How can I read my dog’s body language?

Answer 1

Canine Body Language: Submissive
A dog will use everything from his eyes and ears to tail to communicate. A canine who is acknowledging a person or other dog to be of higher rank, will lower his tail, send his ears back, and close his eyes half-way. A dog can also show submissive body language by lying on his back with his belly exposed.

One way to find out if a puppy has more dominant or submissive tendencies is to try and lay him on his back. If he fights back, he is very likely dominant. If he lies on his back willingly, then he is a submissive dog.
Canine Body Language: Anxious
Learning to read your canine's body language and determining whether he is feeling anxious can go a long way towards deterring unwanted problems. If your dog draws back his weight on his hind legs, he may be feeling fearful and anxious. He'll pull his ears back closer to his head and he may hang his tail down between his rear legs. He may also lick his lips in a nervous gesture. --

Answer 2

Try this website: www.dogwise.com
Here are some suggestions to help:

CANINE BODY LANGUAGE, A PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE by
Brenda Aloff
ON TALKING TERMS WITH DOGS: CALMING SIGNALS 2ND. ED.
Turid Rugaas
DOG LANGUAGE: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CANINE BEHAVIOR
Roger Abrantes
BODY POSTURE & EMOTIONS: SHIFTING SHAPES, SHIFTING MINDS
Suzanne Clothier
THE LANGUAGE OF DOGS DVD SET
Sarah Kalnajs

Answer 3

Oh yes I do believe it - when you just look at the following basic fact I think those that did not believe will think differently :- Our dogs have nothing else in life than to do their own thing, which basically consists of very little, no housework, no taking the kids to school, no nothing including the bills etc to pay, therefore an animal have plenty of time to observe their owners, and just look how quickly the new puppy bonds to one person particularly. The person who carries that puppy home and is the one to feed it, will adopt that person as its ' mother' and learn from that person. They therefore like I said at the start, have all the time in the world to discover our basic routine and then our characters. My first Westie now 20 years ago, would wait for me to come home from work every day and sit by the window on her little steps. When my partner was home before me, he would tell me that 40 minutes prior to my arrival time, she would sit there. But .... how come on quite a few occasions when I can home at a totally different time unexpectedly, and not in my car, there she was at the window waiting. My second Westie (now gone to Rainbow Heaven), also would know my next move even when I was undecided would I do this first or that, and though I don't have a story to prove that, it really did happen and many times. The only story I have about her though, were I to argue with my husband and whilst in the stage that I would not be talking to him, she would totally ignore him too, until she had seen that I had forgiven him. This may not prove telepathy, but the feeling of communication between us was powerful that others noticed yet could not put their finger on.

Answer 4

dog whispering is the only way to under stand your dog's body language

Answer 5

A dog will use everything from his eyes and ears to tail to communicate. A canine who is acknowledging a person or other dog to be of higher rank, will lower his tail, send his ears back, and close his eyes half-way. A dog can also show submissive body language by lying on his back with his belly exposed.

One way to find out if a puppy has more dominant or submissive tendencies is to try and lay him on his back. If he fights back, he is very likely dominant. If he lies on his back willingly, then he is a submissive dog.