how to read dogs body language

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apbt1118

Discussion Starter · Jul 2, 2012

I don't know where to put this but anyway was wondering is there a website or books to learn how to read a dogs body language

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Gally

· #21 · Jul 6, 2012 (Edited)

Amaryllis said:
Unfortunately, if you're watching Cesar, you're going to have a very hard time learning dog body language. CM does not have a good understanding of the subject and frequently misinterprets calming signals and fear signals as aggression and "dominance".

There are people with far better understanding of dogs, like Karen Pryor, Jean Donaldson, Ian Dunbar, to name a few, who would help you out more.

Ugh yes. Someone had been telling me that CM had started to change his ways so I thought I'd watch an episode to see if there was any truth to that statement.

CM was leaning over a dog in a crate and kicking at the crate to try to show the dog how dominant he was over it. When he opened the crate door the dog held up his paw, licked his lips and turned his head away. To me he was clearly saying please don't hurt me crazy psycho man. What did CM think the dog was saying with his body language? "I'm going to hunt you!"

WTH...

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Amaryllis

· #22 · Jul 7, 2012

You can't really tell if a dog was taken early. Dogs taken early tend to have problems with bite inhibition and proper manners with other dogs, but so do a lot of dogs.

Are you just curious?

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Pawzk9

· #23 · Jul 8, 2012

Gally said:
Ugh yes. Someone had been telling me that CM had started to change his ways so I thought I'd watch an episode to see if there was any truth to that statement.

CM was leaning over a dog in a crate and kicking at the crate to try to show the dog how dominant he was over it. When he opened the crate door the dog held up his paw, licked his lips and turned his head away. To me he was clearly saying please don't hurt me crazy psycho man. What did CM think the dog was saying with his body language? "I'm going to hunt you!"
WTH...

Oh, my. That is downright scary.

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PinkySue

· #24 · Jul 8, 2012

I have had dogs my whole life and it always amazes me how much they communicate with us via their posture and overall body language in lieu of actually being able to speak to us. It is particularly interesting to me when I see people who have not had much experience with dogs and how they react and interact with dogs subsequently. I find that it looks very awkward and unnatural and the dog usually seems more at ease than the people. Reading up on the subject would help people a lot.

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Analogdog

· #25 · Jul 9, 2012

I wanted to say that I completely agree Canine Body Language as a top notch book on the topic. I just got out of library a 2 DVD set of The Language of Dogs by Sarah Kalnajs. It is also a fine video on dog body language, and goes into signs that the book does not have. I am now starting to think there is more to this than is in any one book or DVD, and one must get to all the credible sources.

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