https://www.thecooperativek9.com/behavior-training-blog daily 0.75 2025-07-29 https://www.thecooperativek9.com/behavior-training-blog/dog-child-safety monthly 0.5 2025-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc2f2a19f4af76a534d6c4/1735934559766-CJQILZTBFQXQHOPVI5P0/unsplash-image-1jo7rXNNI1w.jpg Behavior & Training Blog - Helping Kids Build Safe, Respectful Relationships with Dogs https://www.thecooperativek9.com/behavior-training-blog/enrichment monthly 0.5 2025-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc2f2a19f4af76a534d6c4/1730785969677-J8L8CDYXON19GUFXNL82/unsplash-image-6fMpBiDL5n8.jpg Behavior & Training Blog - What is Enrichment? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc2f2a19f4af76a534d6c4/1730786166931-YR7MXHQWXX19N3VKXK09/unsplash-image-7CT_GfGayLA.jpg Behavior & Training Blog - What is Enrichment? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc2f2a19f4af76a534d6c4/0b5f349f-8ca8-4b50-b53c-3cdbd720ff04/DSC_3054.jpeg Behavior & Training Blog - What is Enrichment? - Make it stand out Enrichment doesn’t need to be complicated or expensive. Here, Maggie and I spend some quality time together on a beautiful, sunny day in Boulder, CO. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc2f2a19f4af76a534d6c4/1730785756297-IFAP6A2EIXHCPL1VUGBJ/unsplash-image--Elf7vDV7Rk.jpg Behavior & Training Blog - What is Enrichment? - Make it stand out Nothing beats being surrounded by good friends . . . https://www.thecooperativek9.com/behavior-training-blog/do-you-speak-dog monthly 0.5 2025-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc2f2a19f4af76a534d6c4/fcc3dfc6-8ca9-4dca-8c56-103858e58904/8.png Behavior & Training Blog - Speaking “Dog”: What is your best-friend trying to tell you? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc2f2a19f4af76a534d6c4/42991b49-8dab-4b01-b352-ce9507a4e372/Child-hugging-dog-1-845x684.png Behavior & Training Blog - Speaking “Dog”: What is your best-friend trying to tell you? What appears to be a loving exchange between a little girl and her best dog friend, this dog appears uncomfortable. He is tense, has a closed mouth, whale eyes, and is leaning away from the hug. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc2f2a19f4af76a534d6c4/0b21e37f-fc36-47d3-837c-d44295f521ac/4.jpg Behavior & Training Blog - Speaking “Dog”: What is your best-friend trying to tell you? This dog has bared teeth, a tense, rigid, upright posture, a stiff erect tail, piloerection, body weight shifted forward, and their spine, tail, and head are aligned (not relaxed). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc2f2a19f4af76a534d6c4/b905bb79-b84c-424d-acff-9176a0b13eef/5.jpg Behavior & Training Blog - Speaking “Dog”: What is your best-friend trying to tell you? This dog’s tail is neutral (level with the spine) and moving back and forth in wide, loose, sweeping movements. He’s a happy camper! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc2f2a19f4af76a534d6c4/d7ea91ff-8c1b-43f3-aae6-3f25d211568d/9.jpg Behavior & Training Blog - Speaking “Dog”: What is your best-friend trying to tell you? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc2f2a19f4af76a534d6c4/d7a68b1c-3289-46a2-b989-e6a72de18b07/scaredcattledog.jpg Behavior & Training Blog - Speaking “Dog”: What is your best-friend trying to tell you? This dog’s body is tense and still. Her head is lowered toward the ground and her weight is shifted back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc2f2a19f4af76a534d6c4/444e188f-aa4e-4adc-8438-861660cd18a6/11.jpg Behavior & Training Blog - Speaking “Dog”: What is your best-friend trying to tell you? - Make it stand out With their ears pinned against the sides of their heads, the dogs pictured above appear stressed and frightened. Beyond their pinned ears, they look tense, have tightly closed mouths, dilated pupils, and are giving side eye. These are yellow light signs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc2f2a19f4af76a534d6c4/6fad2821-c0af-42c7-9a28-9ec14d8fb6b5/whaleeye.jpg Behavior & Training Blog - Speaking “Dog”: What is your best-friend trying to tell you? - Make it stand out In the photo above, this dog is keeping a close eye on the person taking the photo, while simultaneously leaning her body away. This is an example of “whale eye.” She is also communicating her discomfort through body tension, backward facing ears, round eyes, and closed, tight mouth. Round wide eyes, whale eye, and side eye are often accompanied by dilated pupils, a tense and rigid body, pinned back ears, furrowed brows, lip licking, and a low or tucked tail. These are all examples of yellow light behaviors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc2f2a19f4af76a534d6c4/0200aacf-4aec-4741-9b21-4b7856a89319/baringteeth.jpg Behavior & Training Blog - Speaking “Dog”: What is your best-friend trying to tell you? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc2f2a19f4af76a534d6c4/14560b59-4802-4b1c-baf1-ab945caaa734/7.jpg Behavior & Training Blog - Speaking “Dog”: What is your best-friend trying to tell you? - Make it stand out Both of the dogs pictured above have high, flagged tails. Their weight is shifted forward and their gaze is fixated and hard. High, flagging tails are often accompanied by stiff, frozen bodies, weight shifted forward, a direct, hard gaze, and piloerection. This can be a yellow or red light signal depending on context and the rest of the dog’s body language. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc2f2a19f4af76a534d6c4/e5229770-9426-441e-b884-1ab730437042/dog+with+tucked+tail%2C+dog+body+language%2C+the+cooperative+canine%2C+LLC.jpg Behavior & Training Blog - Speaking “Dog”: What is your best-friend trying to tell you? This dog has a tucked tail, round and wide eyes, and is leaning away from the hand extended to her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc2f2a19f4af76a534d6c4/493060b9-64c9-4452-bfb5-3bc008c45346/scaredboxer.jpg Behavior & Training Blog - Speaking “Dog”: What is your best-friend trying to tell you? This dog has wide, round eyes with large pupil dilation, a furrowed brow, pinned ears, and a tense body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc2f2a19f4af76a534d6c4/6c7bd6fb-edad-4566-b652-072c160e4f75/Hard-stare-845x684.png Behavior & Training Blog - Speaking “Dog”: What is your best-friend trying to tell you? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc2f2a19f4af76a534d6c4/3fc09dcf-4b89-4af5-b484-d8297595af9f/8.jpg Behavior & Training Blog - Speaking “Dog”: What is your best-friend trying to tell you? - Make it stand out The dog on the left is relaxed and content. She has a lolling tongue, neutral body, soft eyes, and no facial tension. The other two dogs (middle and right) may look content as well, but they are actually stressed out. Their ears are pinned back and they are both stress panting, which is often characterized by a spatulate tongue (tense and shaped like a spatula), facial wrinkles/tension, and a tightly pulled back and wrinkled commissure. https://www.thecooperativek9.com/behavior-training-blog/clicker-training monthly 0.5 2024-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc2f2a19f4af76a534d6c4/63f4ae93-39d7-4bd1-b280-adbd088ae732/clickerdog.jpg Behavior & Training Blog - What Is Clicker Training? - CLICK & TREAT! At The Cooperative Canine, we believe that clear communication is kind communication. 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