Understanding Dog Body Language - Part 2 

Love, love, love these videos. Best ones I've ever found. I work at a vet clinic and I use these for training new hires.

Love both the part 1 and part 2 of these videos. Being able to watch actual video clips of real dogs displaying the body language signals is so valuable. I'm a dog trainer too and I require all my clients to watch them.

I appreciate how "interactive" this educational (and very entertaining) video was. It's cool how you asked questions, gave us time to "answer" and then even had a slow-mo playback and play-by-play edits 👍 very cool. Great job. Professional and intuitive🐶🐾

I want to add something interesting that I saw a few years ago from the university of Milan, Italy, where they did a study on 'tail talk'. Dog was placed in a large box facing the only window, and cameras were recording the tail from all angles. The would parade a variety of people and things in front of the window, including his owner, friends, acquaintances, uniformed, strange dogs, cats, doggy friends etc...and what they discovered was, the tail actually has a language. It would do exactly the same thing when seeing owner, which is tail spins like a propeller or stranger, the tail only goes from centre to left wag. I wish I had a link to share this with you. I think you would like it. I wish the same study could be made with ears as well. :)

Many many dogs are overweight and under exercised. Dogs used to have a job in the past meaning they had something to do but like the horse a dogs job isn't what it use to be. Even way back in their family tree they had a job in the pack, they were needed and they loved their job. I have a service dog named Garth he's with me general everywhere I go save certain locations he's not a load too (court room) or environments that might endanger him and others. Even with that Garth and I go on 30-40 minute walks every day, play at the park (tricks), hike and or go to the beach every other weekend. When I am unable, too sick or in pain to play Garth is understanding and for those occasions he lays with me or chews his bone (deer antler). Advice to keep your dog happy, walk them, train them and play the earlier the better. Lead your dog. A lot of people don't understand that Garth is a very happy and healthy dog--he and rather dogs in general like doing stuff!! Be kind to your puppy socialize them, take them out to see new things, train them, play with them, pet them, talk to them in your normal voice, happy voice and bad voice (Micky Mouse for positive and Schwarzenegger voice for negative) please don't yell or hit your dog and let them sleep this will help them. Socialize puppy with other puppies and places, train them (command them like a two year old), play, pet and sleep. Ask your vet how much to feed them and what to feed them. Garth loves salmon and sweet potato from Merrick. Lastly walk in the morning before their breakfast, same with any activity wait for at least 45 minutes after eating before the stimulus. Never never play or encourage play after eating. Bloat or a turned stomach is a very common cause of death for dogs.

This was a very helpful video on dog body language . I watched it carefully , will put it in my favorites . And I don't know how I missed it . But I will look for part 1 , and will put it in my favs as well . Thank you for uploading this Kristin . It is very helpful .

I am SO glad I watched this! Thank you and great work. I work with sometimes up to 40-50 dogs in a yard at a daycare center. Always wanting to pick up more signals to learn so to avoid any conflict. You video really help me pick up some key behaviors that I didn't already know and was a refresher on one's that I did. Bravo.

Watching your videos reinforces info I've read & seen in my red border collie. Watching the dogs' behaviours & you explaining it is the best way to explain!

Great vid! I especially liked the avoidance with Luna picking at grass. I would have never caught that but can see how it held up with her other avoidance behaviors.

Your videos are wonderfully informative! I've learned so much already and I've only seen two of your videos. For example, I never knew the lip lick and yawn were signs of distress. I'm eagerly subscribing so I can learn more about how dogs communicate. Thank you for sharing this information!

You're one of my favourite dog trainers on RU-vid. I'm looking to study the kcai scheme. This video helps. Thanks!

These types of videos are soooooo useful and helpful to average dog owners! Thank you!

Fantastic video and illustrations. Thanks for taking the time to record and share. You obviously know what you are doing!

This is wonderful! This has helped me read my two dogs and interrupt conflict before it happens. Thank you thank you thank you!

This is the best educational video on dog behavior I've ever seen! I've been around dogs my whole life and I'd never noticed the lip licking!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

After seeing your understanding of the DBL in your pt1 and pt2 I'm not surprised that you have a lot of material to choose from when making videos.

