Common Calming Signals

This video shows some of the more common calming signals dogs display. Some of the video is from a Behavior Adjustment Training (BAT) session with a dog who is aggressive towards some other dogs, and the rest shows dogs at a dog park. Recognizing calming signals is essential for appropriate use of BAT, and helpful in many other pet-friendly training techniques as well.

For more information about BAT, you can peruse the information provided by Grisha Stewart (creator of BAT) here:

http://ahimsadogtraining.com/blog/bat/

For information about BAT and other pet-friendly training for your pet, visit http://www.TheSophisticatedDog.com/ . A series of blog posts discussing BAT in layman's terms starts here: http://willmydoghateme.com/dog-training/training-tuesday-batboy-begins

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• clicker training
• pet training
• dog training
• Behavior Adjustment Training
• BAT
• calming signals
• dog behavior

[proprodigySD]

Damn, i sort of wish our, "Fuck off, mate" signals were as amicable as these dogs'.

[TheSophisticatedDog]

@proprodigySD I think humans probably have a lot of polite "cut-off" signals, both physical and verbal, that get sent out before the stage you mentioned above. Not every person pays attention to the subtle precursor signs, alas. (The same thing happens with dogs, in some cases, which is why you sometimes see teeth bared -- or worse -- when two dogs meet, even if they have no resources to fight over; someone's been ignoring more subtle and polite "not now" signals.)

[Lilou4ever1]

Excellent video!! thank you for sharing this opportunity to teach a wide audience the basic dog language everyone should know about!! Click/treat for you :-)))

[TheSophisticatedDog]

@Lilou4ever1 Thank you so much! You have just increased the probability that I will make another video soon.

:-)

[IzzyBooNZ1]

very very interesting, thank you !

[TheSophisticatedDog]

@IzzyBooNZ1 Thank you for the comment!

[Lilou4ever1]

@TheSophisticatedDog WONDERFUL!! I will look forward to any new videos from you and keep sharing it with all my dog-owning contacts as it seems this language is so foreign to most of the world - when it should be part of the obligatory tests each owner should pass before owning a dog :-) Keep up the good work and thank you again for doing this :-))

[TheSophisticatedDog]

@OmHunden I'm so glad you liked it and found it useful!

[OmHunden]

Thank you for this clip, very down to earth, easy peasy for people to understand :)