Do chins smile?

[Chinchilla63]

I swear one of my girls looks like she's smiling when she's mellow and happy. The other two, not so much. I've had dogs who absolutely grin, but does anybody think their chinnies do it, too?

 

[addictedtochins]

I haven't seen it but I'm sure it's possible because they sure do know how to show a grumpy, stinkeye face

 

[Mcrew7]

When Milo is content he'll "smile", if I talk to him while he's smiling he sometimes winks at me!

 

[becky12883]

Rufus winks at me all the time! I figured he was just trying to be cute, but maybe that's his way of smiling

 

[Jenn]

...only when they have gas...

 

[Chinchilla63]

...only when they have gas...

rotfl!

 

[melbur10]

You know I think to answer this you would have to know if they have the required facial muscles in order to smile... And I kind of wonder either way if they would recognize it as an expression of happiness or if we are just personifying them...
Not to say chins don't feel but they certainly express things with body language differently... For example some animals might mistake a toothy smile for 'omg that big human is showing its teeth at me...*fight or flight*'
I do think they can express what they feel through body language but I wonder if we take the other body language cues such as the great expression with their eyes and over all body position, rate of breathing and sounds they make form an idea of how they feel and then add other features that we think we see on them that we would commonly see going hand and hand with the feeling a human expresses..such as happiness and smiles

 

[addictedtochins]

That's what is so funny about the stinkeye, it is always given when the chin is displeased, never randomly

 

[melbur10]

This is true I get that a lot lol!

 

[qtpie61282]

two of mine do when I scratch under their chin/ear and chest

 

[DaddyslilDimwit]

I agree with qtpie, my male smiles when he gets his chin scratched.

 

[renRaining]

Here is the smile after I give him some scratch under his chin.

 

[Cass7nova]

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Here is the smile after I give him some scratch under his chin.

hhahahahahah what is he/she holding?? AND, I completely agree-he/she is smiling!!!! So adorable!!!

 

[renRaining]

Thax. =) He was chewing apple stick. I think males smile more than females.

 

[DaddyslilDimwit]

Adorable.

 

[mylittlechili]

YES

I know my little girl has both smiled and winked at me on countless occassions. (i.e. cleaning her cage, giving her a favorite treat or letting her out for some good play time) I love knowing I have a very happy chin.

 

[Lilune]

xD that picture is too much cute. That is very much the same face Amp makes after chin scritches, I love it.