Dog Behavior & Body Language: Reading Your Dog

Back to home Home Guides Dog Training Tips Behavior & body language Dog Training Tips Behavior & body language Training is 20% cues and 80% reading your dog. These pieces sharpen your interpretation. Vanessa Woods on the “stubborn dog” label — why it usually points at the setup rather than the dog (5 minutes). Sort by Recommended Title: A–Z Title: Z–A Skill: Easiest first Skill: Hardest first Beginner How to train a dog to stop barking Diagnose the bark type — alert, demand, boredom, or fear — then apply the matching protocol. Beginner How to leash train a dog and stop the pulling Four-week loose-leash plan: equipment, stop-and-reset, sniff cues, and reactivity fixes. Beginner Why does my dog stare at me? The five things a stare usually means — and the one that means 'call the vet.' Beginner Can dogs recognize your voice among hundreds of people? What the research on canine auditory memory tells us about bonding. Intermediate Is my dog limping? Subtle gait changes to watch How to spot early musculoskeletal issues before they become chronic. Intermediate AI video analysis: decoding dog body language How CanineQ turns 30 seconds of video into a behavior report. Other training topics Puppy basics Potty training Adult & rescue dogs Cognition & intelligence Enrichment & games Senior dog training & care Back to the full training tips hub Training works better when it fits your dog's mind Dognition's science-based assessment reveals how your dog actually thinks across five cognitive dimensions — so you can pick the tips that will land, and skip the ones that won't. Assess Your Dog Based on the work of Dr. Brian Hare & Vanessa Woods Every Dognition guide, assessment, and blog post is grounded in the research and methodologies of Dr. Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods at the Duke Canine Cognition Center. Their work established that "smart" isn't one number — dogs think across five distinct cognitive dimensions, and the best training matches the method to the mind. Book · 2013 The Genius of Dogs How dogs are smarter than you think — the founding text on canine cognitive science. Read more Book · 2024 Puppy Kindergarten The Duke Puppy Kindergarten study — how the first 16 weeks shape a dog for life (as covered by The New York Times). Read the NYT feature