Dog Body Language

Posted on June 15, 2010

I am in love with this new DVD I got. It is about dogs’ body language and what they are trying to tell you. I have been reading about it (much by Patricia McConnell) and tried to see it in my dogs but I guess I am a visual person and it’s not as easy for me to translate my theoretical knowledge into practical knowledge. At least not in this case. So I found this DVD by Sarah Kalnajs, a dog trainer and behavior consultant. It is a recording of a seminar she gave (for shelter staff, I believe) in which she goes through each and every body signal a dog could give and backs it up by examples on video, which she gathered from mainly dog assessments in all sorts of environments. I am in love with it! I think I am just going to keep it in my DVD player for a few weeks and play it over and over again to make sure it is imprinted into my brain

I absolutely recommend it for anyone dealing with many dogs, shelter staff, foster parents, humane society volunteers, or anyone who visits the dog park frequently and would like to know when to back off. That DVD cleared up some signals I see in one of my dogs that majorly confused me. Now I know for sure that she has got some major fear issues. Sarah Kalnajs gets four paws up from us!

*EDIT Sarah Kralnajs website also has some good resources for further information on anything training and behavior related!*