Body Position Meanings

[Khan~‡~Rasha]

This body position is of a wolf when it is attacking.



This body position is of a wolf when it is defensive or is feeling threatened.



This body position is of wolves fighting with the top wolf pinning the other wolf to the ground.



The body position of the wolf laying down is an example of a wolf being passive submissive.



This type body position when running indicates that the wolf is playing.



This type body position when running indicates that the wolf is running in fear.

[Khan~‡~Rasha]

The wolf on the left side of this illustration demonstrates the way a wolf looks when it is in active submission.



This wolf is simply playing.



This shows how a yearling would submit to a fully dominant wolf.



This body posture indicates that the wolf is feeling both fear and aggressiveness.