will be going on a short hiatus. Good luck and stay safe! :) Love, JM

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[smolmoss]

oo! culd u do the calico kitty emotw post but with black cats?

yaya! theres alot more than i expected! many meowmeows!

[grison-in-space]

Hi :) I have a different question about consent. I have cats not dogs, but I have been reading your animal behaviour musings and reblogs with a mix of general curiousity and finding what is applicable.

So a number of friends and acquaintances have dogs. And some dogs have not been trained to recognize and respect human boundaries. I had many dogs over-excitedly jump at me, lick me, and unintentionally scratch me when all I wanted was to politely nod at them or provide just a pet or two. They don’t stop easily and are rarely trained to stop with a clear command.

In moment like that, is there something I can do with my body language and voice that would make it easier for a dog to understand that I think it’s acting rudely and I want to disengage? Because I think I over-react and just confuse them further. Of course, ideally, their owners should do better socializing but that’s an entirely different matter… Also ideally, I wish I could just reduce the intensity of the contact rather than have to completely ignore the dog. But I don’t know if that’s achievable under such circumstances. Any thoughts you have would be deeply appreciated!

Oh yes, that is a very solvable problem! As you say, ideally their owners would work with them so they don't jump on you, but we can't always control other people.

I have found that a mixture of turning away and pointedly not making eye contact or looking at the dog, sidestepping any leaps if necessary, until all four feet are on the floor, and then maybe leaning down and saying hello, is pretty helpful. Dogs understand eye contact and they certainly understand pointedly not engaging with them until they perform a behavior. Now, a particularly excited dog who is over threshold might just move around you to jump up again... at which point, you turn again and continue pointedly ignoring until all four feet hit the ground. The dog's goal is to say hello and interact with you; they usually catch on pretty quick that you're only going to give them that when they are being polite, especially if you can maintain consistency about it and you see them regularly. If they're so over threshold that they can't control themselves, they need to not be out saying hello to guests for a little while until they have a little better emotional control.

You want to be clear, not look at the dog (eye contact will often excite them further; I've even trained a few dogs to only approach people and request pets upon making eye contact!), and be quiet and relatively boring. Wait out the excitement and maintain calm. As a bonus, this is pretty easy to do without inflaming the human social and emotional currents surrounding the situation, which is always the hardest part of dog training!

(I actually spent a chunk of time on Saturday going over exactly this concept with a bunch of fifteen-week-old puppies learning basic manners! Mind, they're babies so they get a certain amount of baby license and we were focusing on teaching them to automatically sit and wait to receive greetings rather than un-learning the jumping behavior, but the principles carry over.)

[randomreasonstolive]

Reason to Live #8735

 The excitement of your pets when you get home. Their happy faces and their affection. – Guest Submission

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[tomorrowxtogether]

231212 [GREETING] TXT (투모로우바이투게더) GLOBAL OFFICIAL FANCLUB MOA MEMBERSHIP

[danskjavlarna]

Source details and larger version.

My favorite (and weirdest) equine images are collected in my horse gallery.

[oceanmojis]

botw OR totk link waving emoji?

-bailey

our link is probably going to use these too lol, thanks for the suggestion!!

[tintern-avenue-needs-protection]

Japanese teacher letting students choose their own greeting. Viral, off my HD.

Tintern Avenue -- Top Treasures -- Tintern Alley

[jumy-m]

謹賀新年 / Happy New Year! 2024 - Jumy-M

[contaiinedarmageddon2]

well that's a rare sight these days. existence 0f anyone at all this neck 0f paradox space, n0t a rose in particular. what are y0u doing 0ut here lalonde?

[yama-bato]

Best wishes for a Happy Holiday season and new year!

Love and hugs,

yama-bato 

[smolmoss]

waving hello kitty paws! and some versions for when someone new joins a discord server :>

[tadara3]

Hi guys, HAPPY HOLIDAYS！and NO WAR!

[circus-sonata]

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