Sunday, April 29, 2012

Doggy Body Language Part 2: Happy vs Stressed

Here is Part 2 in our series of videos by Jean Donaldson on doggy body language! Great info and warning - TV dog trainers may mistake calm dogs for stressed dogs! We can learn the difference!


Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Dog Body Language

Here is another great video on body language! Please take 5 minutes and watch it. Students of Taming the Wild Side, this is a must watch, it will make your training and relationship with your dogs even better!

Warning: Do not put your hand towards a dog that is guarding a toy, food or anything else as they did in this video. Contact a professional trainer to help with this problem!
 

Monday, April 23, 2012

Doggy Body Language Part 1

Jean Donaldson is the founder of and instructs at The San Francisco SPCA Academy for Dog Trainers, which has gained a reputation as the Harvard for dog trainers. She is the author of "The Culture Clash", "Dogs Are From Neptune" and "MINE! A Guide to Resource Guarding in Dogs". In order to help you learn a little about dog body language, we will post 7 short video excerpts by Jean, with slides of body language that you can learn from and then you can watch your dog to see if you can pick up some of this behavior that your dog may be offering! Check back next week for another video!  Enjoy!