"How to speak dog" is OneMind Dogs' series of tips for creating a deeper connection between you and your dog. Have you ever wondered why your dog behaves the way he does?
This dog is "listening" to it's human: body language over spoken language.
Tip #2
While voice commands are useful in training, body language is what your dog naturally understands and responds to first. For example, If you teach your dog to sit and lie down using words and accompanying hand gestures, and then you tell your dog to "sit" but use the gesture for "lie down," your dog will lie down – following the gesture, not the word.
OneMind Dogs was developed in 2003, when top-performing agility dog, Tekla, suddenly lost her hearing. From then on, her trainer had to see the world from Tekla's perspective and rely only on physical cues to communicate. What could have been a crushing road block for Tekla's agility career turned into a groundbreaking way for all dogs and their humans to become better connected.
