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Calming signals
The
calming signals are a part of the dogs'
language. As social animals, they have a
well developed and very varied way of
communication, using mimicry, body language
and sounds. They use their language to
communicate with each other and with us,
telling about their emotions and other
things they want to tell. Some of the
language consist of socalled
distance-creating signals, to make others
keep away, while the calming signals show
politeness, can cut off conflicts before
they have started, and get out of conflicts
already started. The dogs' variety of
communication help them to live in peace and
quiet within the pack, and help solving
conflicts. We will look at the signals and
how to understand dogs, and also how to use
the language ourselves, with pictures and
film.
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Stress in dogs
It is important for us to understand how
stress works in the body, and why we and
dogs get stressed. We will look at the
physiology, and the
consequences of stress, and how to avoid the
long term stress that makes us sick and
having behavioural problems like fear,
aggressions and social problems. Many. if
not most, of the behaviour problems we get
in dogs, are a result of stress, so we have
to learn about reasons for stress, how to
see the symptoms, and most important: how to
avoid it or help the dog to
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Turid
Rugaas
Turid Rugaas is an
internationally renowned trainer and writer
who has devoted her life to dogs, their
behavior and their well-being.
The Norwegian dog trainer has worked with
dogs for many years and studied the body
language of dogs for more than a decade.
After a project where Turid and a colleague
observed dogs carefully, recording their
behaviour on video and in photographs, she
became well-known around the world for her
work on the calming signals. And Turid
Rugaas is now one of the world's leading
experts on dog behavior.
In the critically acclaimed book On Talking
Terms with Dogs: Calming Signals, she shares
with us her insights on the fascinating
world of communication between dogs, as well
as dogs and their owners.
Turid lives and works in Norway where she
owns and runs a dog training school, Hagen
Hundeskole. Being a popular speaker, she is
spending more time abroad than at home,
speaking and presenting programs at
conferences, seminars and workshops.
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