Your posture and movement influence your dog’s behavior. Learn how to cue him without words – and avoid inadvertent miscommunication.

By Pat Miller

Week Three of our training class. We are working on “verbal downs” – getting the dogs to lie down on just a verbal cue. Diane and her exceptionally sweet and compliant eight-month-old Great Dane, Gable, aren’t succeeding. I ask her if I can try.

This man was mystified when the dog, who was romping loose at a dog park, suddenly shied away from the man, growling and raising the hair on his back. All the man did to elicit this response was to bend over, staring at and calling to the dog. From the dog’s perspective, a direct stare and bending over the dog are very challenging.

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