Dog Body Language ~ How to Identify It

Dog Body Language

This course is designed for adults and teens to learn how dogs use their bodies to communicate. If you are considering a career with dogs or you are a dog owner, it is important to know dog body language for safety and to help identify stress in dogs. A highly stressed dog is more likely to become aggressive or more fearful. By identifying body language you can help avoid stressful situations. Through a series of photos and videos you will learn to identify body language. By the end of this class, you will have a better idea of what body language a dog uses when relaxed, what subtle things he may display showing you he is uncomfortable and signs that may even lead to aggression.

Ear position
Lip licking
Bodies- relaxed and stiff
Hard and soft eyes
Tail position
Yawning
Mouth position

Teryn Jones has been teaching body language to students for over 15 years

She has a diploma in Advanced Canine Behavioral Sciences. As a contract trainer for the ASPCA she traveled around the country teaching shelter workers about identifying dog body language using 2 programs.

To learn more about Teryn

How long is the course
The course will take approximately 1 hour to complete.
Is this class for Adults or Teens
Both! As a homeschool mom, I know the importance of keeping my kids safe. There is no inappropriate language in any of my classes. There are no online chats, or discussions between students. I do talk about and we show a few video/photos of dogs showing aggressive body language. There are no pictures/videos of dogs actually biting. The class might also be appropriate for kids 11-12 yrs if they are very invested in dogs and a parent watches with them.

Learned a lot!

Elizabeth Rupprecht

This was great to watch with my kids. They really learned a lot about how to read the dogs and apply it to our own dogs.

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super helpful

Amelia Urquiza

I really enjoyed these courses, I am excited to use the knowledge I gained from this course and I am confident I will be able to understand my dogs as well a...

I really enjoyed these courses, I am excited to use the knowledge I gained from this course and I am confident I will be able to understand my dogs as well as other dogs much better! I love that videos, it really helps me as I am a visual learner. this course gives great training and is the next best thing to hands-on training in person! I can't wait to take more courses through 4 Paws Training

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This course was great!

Brooke Anglin

My daughter loved it! She was able to follow along and come and tell us what she learned and how she can apply it. She has been "training" my neighbors dog ...

My daughter loved it! She was able to follow along and come and tell us what she learned and how she can apply it. She has been "training" my neighbors dog and she feels better equipped after this class. From my 12yr daughter "I learned a lot from this course, I have 2 dogs and now I can understand them better. I would recommend this course to many of my friends who are dog owners".

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Review of Body Language Class

Sherry Boardman

Before taking this class I had the expectation of learning a few helpful hints. What a great surprise that this class is a wealth of information. Not only ...

Before taking this class I had the expectation of learning a few helpful hints. What a great surprise that this class is a wealth of information. Not only did the class throughly go over key behaviors in detail, it also showed images of each of these exampled behaviors and how they look on a dog. Honestly that is just a short summary. This class is filled with information, so organized and given in a step by step instructional method with reinforcement practice to help you retain the information. Dogs are so much apart of our families and our everyday world now that we seek to know more about them and what they are communicating to us-wish they could talk but this class is the next best thing.

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