Why Don't I Understand My Dog?

Written by C. Bailey-Lloyd/LadyCamelot


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So step one into understanding our pets is to unconditionally accept them into our homes. Having several, large canine companions, (whom all live indoors with me), I've learned to recognize and distinguish types of body language and visual dialogue that speaks volumes. When our dogs live indoors with us, we can interpretrepparttar language of love. Not only do we see their personalities unfold before our eyes, we learn to be intuitive to each of our pets' needs, similar to our own.

From experience, I can literally close my eyes and distinguish each dog's presence simply by touch and sense. Why? Because by having them alongside me, I've learned their individual motions, breathes, sounds and feel. And in turn, they present their comical and goofy sides, their playfulness and their unconditional love for us.

When we invite our dogs into our lives - truly into our lives - we discover a world of fascination, innocence, inspiration, laughter, amusement, and an indescribable love. So how can pet owners learn to better understand their dog's behavior? Give Beethoven a bath, bring him inside and watch how his character evolves. The more time we spend one-on-one with our dogs,repparttar 125613 better we are able to recognize specific traits and how to employ gentle behavior training techniques.

Having seven huge dogs, I've come to terms that dogs are one of life's most precious gifts. They are here for just a little while. When we take time to get to know them individually, we gain more than just a pet; we gain a friend for life.

© 2005 - Why Don't I Understand my Dog? By C. Bailey-Lloyd aka. LadyCamelot Public Relations' Director & Staff Writer www.holisticjunction.com www.mediapositiveradio.com

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Can Dogs See Dead People?

Written by Bill Knell


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Before anyone could move in,repparttar house was given a major facelift. Gone wasrepparttar 125612 excessive number of trees that had created a haunted mansion look. Gone wasrepparttar 125613 nasty looking wood exterior that gave way to aluminum siding. The inside was gutted and replaced with lighter colors and modern appliances. Byrepparttar 125614 timerepparttar 125615 new family moved in duringrepparttar 125616 mid 1960s, it was like an entirely different house. However, some ofrepparttar 125617 sorrow fromrepparttar 125618 previous family may have been left behind.

The new family consisted of a couple, a boy and girl under ten, and a cute Yorkshire Terrier they called nappy (short for Napoleon). These people were justrepparttar 125619 opposite ofrepparttar 125620 previous occupants. They were friendly, took care of their property and got along well with allrepparttar 125621 neighbors. I knewrepparttar 125622 children and played with them when they came by my end ofrepparttar 125623 block, but rarely visited their house. Most of what happened next I got from my other friends and people closer torepparttar 125624 family then I was.

A couple of my friends were regularly invited to sleepovers atrepparttar 125625 house. Duringrepparttar 125626 sleepovers, Nappy would normally roamrepparttar 125627 house and eventually settle into his little doggie bed in one corner ofrepparttar 125628 living room. However, on more then a few occasionsrepparttar 125629 friendly little dog exhibited some very unfriendly and odd behavior.

Nappy would bound uprepparttar 125630 stairs to a finished attic with two bedrooms. This is whererepparttar 125631 children slept in bedrooms separated by a small hallway. Once there, he would inexplicably start to growl atrepparttar 125632 room torepparttar 125633 right whererepparttar 125634 boy slept. This was alsorepparttar 125635 room wererepparttar 125636 older brother fromrepparttar 125637 previous family had once slept and where he had been found dead of a drug overdose.

Their dog’s odd behavior was first noticed byrepparttar 125638 children a few weeks afterrepparttar 125639 new family moved in. Some of my friends who had slept over inrepparttar 125640 boy’s room told me thatrepparttar 125641 boy and his parents were really freaked out byrepparttar 125642 whole thing. The girl had seen it, but since it wasn’t directed at her room, tended to ignorerepparttar 125643 incidents.

It seems that Nappy got along fine withrepparttar 125644 children and showed no animosity towardsrepparttar 125645 sleepover guests either. That meant that his nighttime growling behavior was being directed towards an unknown source. I suppose that any number of simple explanations could be used to explainrepparttar 125646 whole thing away, butrepparttar 125647 dog’s growling wasn’t consistent. He didn’t do it every night and as often as not slept quietly withoutrepparttar 125648 growling when friends ofrepparttar 125649 boy stayed overnight.

About a year after they moved in,repparttar 125650 family moved out. This seemed strange consideringrepparttar 125651 investment they had made inrepparttar 125652 property, but I doubtrepparttar 125653 reason for their move had anything to do with their dog‘s odd behavior. There were some strange stories from my friends who spent more time atrepparttar 125654 house then I did. On a few ofrepparttar 125655 sleepovers they said thatrepparttar 125656 boy’s room always seemed very cold, despite a brand new oil burner having been installed inrepparttar 125657 house beforerepparttar 125658 family moved in.

Like so many other events involvingrepparttar 125659 paranormal, odd animal behavior is often categorized as explainable even if we do not knowrepparttar 125660 cause. Because dogs cannot talk, we do not know exactly what they are reacting to. Can dogs see dead people? I guess we’ll have to wait until we’re dead to find outrepparttar 125661 answer to that question! Read more amazing stories about dogs at http://advice.azpuppies.com

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A native New Yorker now living in Arizona, Bill Knell is a forty-something guy with a wealth of knowledge and experience. He's written hundreds of articles offer advice on a wide variety of subjects. A popular Speaker, Bill Knell presents seminars on a number of topics that entertain, train and teach. A popular radio and television show Guest, you've heard Bill on thousands of top-rated shows in all formats and seen him on local, national and international television programs.

A native New Yorker now living in Arizona, Bill Knell is a forty-something guy with a wealth of knowledge and experience. He's written hundreds of articles offer advice on a wide variety of subjects.


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