How Can You Help Your Dog Calm Down?
Some dog owners may have seen their dogs move very slowly and hang their heads down. This is a sign that the animal is trying to calm down.
If you are nervous yourself, you will not be able to calm your pet or get them to follow your instructions. In addition, you will not be able to calm your dog down if he is afraid. This is why calm signals are essential in raising a dog. Check out today’s article for some helpful tips. They will help you understand a restless, excited, or anxious dog better.
If you want to calm your dog down, you should learn to understand their body language
It has certainly happened to you before that your dog comes to you slowly, with its head hanging and its tail pinched between its legs, when you want to scold him for wrongdoing.
But all of this is not just a sign of submission. In addition, the animal tries to calm itself down with these slow movements.
Animals have different techniques for calming themselves down when something troubles or troubles them. We humans also have various strategies for calming down. Some meditate, listen to classical music or take a bath, etc.
Dogs yawn, sniff, hang their heads, or walk slowly when they want to calm down.
The signs that a dog is trying to calm down can be observed in certain movements or gestures. Therefore, it is essential that you know and understand them. This is the only way you can react appropriately to your dog’s mood.
They inherited these strategies of appeasement and calming down from their ancestors, the wolves. Dogs use them when they live in a pack to cope with aggression or stressful situations and to defend or protect themselves from attacks by other animals.
How can you use these techniques to train your dog?
Once you understand how these strategies work and what they mean, you should realize that as a dog owner, you need to give your dog the same sense of security and calm.
Do not forget that for him you are the leader of the pack. You are the alpha male or the beta bitch and your dog expects you to act just like them.
Animals understand body language because they use it for communication. Therefore, in your dog training, you have to use exactly these signals that your dog can understand.
Your dog perceives everything through its senses, especially olfactory, auditory and visual. They also have the ability to spot small details, tiny signs, and slight changes in your behavior or tone of voice.
Therefore, it is extremely important to understand that there is no need to yell at your dog for him to obey you. In addition, you should n’t get nervous and keep talking to him. A calm and clear behavior and approach is the best and the most effective strategy in dog training and education.
Body language
Depending on the breed or age at which it was trained, a dog can understand more than 30 signals related to calm and reassurance. With this “gestural vocabulary” he can express emotions such as suspicion, fear, calm, peace, conflict, friendship, play, luck, consent, etc.
Dogs can communicate perfectly with each other through their body language. Both with an animal that you have never seen before and with the one you live with in the same household. But the problem is that they use these communication techniques on humans as well. And unfortunately there are very many people who do not understand them at all!
However, if you cannot interpret these signals correctly, it will reduce the chance that you will be able to train your dog well, communicate with him properly, and understand him.
Although most of these signs are the same in all dogs, you should still be very careful about how your dog responds to certain stimuli.
Your dog may yawn if you have an aggressive tone, lick his muzzle, turn his face or cover him with his front legs, etc.
All of these behaviors indicate that he is trying to calm down while doing everything possible to calm you down as well. He wants to be reconciled with you!
Of course, that doesn’t mean you should stop training or educating him if he misbehaves. But you should learn to understand your dog’s language and interpret it correctly.
These signals are indispensable and will be very helpful to you when dealing with your four-legged friend. Therefore, you should definitely learn to understand them better!
