Turid Rugaas, an internationally renowned trainer of and author on dog behaviour, has studied wolf and dog behaviour for many years and has researched over 30 different body postures and movements that they use to communicate with each other. She calls this communication "Calming Signals".

Turid recognises that dogs and wolves are by nature non-confrontational animals within their pack and that they use these signals to diffuse stressful situations, communicate amongst themselves, and even display these signals to other species in their effort to avoid confrontation.  Dog communication is mainly visual, unlike humans who rely heavily on sound to communicate. If you begin to watch and understand how dogs communicate with each other, and how they try to communicate with the humans around them, you can start to forge a closer and more understanding bond with dogs and lead a more harmonious and happy life together.

Turid Rugaas' revolutionary work is probably the most important study of canine social language in print today. Enjoy reading this very special book, with photographic illustrations and explanations of why and how Calming Signals are used.

Taken from the back cover -

"Turid Rugaas' revolutionary work incorporates what is probably the single most important study of canine social language. Turid has been observing and analysing calming signals for years; she has documented over 30 signals and presents her findings in this book, along with photographic illustrations and explanations of why and how they are used. By studying these signals and improving our powers of oberservation we can increase our ability to communicate with our dogs.

If you have ever wondered what your dog is trying to tell you then this is the book for you!

Revised/updated with new material and colour photographs."