While yawning can be a sign of tiredness or boredom, dogs will also yawn as a sign of stress. For example, many dogs will yawn when tightly hugged, kissed on the face, leaned over, stared at ...

Yawning in dogs also can be a sign of stress, which may be heightened during laboratory experiments in which the canines are ...

when an animal sees another yawn, it responds empathetically, as if experiencing the same tiredness or stress. Research supports this idea, with studies showing that domesticated dogs yawn more ...

More importantly, the researchers write, your dog catching your yawn is a sign of basic empathy ... there are three common signs of stress in dogs: 1) Turning their heads away from the thing ...