Making Use Of Body Language To Give Positive Messages To Your Puppy
Positive messages include such messages in the line of “you are doing great”, “keep up”, “you did us proud” and “we believe in you”. These are all important messages but need a different set of body language for them to be conveyed correctly.
The quickness at which we say stuff will give different signals of enthusiasm or the gentleness we have. Posture like seated position and bent over postures imply degree of invitation.
If your dog is a nervous kind, try and approach him from his side. By approaching a dog from the side, this implies that we “come in peace”. Approach the dog with a lot of gentleness and do not sneak up on him.
This strategy is however not as valid if you as the dog owner is trying to get the dog to submit to a certain authority or command. When you want the dog to calm down as submissive, you should first take a leadership position that means having to approach the dog with confidence and a sense of standing tall.
When you want to use the negative tactics, you should be focusing on messages of intimidation or aggression in your tone. The appropriate messages to use here are those like “bad dog, you are in for a beating today”.
Most of the people who talk to their dogs know that you will rarely find these kinds of body languages to communicate to the dog. However, nature of the dogs point that in the wild, a dog would have to get those messages to survive by instinct.
You should shun the combative approaches when you are dealing with dogs. A negative or threatening and in many cases an intimidating body language will only let the dog react with aggression. You will get some form of angry barking or scratches. Therefore, a neutral approach shows that it is a matter of correcting the behavior and not the dog.
Practice make perfect. One should practice on the mirror how to approach a dog with good body language. You should try to use your own body language to see if you can tell your reflection what is in your mind.
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