Extraordinarily useful, thoughtful, intelligent - and above all, with REAL DOGS in REAL SITUATIONS! so much work went into this, but it absolutely pays off. Truly great teaching.

I am taking a Veterinarian class, and this really helped.

Your videos on this subject are excellent. Actually showing us these behaviors is so much better than book reading. Of course, they can and should be combined, but nothing helps me as much as actually seeing the body language. Thank you so much. This is a fascinating subject. I have been training professionally for 6 years and watching this is a wonderful way to add to my knowledge.

Thank you for putting this knowledge out there, learning lots from your videos

These body language videos are soooo good for new handlers Thankyou!

So I'm studying to become a Puppy School instructor and this really helps me with looking at signals and behaviors that dogs show. I have been one to think a dog is happy when they wag their tail and that's not the case. Thanks so much for this video

I love your videos! Everyone with a dog would benefit from watching these!

I feel like this is going to help me so much, I am an attendant at a doggie daycare and sometimes I watch 20 dogs all at once, can't wait to hopefully be able to communicate more effectively.

Thank you SO much for making these!!

I'm a dog handler at a care center. Thank you for this.

These two videos are great thank you!

This video is amazing. Thank you for this!

I just discovered your videos. New subscriber here ! Body language in dogs is so often missed because it is so often subtle. Humans don't recognize what the dog is "saying" until it has escalated into a problem. Thank you for making this clear. Dogs are the one animal on this earth that is genetically predisposed to want to be with us. The least we can do is attempt to learn their language.

SO helpful. Thank you so much.

Thank you so very much for this video! My dog actually bit a man when I thought she was excited wanting to see him but naturally she was scared to death and, trying to protect me, she didn't bark or growl she just nipped him, it was very unexpected, Thank you! Everyone needs to watch this!

These videos are awesome. A good understanding of dog body language could prevent a large number of dog bite incidents. As someone who has owned a 130lb Olde English Bulldogge and has worked with/had a fascination with large so-called "aggressive" dogs, I have found being able to read a dogs body language to be an invaluable tool. Thanks for the content.

Great as ever Kristin Crestejo

Very educational videos 1 & 2 I now can read my dog better with her behaviour and read what she does with other dog's. Thank you. 🇨🇦🕊❄️

Thanks Kristin, I am a professional trainer and I enjoy your methodical way of explaining to owners about body language! I will be sending your link to my clients as well.

Thank you for such great lessons!!!

Excellent and very helpful. Thanks!!!

This is such a great and insightful video. Thank you very much 😄.

i love the slow motion playback. It's really easy to miss some of the behaviors in real time.

Great knowledgeable presentation, thank you.

Hey Kristin your videos are great and we use them for educational purpose at the SF SPCA. Thank you for your contribution!

this has been so helpful! I will definitely be able to understand my dog better after this :)

Great work! Keep it up. I agree 100% about cropped tails & ears. A dog with a cropped tail also has more difficulty making high speed quick turns.

Really well done. Part 1 and 2 were excellent.

Such a good video! Thanks ❤️

both of these are brilliant videos

So helpful! I have a new rescue that has many reactive behaviors and my trainer told me to watch these to get some insight into what the dog is trying to tell me!

Thank you so much for all your knowledge... :) Keep them coming

awesome explanaion, thank you for that video! that's exactly what i was need

Well done videos, thanks for sharing!

Ive just discovered your youtube page . I love it. I have 4 dogs and a few problems. I will go into these later with you.

Thanks a lot for your amazing videos! I'm studying to be a dog trainer and they have been very useful. Greetings from Spain :)

I learn a lot watching your videos. I realize that one has to learn at the very least the basics of dog's body language before making a living out of walking dogs. Otherwise, one has to expect a lot of problems when walking dogs.

Oh man, I really love these videos. I will adopt my first dog from an animal shelter in a few weeks and I really want to prepare myself. I want to learn as much as possible about dog behavior. I also have books but seeing actual videos is even more helpful.

These are extremely helpful!!! Love the explanations as it’s happening and with different dogs. Thank you!

