Article From SubmitYOURArticle.com: Understand Your Dog Better By Reading His Body Language

Since humans don't have the luxury of being able
to speak directly to and be spoken to by dogs,
learning the body language of these animals and
how to employ it ourselves is the only way to
effectively communicate with one of these
animals. A dog has many ways in which it will
hold its body or its various parts to indicate
different emotions or moods and learning to
interpret these signs will help you and your pet
forge a much better relationship.

Unfortunately, humans lack the ability to hold
themselves like a dog would. We have no tails to
wag, our ears are small and difficult to move,
and we are usually standing upright instead of on
all fours. Despite these limitations, it is
still quite possible to use certain body language
motions and techniques to get the message across
to a dog.

When training a dog it is important to realize
that you must be the dog's pack leader. The
social structure of a wolf pack in instill in
most dogs, therefore a dog owner must learn how
the rules work for them in order to facilitate
training. It is no doubt easier to train a puppy
from young, older rescued or adopted dogs tend to
be harder to train.

The structure of a dog or wolf pack is based
entirely on dominance. One animal must be the
dominant one before the others will have a sense
of structure. A dog wants the best for the pack,
so unless you exert your dominance early on, the
dog might think that he will make a better leader
and try to take over.

There are some dominant positions one can use to
help reinforce his alpha leader position. Humans
are naturally taller than most dog breeds since
we walk on two legs. Make use of this advantage
to establish your position since a pack leader
tends to be physically bigger than its followers.
If your dog likes to jump up to be your size or
if he takes advantage of a time when you are
sitting or lying down on the floor, this is a
sign that your dog does not respect you fully as
his leader.

A dominant animal also has control over the other
animals in the pack and if another animal is
doing something that the alpha deems unnecessary
or would rather not have happen, he can block the
other animal simply by walking in his path or
pushing him slightly out of the way. A pack
leader will also show his dominance by giving his
disobedient followers a nip on the neck or back
to show who's the boss. Obviously, it is
impossible for us to nip our puppies, however a
quick soft slap on the body can work as well.

How your dog move his ears and tail also reveal a
great deal of how he is feeling. Ears folded
backwards behind the head mean that he is
fearful, submissive or happy. Ears edging
forward means he is alert or nervous. A dog
wagging his tail downwards mean that he is
submissive and happy where a dog wagging his tail
upwards signal that he is dominance and excite.

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