Are you deaf to your dog? Most dog owners are.
But now, this legendary Norwegian dog trainer can show you how to use your dog’s “calming signals” to eliminate aggression and other unwanted bad behavior in your dog! She shows you how in a colorful little book.
If your dog is a barker, a growler or a biter this may be the most important training you need to get on good terms with your dog, because, armed with this information that this legendary dog trainer shares, you can calm even the most aggressive and out of control dog without expensive training or medication.
This dog owner was wowed after reading the book…
“My 8-year old dog Beau (a Border Collie Lab mix rescue) had always been very "high strung" and obsessed with chasing everything that moved. On the first mile or two of our walks and runs, he would rush and pull emphatically on his leash towards all creatures we encountered including other dogs. I thought that that was just how he was wired, so I just did my best to block him and walk him away from such things until we had exercised enough for him to be more calm… His level of obsession grew out of hand and I was no longer enjoying our walks much. I went searching for help, and, thankfully, found Turid's books.
“It has only been a few days since I read this book, but Beau has already become a real gentleman around the geese, ducks, swans, and other dogs we frequently encounter when walking around a lake by the apartment. I can walk him on a slack leash right past the geese and ducks and allow him to calmly greet other dogs or just calmly walk by (even if the other dog is throwing a tantrum and lunging and pulling towards him). This book has made a world of difference in our lives…” Read the full review here.
Lots of dog owners have struggled when trying to rehabilitate their dogs to eliminate unwanted, aggressive behavior – even though they loved their pets. Many of these dog owners finally give up, thinking that their dogs are beyond training. The truth is that virtually any dog can be rehabilitated. If you own a difficult, “lost cause” dog – there is a way out. But first you need to correct a mistake that 99% of dog owners make. A critical error that practically ensures a barker, growler or biter will get worse – not better. You need to understand that your dog’s aggression is not your fault. Your dog’s behavioral problems don’t have anything to do with your ability as a dog owner, or how much you love him. The real reason you may have a problem getting your dog’s behavior under control is because you don’t know how to communicate with your furry friend – because your dog doesn’t speak your language. Also, bad behavior is not the fault of any particular breed.
Dogs have their own language developed over thousands of years. A language that this dog trainer/canine behaviorist has decoded after decades of careful observation. She’s discovered that your dog communicates with a small set of only 30 signals such as yawning, liplicking, sneezing, even scratching.
And yet most of these messages go completely unnoticed by even the most attentive human dog owners. When your dog is feeling stress, or fear, or anger, they tell you about it. But because you can’t speak their language, you’ve been deaf to their warnings. If you could simply understand what your beloved canine was trying to communicate, you could defuse a “danger” situation before it has a chance to escalate. Effectively nipping barking, biting and growling in the bud.
The second major discovery this dog trainer/canine behaviorist made was that within the 30 signals dogs use to speak with one another, there is a smaller set of 7 “calming signals.” Dogs use these to let other dogs know they are not a threat, to defuse stress and avoid a potentially violent conflict.
But here’s the thing…
You can ALSO use the calming signals with your dog. When they indicate stress, or fear or anger – or any of the emotions that come before bad behavior – you can effectively tell them there’s nothing to be afraid of. And you’ll do it in a language they understand!
When you understand that your dog’s growling and posturing is a form of communication and you start using the calming signals with him – and when you can identify his or her stressors – you’ll be able to defuse them. Within just a week you can stop your dog from biting or assuming an aggressive posture altogether.
This means you can now pet and play fetch with him or her without a care. Your life and your outlook as a dog owner will be different. And you’ll be a lot happier.
Here are the benefits of getting “on talking terms” with you dog:
- You’ll get a breakdown of each of the 30 signals your dog uses to “speak” to other dogs – communicating anger, stress and fear.
- You’ll learn to identify situations that are stressful to your dog so that you can resolve or avoid them without it escalating to barking or violence.
- You’ll discover the trick to rehabilitating even the most helpless “lost cause” dog that has lost her ability to read or give calming signals. This has been used to turn abused, junk yard dogs into model pets that obey all of your commands.
- You’ll learn to become a keen observer of canine behavior at home, in the community, and among dogs to get better behavior and build a solid relationship.
"… As a confirmed skeptic who had faced down many an erroneous and self-serving theory about animals forced on the public by nut-jobs who hoped ‘Fluffy could read minds’, I had my doubts about this book. I bought it because it was the book chosen by my monthly book club for behavior dorks.
“I was astounded, and frankly my training style will never be the same. This book has, with excellent concrete examples and full-color photos, taught me that dogs have an intricate and reliable body language that they use as effectively as we use words. It has raised my esteem for dogs as beings, enlightened my behavior around them, expectations of them and abilities as a trainer. I can hardly believe I interacted with dogs without knowing these principles.... It's startling how thoughtful a dog's behavior really is. It won't even take a day's worth of your time to finish this book, but learning about a dog's calming signals, stress signals, threat signals and how to employ them yourself to calm and communicate with your own buddy will be worth a lifetime." Read the full review here…
