08 Dec

What is the concept of dog-owner communication?

IMG_0175 Dog owner communication bridges the world of dogs and those of humans to enable the owner to communicate and work with the dog in a way that helps the dog adapt to an environment that otherwise would be very stressful.

Dogs communicate through body language as well as ten different dog tones which people cannot simulate.

We can teach dogs how to communicate through words but we have to start with sequence and patterns and then only through a couple thousand repetitions, it becomes classically conditioned (a non-thought in which the dog simply follows through with the command or associated behavior).

We can’t teach dogs to think like people but we can teach people to think like dogs. In my training, I teach clients about dog psychology, different tones of voice, body language that communicates clearly to a dog, and how not to over-shadowing behaviors.