On Talking Terms with Dogs

Calming Signals

By: Turid Rugaas

Narrated by: Perry Simardone

Yawning, lip-licking, sneezing, even scratching are just a few of the 30-plus signals that dogs use to communicate with one another.

With On Talking Terms With Dogs, you can learn to recognize these signals and use them yourself to interact with your dog. Norwegian dog trainer and behaviorist Turid Rugaas has made it her life work to study canine social interaction. She coined the phrase calming signals to describe the social skills, sometimes referred to as body language, that dogs use to avoid conflict, invite play, and communicate a wide range of information to other dogs and also humans.

Every dog needs his human to listen to this book! Learn to identify situations that are stressful to your dog, so that you can resolve or avoid them. Rehabilitate a dog that has lost her ability to read or give calming signals. Become a keen observer of canine behavior at home, in the community, and among dogs to get better behavior and build a solid relationship.

©2005 Turid Rugaas (P)2005 Turid Rugaas

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I knew a lot of the information in this book, but did not realize I knew it.
I recommend it to all dog lovers.

positive feedback

I liked the positive training and how you should give positive training praise, not violence or punishments. The dog does not understand violence as to what they did wrong anyways. Never abuse your dog. Your dog aims to please you.

Opening Doors to Understanding

What an enlightening and refreshing guide to better understanding how our dogs yearn to adapt to us and how special they are with how they socialize with other dogs and us. This revealed so much clarity for how my older pup, Bella, ran the show, in our home, in the yard, the dog park, etc. Dogs are amazing and this book is too.

Great book for novelist dog trainers

This book is great, I’ve learned so much about calming signals. After reading this book I was able to communicate with my Siberian husky much better.

A must read!

There would be a lot less dogs in shelters and rescues if everyone read this book before bringing a dog into their family. 🐾 ❤️ 🐾