On Talking Terms with Dogs by Turid Rugaas

Author:Turid Rugaas [Rugaas, Turid]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Dogwise Publishing
Published: 2010-06-27T06:00:00+00:00

As the camera points towards the dogs, both turn their heads to calm the situation.

This Terveuren could be licking because of the camera, or he may be trying to calm down the youngster.

Welcome to the world of dog language!

3 Some Case Histories

Pippi

Pippi, a five-year-old German Shorthaired Pointer, was brought to see me because, her owner said, she was dangerously aggressive toward other dogs. On approaching my house, Pippi’s owner stopped down the road, not daring to bring her dog any closer. Pippi looked calm and nice, greeted me politely, and seemed to be a dog you could live with. Her owner looked pale and stressed, and said that she was scared about what was going to happen.

I told her briefly what I was about to do, and she turned even paler, looking as if she was likely to faint. I told her to stand still, not to say anything, not to do anything, and that she could give me the leash if she wanted to. No, she wanted to hold Pippi herself. And then I called for my little Elkhound, Vesla, who had been waiting around the corner of the house, and she came. The second Pippi saw Vesla she was ready to start attacking and barking.

At a glance Vesla had taken the whole situation into consideration. She stopped and stood still for a second with her nose to the ground. This made Pippi stand still instead of leaping. Then slowly Vesla started to move in curves towards Pippi, nose to the ground, her side always to Pippi. Vesla’s language was so clear that Pippi stood fascinated looking at her instead of attacking. Getting closer, Vesla became even slower and the last few yards took several minutes to cross. Pippi then put her nose to the ground too, and there they stood, sniffing the same spot, without looking at each other.

Pippi’s owner came back several months later. She arrived while I was in the middle of a lesson, so I had a group of puppies around me. Pippi was let out of the car, went quietly over to one of the puppies and licked him. She had changed her attitude to other dogs completely.

This is a typical Vesla story. For twelve years she changed the lives of dogs who could no longer communicate with others.

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