What Dogs Say word search
Twelve of the signals dogs use constantly and people miss almost as often. Play bow and tail wag are the easy ones; whale eye, lip lick and shake off are the ones worth learning, because they usually appear well before a dog gets properly upset.
A4 · 2 pages · 62KB · answer key included
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The twelve words
- EARS BACK
- FREEZE
- HACKLES
- LIP LICK
- PANTING
- PLAY BOW
- SHAKE OFF
- SOFT EYES
- TAIL WAG
- TUCKED
- WHALE EYE
- YAWNING
Words run in all eight directions, including diagonally and backwards. The answer key is on page two of the PDF.
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