I watched Part 1 and Part 2 for the first time when we just got our puppy three months ago, re-watching them again today since I need re-learning all of these again! I think it's really easy to mirror people's feelings into our dogs' behaviours and it's just not the way to go. "Oh, they're just playing. Let kids be kids." "No, one of them is actually really stressed out". Really love your videos, it helps me how to be the best person to my dog

This was nice and educational.Thanks for assistance

I like your videos. Learned a lot. Thank you

Good stuff!! :D Seems to affirm what I have noticed, and work with my Border Collie. You have given me more confidence playing in the park, especially after my girl had been bitten too a few Weeks ago.

Thanks. Helpful video!

I see a lot of this behavior in my schnauzer/poodle mix. She was bit pretty badly a couple years back and still has anxiety issues around other dogs (she tends to distrust and fear all other dogs now sadly). Great video to help me understand some of what she's going through. I will be interested in seeing some of this in her behavior when I take her for a walk tomorrow. She loves going for a walk, but almost as soon as we're outside, she starts whining, even when there are no other dogs around. She sniffs around at bushes and other places a lot, and I notice that her legs are shaking as she's doing this.

Great video! Very informative and easy to understand as was part 1, thanks.

Fantastic. Thank you so much.

I really enjoy how you don't stray from your focus during each video. Thanks!!! I'm getting a Charcoal Lab tomorrow. Hoping we are mates for life! Your videos are awesome!

thanks so much for this video!!! i just got a job at a doggy daycare so im studying on different dog behaviors that i should be aware of :)

So helpful--Thanks!!

Such great videos, keep sharing, Blessings.

excellent video, 3 times excellent! Thanks!

Excellent video!

I don't have a dog but my uncle has 2 so it's cool to actually understand what they're trying to say. Thanks for the videos (I watched Part 1 as well)!!!!

Great video with examples!

Yes, tail tucking is not always a sign of anxiety. My pug/ beagle mix does this when smelling something she is really interested in and it means she is concentrating. Interesting video. It’s good for people to understand dogs, since there are so many around..whether you own one or not.

Thank you so much, this is so helpfull! I failed my exam but succeeded the next one and you’re video’s helped a lot reading and understanding behavior! ❤

Your videos are great!

Very helpful and informative

I find interesting how animals can tell the moods we are in. Not by learning the indicators of our behavior but by feeling our energy. That’s why we cannot hide behind our behavior and that’s why they get confused when we are not consistent. Animals are the best teachers.

Great video. Really educational.

Great informative vids.. I have read a lot on dog body language bit having some proper examples in a couple of videos has been much more helpful! Thanks!!

Great stuff kristin!

First of all; thanks for making such informative videos for us to learn by. The visual "video clips" and narration including slow motion are most helpful. I personally don't respond well to instructors who read notes while showing the notes scroll past. No two people are going to read at the same rate. The exact parroting of what is scrolling (reading your written notes) is disruptive to me getting your message. I like to listen to your voice, while video is playing. But in general I think your very good presentations would be further enhanced if there were less showing exactly what your telling. Does that make sense? Keep them coming Kristin I'm learning from you and my dog lives better because of it. Many thanks

Very informative and interesting!

Excellent

Really useful videos! I wish someone would do one on human behaviour as well.

Great video, thanks! I often feel I'm missing body language cues!

found this fasinating please do a video on how we can help our dogs to correct these behavioural issues

Very nice education!!!!

love this video hope i can see more videos like this .

very interesting, excellent video

Good job on the video. Thank you, very informative.

Great content!

I am not a dog trainer, but after watching your first video I have a hard time believing people don't or can't read their dogs body language, understanding why your dog is feeling the way he\she is might be tough sometimes. But their signals are pretty clear

Thank you for your video's I learned some things and am hungry for more knowledge so that I can train my new addition to my family, a 2 yr. old Lab mix that I got from the Animal Shelter.

ineresting ! thank you

Hi there, I have some footage on my channel ( see Marley the Stafford pup playlist ) of our new pup interacting with our 2 others. Indeed a lot of signals were given.. Thanks to this vid, I understand it much better ! Thanks Gijs

Wel you learn something new evry day !...

Great Vid!

Very good videos. It always amazes me how many people do not read dogs, even their own !?

I like these videos, they are helpful. what I would like to see though would be what do I do in these situations to change the behavior in the dog.

So what you're saying is... I have to learn a foreign language. I already know a few words so I guess I'll keep learning. :-)

Very informative! I love how thorough and descriptive the video is. I definitely learned more today!