Dog Communication vid..

[emmabeth]

This is done by my friends Penel and Laura at Dog Communication in Surrey.

Great vid with bits slowed down and a fab audio description of what is going on - Penel and Laura and their teaching dogs really help a lot of dogs get to grips with communicating with other people, not to mention teaching their owners about doggy communication too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oosoSRWg ... ture=share

[bendog]

Thanks for posting that emmabeth.

Sasha reminds me a lot of the bossy matriarch type dog!

I am just never sure when to leave her to correct the young uns or when to stop them approaching her in the first place.

[Erica]

Very interesting video. Thanks for sharing!

[rachel540]

Hi! thanks for posting I thought this was a great video. I wish we could slow down real life, I am still unsure on Peppers interactions with other dogs, it all happens so quickly I often miss the communication. She likes to chase but sometimes I can't tell if shes running away, we end most interactions pretty quickly anyway. The most obvious clue I can pick up on is if both dogs go back to chase each other, then we leave them to it a little longer, other than that I'm unsure and we move on. I'm still working on that but feel I have learnt so much, when its just us 1:1 or my OH 1:1 with her I feel I can really read what she is comunicating

[JudyN]

It's a small world - I know Penel from another forum!

Fascinating stuff. I struggle with Jasper's interactions as he's a mixture of wimpy and bullying, and it's difficult to predict when he's going to go for the latter. He got on well with a young unneutered male the other day, but possibly only because the other dog was so submissive Jasper didn't need to do much to feel confident that he was 'top dog'.

[Nettle]

Wimpy and bullying are two sides of the same coin. While a dog's innate attitude is largely genetic, doing what you already do with Jas by playing confidence-giving games plus taking charge of interactions, is the way to manage this trait. So kudos to you for doing so well.