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  • Dog Body Language – Wondering What is Going On ...
    Dog Body Language – Wondering What is Going On In Your Dog’s Mind? Watch His Body!
    Reading Your Dog’s Body Language – The  Key To Communicate and Understand Each Other. There are ways for us to read into our dog’s minds.  Dogs have a language and express themselves with their body. To read a dog’s body language takes a little bit of experience but once you are familiar with common dog behaviors, you will be able to: Better understand your own pooch. Read situ...
  • Protected: Calming Signals – Great Communicatio...
    Protected: Calming Signals – Great Communication Tools Between Canines and Humans
    Turid Rugaas, a norvwegian trainer has done an amazing work in bringing canine communication to dog training and to the general public. This is an extract from her book “ On talking terms with dogs” ” Think about the average day with your dog. You get up in the morning with a little tiny bit of morning sour and tell the dog off with a little annoyance in your voice. He turns his ...
  • Protected: Canine’s Body Language – What ...
    Protected: Canine’s Body Language – What Is Your Dog Saying
    Moves and Expressions that Say a Lot When You Know How to Interpret Them Sonia was not quite a year old Yellow Lab. When she saw the German Shepherd cross on the other side of the trail, she wanted to play and rushed over, to the other dog to play. She was  not listening to her screaming mom calling her to come back. One look and a deep growl from the Shepherd was all it took for Sonia to stop ...
  • Protected: Children and Dogs- Wagging Tails, Hugs and...
    Protected: Children and Dogs- Wagging Tails, Hugs and Boundaries
    Children and dogs can have a wonderful relationship.Yet when children get bitten by a dog is most often by the family dog. A dog will never bite out of the blue. There will always be a warning. Some dogs might be more tolerant than others but they will all give a warning. As you now know the dog will give calming signals to express his/her discomfort and might even growl a bit as a warning. Teach...

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