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Dog Body Language - Understanding Your Dog |
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Dog Body Language - Understanding Your Dog
Adrian Fletcher
Dog's communicate with humans in two ways. They bark and they use body language. Barking is fairly limited and is more useful when you can't see your pet. However body language is far more powerful. You can get a good sense of how your dog is feeling by understanding and studying his body language. This article will identify some of the meaning behind common dog body language.
The meaning of your pet's body language will become clear once you have lived with him for a few years, until then however here are a few pointers about dog body language.
When dogs are happy or in a playful mood they will raise their hindquarters in the air and wag their tail. They may also prance or bounce about on their front legs. This is really obvious when they drop a ball in front of you hoping you will throw it for them. Their mouth will be open in a doggy smile.
A dogs body language will also reveal submission to you or other animals. Since you are the pack leader or a higher status in the pack according to your dog you should see signs of this on some occasions. Typically, submission involves rolling onto their back to expose the belly to you or the superior dog. If you are reprimanding a dog, it will walk to you with the head, eyes and ears lowered. The tail may wag but it will be in a lowered position between the legs.
A relaxed dog will have it's weight evenly distributed. The tail may wag intermittently. The head will be raised with the eyes focusing in the direction that it is walking or looking.
The dog will look the same if it is suddenly alerted to something. However it my start to put more weight on the front feet, leaning forward. The hair around the joint between the tail and back may raise up. The head will point in the direction of the noise with eyes focused and ears pricked towards the source of attention.
Body language that indicates aggression is similar to an alerted behavior however there is one important distinction. The hackles are generally raised. the hackles are the fur between the should blades at the join between the torso and the neck. this will really be obvious as the hair stands erect. The eyes will stare intently at the subject of potential aggression to the extent that the whites around the cornea will be visible. the eyes will look wild or straining because of this.
Once you have seen these signals once or twice in your pet, you will understand what they mean. You will be able to modify your behavior or even the dogs if you feel that it is not appropriate. It can also help you understand what kind of behavior training your dog needs based on it's body language to you.
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