Reading canine body language can often times be perplexing, but a friendly dog in the act of  demonstrating the “play bow” is usually (happily!) really easy to spot.  See if you can catch your own pup in action:  your puppy will bring her front legs down towards the floor, and lift her rear up high towards the sky in a supercute & pouncy (sometimes wiggly-waggly) pose. You’ll see this gesture going on lots at dog parks between happy pups (and frisky old-timers, too.) You might even be approached the same way, with squeaky toy in tow!  The play bow is universal dog language for “Hey puppy, let’s play!”