How do dogs communicate?

Dogs have remained the faithful friends and the dependable helpers and companions of humans for centuries as both understand each other in spite of the dog’s inability to speak. How do dogs communicate? Through body language and a form of vocalization, dogs can make humans, dogs and other animals understand what they want to say. Dog owners would attest to the fact that man’s best friend really do have the ability to show their feelings and to convey what they mean to their human friends.

Dogs are pack animals and in a household with two or three dogs, the dominant dog will show leadership over the other dogs lower in rank. Dogs have a distinctive method of communicating with each other. Notice how the alpha male stops the rambunctious play of the other dogs. The alpha male will assume a dominant position, bare the teeth and let out a menacing growl that would instantly make dogs lower in rank manifest a submissive attitude by lowering the eyes and by holding the tail between the legs.

The bared teeth and the threatening growl of the pack leader will be enough to warn other dogs in the pack. Butt sniffing is a form of communication distinct to dogs. Dogs that allow its rear end to be sniffed is communicating its desire to be friends with the other dog.

The language the dogs used as well as the body movements are obviously different from ours but through years of association, the barks, the whines and whimpers as well as the wagging tail, the erect ears and the bared teeth will allow a dog to convey feelings as well as report information to the master. Its true, dogs and humans have different ways of communicating but a patient and discerning pet owner will understand what the pet needs and what the pet want to convey simply by understanding the body movements as well as the facial expression of the dog. For instance the barking and the body movement of the dog excited at the arrival of the master would be different from the barking when the dog is trying to protect the territory from an intruder.

Dogs are man’s best friend and loyal companions. Dogs cannot talk but these are intelligent animals and they would know how to get their message across and humans have come to understand the pet by learning the meaning of the dog’s vocalization and body movements.

Interesting Articles

Share and Enjoy:

Your Name:
Your email Address:

(This is a private and fully protected mailing list. You can unsubscribe at any time).

Training a Puppy

How do dogs communicate?

Interesting Articles

Recent Posts