Different Moods

This week we had Tuesday of from school. So I had the chance to observe Tyara in the morning for once, since all the other days I observe her after after school. With me observing her on Tuesday in the morning, I noticed there was a change in her behavior, she started to jump on me when I went outside . She also seemed to be more awake and out going in the morning.  I didn't pay much attention to it until I observed her on Wednesday and Thursday afternoon that I saw the difference in her attitude. "She kept running around with her bone in her mouth. I started to chase her and mess around with her when I saw she kept wanting to run." field notes 11/4. This is a video that I recorded of Tyara while she was in a good mood on Tuesday. (Please ignore my awkward sound effects in the back.)

In the video here, Tyara is really happy and energetic, she jumps on me twice. She has done that a couple of times before but now I was wondering why she does that? I know it probably has something to do with her being happy, but what does it mean? With this question I decided to do some research in why dogs jump on people. According to  ASPCA:"Teaching Your Dog Not to Jump on People",  dogs jump on people to try to get their attention. Since when they meet a new dog, they will smell their face, dogs try to do the same thing to us humans. They try to sniff our faces, but since we are way much taller than them it causes them to jump up. I never really thought of it that way, I just thought Tyara jumped on me because she was happy and had a lot of energy in her.

The rest of the week Tyara wasn't as happy and energetic as she was on Tuesday in the morning. I had more fun observing her in the morning than I did any other day that week.

Pic taken by me 11/4 (Tyara playing with her bone)

Work Cited

"Teaching Your Dog Not to Jump on People." ASPCA. N.p. n.d. Web. 8 Nov. 2014.