Communication: Language of the Dog
Understand is essential in a relationship between dog and man, as to establish a mutual understanding. So the dog does not become too amorphous, or otherwise disruptive or aggressive as adults, we must educate from an early age.
The dog communicates through facial expressions or sounds attitudes.
These signs are easy to identify, match its own language and have a specific meaning:
THE TAIL
When it stirs happy tail, your dog is happy, excited or just a particular context. By cons if the low moves, just the tip, and has a dejected, that he feels bad, emotionally or physically (you make jealous stroking another dog for example!). The bitch in heat has a special touch when it raises its tail motionless, indicating that it agrees to enter!
Paw on your leg :
This gesture can mean that calls you a treat or you just give him some attention.
Supine :
It relies entirely on you. It is available … preferably for hugs.
Lying on its four legs, tail folded, ears back, head down :
Sign of submission.
Lying on his side :
Sign of total submission, which may mean he made a mistake and he expects punishment.
Behind in the air and crouched on his front legs :
This is an invitation to the game
Small jumps up and barks :
Other calls to the game Desire friendly relations with another animal.
The BARK
When he barks, the dog communicates a warning. Depending on the nature of sound, or expressing joy, or the alert warning home a stranger enters the scene, either fear or doubt …
The grunt
The sound and force of the grunt vary depending on the breed of dog. It’s sort of the last warning before the attack. At this point, it is best not to approach the dog!
DOMINANCE AND SUBMISSION
Signs expressing dominance are characterized by a stare, hair back and neck bristling, lips curled … The dominant dog puts his paw on the opponent submitted, at the tail down and ears back patch. The dog translates dominated his defeat by lying on your back, neck and genitals offered her attacker winner, who will not attack his enemy had subjected himself.
THE MEANING
To contact them, dogs use their sense of smell, hearing, sight and touch:
Smell :
This meaning is most developed in the dog. Odorants or “pheromones” are secreted in urine, feces and vaginal secretions. The male relieves himself tirelessly to find out his identity: gender, physiological state … When they are in heat, females about a subject they urinate fragrant spotted several miles away! It’s like that twice a year with a bitch, or up to 20 jets of urine at the time for the dogs!
Sounds :
The grunts, barks, yelps, squeals, moans, squeals … are sounds emitted by dogs and having a specific meaning: threat, warning, alert, hungry, submission, distress, boredom …
Sight:
The visual signs are reflected in body posture, facial expressions: domination and submission expressed by attitudes recognizable.
Touch :
This sense occurs during certain matches: Dogs allowed to mate with a dog, dogs will graze the nose, those who sleep together (this can be two dogs or a dog and a cat or another animal, it all depends on socialization to accustom the puppy to live with another animal will make him feel the same attachment to this species is the phenomenon of “footprint”). Individual preferences appear among animals. A female in heat can repel a male to mate with another.