{"id":448,"date":"2012-02-10T11:47:40","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T19:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=448"},"modified":"2014-01-13T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T21:00:00","slug":"day-8-of-helpful-tips-for-you-and-your-pet-%e2%80%93-learning-dogs-body-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/day-8-of-helpful-tips-for-you-and-your-pet-%e2%80%93-learning-dogs-body-language","title":{"rendered":"Day #8 of Helpful Tips For You And Your Pet \u2013 Learning Dogs Body Language"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Learning a <em><strong>dogs body language<\/strong><\/em> will not only help you learn more about your own dog but will also help with any interactions with new dogs you meet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day #8: <em>Learning Your Dog\u2019s Body Language<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is especially helpful if you are new to dogs and something helpful to teach your children so they know when a dog is comfortable to have you around and when he is not.\u00a0 Always make sure to use common sense when dealing with dogs and remember this is only a guide.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I Feel Relaxed and Mellow<\/strong> \u2013 A dog\u2019s posture will be calm and relaxed, just sort of standing around.\u00a0 However, you should always ask the dog\u2019s owner if it is OK to pet their dog.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u2019m Scared<\/strong> \u2013 A dog\u2019s tail will most likely be tucked between his legs and his hackles will be raised too.\u00a0 Keep away from a dog with posture like this.\u00a0 He may bite, even if all you are doing is trying to help him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Play With Me!<\/strong> \u2013 A playful dog\u2019s tail will be wagging and his forequarters will be on the ground but with their rear end in the air.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u2019m A Little Timid<\/strong> \u2013 A shy dog will probably roll over on his back to show he is submissive.\u00a0 It is important if you see someone else\u2019s dog doing this to ask if it is OK to pet him as the dog might be a little frightened too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u2019m Protective and Aggressive<\/strong> \u2013 When a dog is protecting, his hackles will be raised, his teeth will be showing and his tail may be all fluffed up.\u00a0 Do not run away from the dog, stand still, be calm and don\u2019t make eye contact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning a dogs body language will not only help you learn more about your own dog but will also help with any interactions with new dogs you meet. Day #8: Learning Your Dog\u2019s Body Language This is especially helpful if you are new to dogs and something helpful to teach your children so they know [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[83,82,18,81,33,19,24,25,38,20],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":450,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions\/450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}