How Do Dogs Communicate?
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Today’s dogs are the decedents of yesterdays’ canines, which
liked to hang out with our human ancestors around their campfires. Canines
developed and evolved in Packs, controlled by an Alpha Male and Alpha
Female. These pack relationships are the fore fathers of our relationships
with our dogs. Even today our dogs live in a pack within our household,
the only difference is, we are the other pack members.
Dogs speak to each other through a complex language of sounds, actions
and body postures. Some of these language skills are naturally present
in your dog and some of them are learned behavior from being in a pack.
This is one reason some breeders will not let you take a puppy away from
his mother to soon. A good mother dog will teach the pups the basic survival
language and teach respect for older dogs.
For us humans, observation is the key to understanding some basic dog
language. If at all possible watch dogs interact with each other and try
to predict what’s happening or going to happen. The following are
some simple dog sounds and what they may mean, the setting the sound takes
place in will help identify the meaning:
Woof, woof = I am afraid / stay away from here / a stranger is near
Growl, growl = leave me alone / I may bite / I don’t like you
Whimper, whimper = I need to go outside / I am hurt / I am hot or cold
Yelp, yelp = that hurts you’re the boss
When you observe dogs making these sounds, watch the tail and body posture,
it will give you further insight into the non-verbal communication and
aid you in predicting dog behavior in the future. This predicting ability
can help especially when you encounter stray or new dogs.
When you think about it we communicate with each other in almost the same
way as dogs. We communicate with sounds and body postures. Think of a
comedy TV show, lots of laughter (sounds) and animated body postures (movement).
If we understand more about dogs and how they communicate with each other
we will be able to:
• Train our dogs easier
• Predict our dogs’ behavior and keep them out of bad situations
• Have a better overall relationship with our dogs
Other places were you are able to learn more about canine communication:
• Dog Parks
• Zoo’s with good wolf exhibits
• Your local Human Society
• Your local library
Email us at unclebob@petvalet.com and tell us the interesting ways your
dog communicates.
Good Luck,
Uncle Bob
-Aug 16, 2007 | Return to Uncle Bob's Corner
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