Tongue out: “Look at how long my tongue is!”
Stretching: “Look at how long my body is!”
Running off into the distance: “Look at how long the distance between you and me is—you can’t catch me!”
Head on the ground, tail twisted into a corkscrew: “I’m tired and don’t want to play anymore, so you can open a bottle of wine.”
Jumping up on your leg, suddenly, then completely red: “Why did you spill wine all over me?”
Doing a pawstand, legs split at a forty-five-degree angle: “You should have a martini instead.”
One paw in the air, jumping up and down: “This is my favorite song!”
Looking up with puppy-dog eyes: “Please give me that!”
Looking up with elderly-dog eyes: “Please give me that or I will die!”
Looking up with human eyes: “You didn’t give me that, so I’ve taken your eyes!”
Flipped over on back: “The world is upside-down!”
Flipped onto side: “The world is askew!”
On stomach: “All is right with the world, except for the fact that I desperately need a treat.”
Tail wagging: “I’m so happy!”
Tail between legs: “I’m so scared!”
Lying down next to you, with tail going into your ear: “I’m so comfortable, and I’m sure you are, too!”
Pointing with one paw: “He went thataway!”
Staying in place, despite legs spinning in improbable circles, before scooting off very quickly: “Scooby-dooby-doo!”
Pointing at bum and then at your shoe and then throwing paws in the air: “It looks like someone pooped in your shoe—I don’t know what to tell you.”
Pointing at mouth and then at your couch and then throwing paws in the air: “It looks like someone ate your couch—I don’t know what to tell you.”
Pointing at self and then at you and then throwing paws in the air: “You have no idea what my body language means! I don’t know what to tell you.”
