Helen's Video clips
"Leave
it" on a moving object
"Wait"
"Find
it" games - searching for and indicating on a hidden object
Other
useful video clips (from other sources)
(links correct at time of adding)
First,
a few clips about recognising signs that dogs are feeling threatened
and the 'calming signals' that dogs give out when under stress.
Knowing what these mean which, without exception, is "i'm feeling
threatened, please back off!" and reacting to these correctly
(by backing off!) can prevent dogs from escalating to actual aggression.
The first
features a dog approaching another to sniff (politely and correctly),
but his approach is not welcomed.
Warnings
of aggression towards another dog
This next clip
is notorious and features Pedro, the Texas police dog, showing a
whole raft of anxiety signals caused by the journalist's proximity
and ontact. When they are all ignored, he bites:
Police
dog bites reporter after abundant warning signs are missed
This clip shows
a variety of dogs showing anxiety and calming signals, interspersed
with narrative and clips from Sophia Yin and advice on how to reduce
the anxiety the dog is feeling:
Stress
Signals: Canine Body Language, Fear Aggression
Finally, and possibly
most important of all - this longer clip shows several dogs (most
of the collies) showing calming signals, signs of stress, and appeasement
behaviours during interactions with children. There are two points
on this video (at around 1.50 - 1.55 and around 2.48 to 2.50) where
there was a point where I thought the dogs would actualy bite the
child that was stroking them. They didn't. But it would not have
been a surprise a bite HAD occured.
Calming
signals directed at people
Remember the behaviours you have just seen are NOT invitations
to interact - they are requests to back off a little - even if they
look "friendly"!
Muzzle training:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FABgZTFvHo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BjPpXer8IE&sns=em
Miscellaneous
clips:
For a whole collection
of good videos, mostly about dog training and behavioural modification
issues, see Domesticated
Manners on You Tube:
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