Bruno's 15 seconds

Fifteen Seconds

Paula Coelho has written a book called Eleven Minutes.

It seems to be the average amount of time a man spends during a visit to a prostitute in the Swiss city of Geneva.

I need less time.

I need on average 15 seconds.

Between ringing a clients doorbell and knowing the cause of the problems between pet and owner I need only 15 seconds.

Look at what happens.

For me it is a fascinating but also a classic story.

When the doorbell rings a dog runs to the door and starts barking.
A human voice shouts the dogs name but the dog ignores the voice.

The human voice repeats the dog's name several times to no avail as the dog still barks.

A person opens the door stooping forward, door handle in one hand and the dog's collar in the other hand. The person is clearly embarrassed and says that the dog always goes mad {or crazy or berserk or insane or a wire loose) when there are visitors.

At that point I know WHY there are problems between dog and owner.

This frustrated dog owner is used to shouting at his dog. The dog is used to a human voice that can be ignored at all times.

I am witnessing another breakdown in communication between a human being and a pet.

Dog and owner simply do not understand each other.

When I started working as a young dogman I did not know anything about canine communication. I was a very amateurish instructor who believed what I was told: dogs had to be trained.

It never crossed my mind there could be anything wrong with what we, the owners, did with our pets. Over the years my hobby became my profession. Thanks to several excellent professors {all my dogs} I slowly started to discover how canines interact and communicate.

As human beings we are a very verbal species. Words mean a lot to us. They mean soo much that we often forget to look for what our dogs are telling us with their body language.
Dogs do not speak English. Nor do they speak any other human language.

Can you give me one {or more than one} example whereby you fully understand what your dog is telling you when you are reading his/her body language?
Come one, drop me line. I want to know.

Tell me.

Kindest regards from Brunothedoglistener.