Just completed reading a book by Turid Rugaas . Book title : On talking terms with dogs.
I was wondering if any one else has read this book. I mean no offense, but it felt like a book that could have been fit into a post card.
The book talks about the various types of calming signals dogs use and her dog Vesla was really good at it. Also humans can try to mimic some of those signals and that helps dogs
Do any of us Leerburg-ers try using calming signals on our dogs? Does it work? If so how does one go about it.
I have the book and have read it. You're right, it's very short, just 79 pages, with lots of photos. Still, I found it interesting. I think communicating through body language is something quite natural to both dogs and humans, so it makes sense that learning some of their specific signals will be helpful in our inter-species relationship. Think of how much human body language dogs have to learn. (For example, baring our teeth usually means we are smiling, not threatening to bite someone LOL.)
Does it work? That's hard for me to answer from my own limited experience. For me, it's something that is just integrated into the way I interact with my dogs, and I really don't think about it too much. But I'm speaking of body language in general here; I have not had many occasions to try using specific calming signals.
How does one go about it? Well, I guess a book like this is a good start. Why not just try out some of the author's suggestions and see how it goes?
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