Dotted or solid line ? At least make it solid so that people cannot jump through the gaps ! <| sep |> you see i ' ve already noticed some time ago that my dog has a habit of raising her other eyebrow , giving this cute confused look . but today i noticed that she always raised it as she was looking to her side . i wanted to test something and got her to stand up . i moved my hand to her right and then her left , and what do you know she always raised the eyebrow opposite to the direction she was looking in . this made me realise the purpose of canids ' eyebrow markings wolves also have these patterns , but they ' re harder to notice . you see , both humans and wolves are social animals to which efficient communication is important . however , we humans have almond shaped eyes that basically always show the white of the eye clearly , allowing others to quickly see which direction we are looking in and therefore what they should pay attention to as well . but dogs have proportionally big irises and the whites of the eyes are much more rarely seen and i hear that showing the whites can also be a gesture of stress . here the eyebrows come in . especially with the marked ones , the eyebrow raise could be a way to show other members of the pack where a dog is staring . but i should note that i ' ve only had the chance to test this with my own dog . it might just be her own thing . anyway , if it ' s true , it would certainly explain something more about why dog patterns are what they are . TLDR canisaries thinks she ' s a scientist and jumps into conclusions so hard that it ' s a miracle her ankles haven ' t shattered yet