How do you greet a dog politely?
I was visiting a friend's house for a small social gathering. One of the people visiting brought her beagle puppy to the occasion. Everyone adored the puppy and solicited her attention, immediately wanting to touch or hold her when greeting her. What was...
Splitting behaviour in dog communication
Some years ago “Gentleman” Gus joined my family. He was a lovely, large mixed breed – probably German shepherd, collie plus other “unknowns”- who had spent far too many of his eight or nine years in rescue kennels and was labelled as dog aggressive. Happily for him...
Considering the effects of walking or running straight towards a dog
A reflection on head-on approaches from a dog body language perspective – a reason to curve off the path occasionally. A simple body language experiment - Are there any differences between how a dog and human may approach one another? I remember the period of...