{"id":2064,"date":"2022-03-04T18:59:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T17:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pomsdelalezardiere.fr\/the-dogs-language\/understanding-dog-codes\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T16:21:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:21:53","slug":"understanding-dog-codes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pomsdelalezardiere.fr\/en\/at-home\/the-dogs-language\/understanding-dog-codes\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding dog codes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row el_id=\u201dsection-codecanin\u201d][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=\u201d1\/4\u2033][vc_single_image image=\u201d912\u2033 img_size=\u201d500*500\u2033 alignment=\u201dcenter\u201d][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\u201d3\/4\u2033][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f460964 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f460964\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">I \u2013 Dogs use dog codes to :<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8bcec6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8bcec6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">1 \u2013 <span style=\"color: #800000;\">To calm down a situation<\/span> or an encounter between fellow dogs,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">2 \u2013 <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Express a peaceful and friendly intention<\/span>,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">3 \u2013 <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Convey a situation of discomfort<\/span>,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">4 \u2013 <span style=\"color: #800000;\">To calm<\/span>themselves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\u201dstretch_row\u201d equal_height=\u201dyes\u201d content_placement=\u201dmiddle\u201d el_class=\u201dbg-color-1\u2033 el_id=\u201dsection-codecommunication\u201d][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=\u201d2\/3\u2033][vc_column_text el_class=\u201dtitle-left\u201d]<\/p>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d10a43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d10a43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">II \u2013 The communication codes are many and varied::<\/h2>\n<p>They can be grouped by \u201cmodes\u201d of communication, depending on the dog\u2019s senses:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f1f14cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f1f14cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n<h3><b>1 \u2013 Hearing<\/b> :<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">the dog communicates by sound signals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It can use barking, growling, whining, squeaking, panting, yelping, and various kinds of vocalizations to make itself understood by its fellows.<\/p>\n<p>Each sound will have its own meaning. A dog that wants to play does not bark in the same way as a dog that is guarding the house, for example.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><b>2 \u2013 The view<\/b>:<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Through body postures, looks and muzzle movements<\/span>, the dog makes itself understood and understands its fellows.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><b>3 \u2013 The sense of smell :<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>the dogs get to know each other.<\/p>\n<p>They will sense their \u201cidentity card\u201d t<span style=\"color: #800000;\">hrough the hormones and pheromones<\/span> diffused by urine, faeces, secretions, hair, etc.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><b>4 \u2013 The touch<\/b>:<\/h3>\n<p>dogs have different codes involving this sense. When a dog seeks to assert its dominance over another, it will put its head on the other dog\u2019s neck. They may also come into contact by <span style=\"color: #800000;\">smelling each other\u2019s muzzles, biting to play, licking<\/span> (when they know each other well).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\u201d1\/3\u2033][vc_single_image image=\u201d550\u2033 img_size=\u201d400*500\u2033 alignment=\u201dcenter\u201d][vc_empty_space height=\u201d5rem\u201d][vc_single_image image=\u201d987\u2033 img_size=\u201d400*500\u2033 alignment=\u201dcenter\u201d][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=\u201dsection-comcanine\u201d][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=\u201d1\/4\u2033][vc_single_image image=\u201d614\u2033 img_size=\u201d500*700\u2033 alignment=\u201dcenter\u201d][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\u201d3\/4\u2033][vc_column_text el_class=\u201dtitle-left\u201d]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">III \u2013 The basis of dog communication<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Canine codes are part of a puppy\u2019s training from the first weeks of life<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Knowing them will improve the relationship with your puppy. Understanding them, and making ourselves understand them through their own codes, strengthens the complicity with them.<\/p>\n<p><b>Our dogs often <span style=\"color: #800000;\">look at<\/span> us.<\/b> And their senses, especially <b>their sense of smell<\/b>, which is much more developed than ours, enable them to understand us quickly and easily.<\/p>\n<p>We transmit our emotions through smells thanks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pomsdelalezardiere.fr\/en\/to-know-more\/glossary\/#section-glandesudoripare\">to the sweat glands <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5160 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pomsdelalezardiere.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/patte-bouton-e1649752577860.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a>, and through certain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pomsdelalezardiere.fr\/en\/to-know-more\/glossary\/#section-ph%C3%A9romones\">hormones and<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pomsdelalezardiere.fr\/en\/to-know-more\/glossary\/#section-ph%C3%A9romones\">pheromones<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pomsdelalezardiere.fr\/en\/to-know-more\/glossary\/#section-ph%C3%A9romones\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5160 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pomsdelalezardiere.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/patte-bouton-e1649752577860.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our dogs <span style=\"color: #800000;\">feel<\/span> them,<\/strong> and sometimes know how to analyse before we do what physical or emotional state we are in.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">They also learn t<strong>o detect our state according to our attitudes, gestures, expressions, but also by our intonations<\/strong>.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\u201dstretch_row\u201d equal_height=\u201dyes\u201d content_placement=\u201dmiddle\u201d el_class=\u201dbg-color-1\u2033 el_id=\u201dsection-comprendresonchien\u201d][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=\u201d2\/3\u2033][vc_column_text el_class=\u201dtitle-left\u201d]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">IV \u2013 What if we understood our dog?<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>1 \u2013 Understanding your dog :<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Understanding him allows us to give him all the well-being<\/span> we want for him.<\/p>\n<p>To respect its <span style=\"color: #800000;\">basic needs<\/span> (the <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>social<\/b><\/span> need, the need for <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>physical exercise<\/b><\/span>, the <span style=\"color: #800000;\">need for<b>mental stimulation<\/b><\/span>, the need to <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>chew<\/b><\/span>, the need for <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>speech<\/b><\/span>, and the need for <b><span style=\"color: #800000;\">reproduction<\/span><\/b>).<\/p>\n<p><b> <\/b>These are necessary for the physical and emotional health of the dog.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>2 \u2013 Making your dog understand you:<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Knowing his language allows us to communicate with him<\/span> using codes that he already knows in order to facilitate the human-dog relationship.<\/p>\n<p>For example, when the dog looks at us when he is a little stressed, we can indicate that the situation is normal and calm by gently squinting, yawning, turning his head away.<\/p>\n<p>When the dog reproduces some of these signals, such as yawning, it helps to relax the dog and proves that the communication is well established and understood.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>3 \u2013 Understanding interactions with fellow dogs:<\/h3>\n<p>When dogs interact, it is important to be aware of dog codes and calming signals. This makes it possible to realise the relationship between the dogs and to prevent certain behaviours.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>4 \u2013 Understand its interactions with other animals:<\/h3>\n<p>Dogs and cats can get along very well (which is the case with me). They must learn to understand each other. Basically, they do not have the same communication codes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong>5 \u2013 Observe your dog<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>which interacts with animals other than its own species, makes it possible <span style=\"color: #800000;\">to identify its emotions and intentions<\/span>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Knowing how to detect your dog\u2019s emotional states<\/b>: emotions can be rather playful, playful, cuddly or not at all. Some are confident, and others may be afraid of things we can\u2019t even see, because they will have heard a noise we can\u2019t hear. Knowing the canine codes and calming signals will help us identify our dog\u2019s discomfort when faced with an uncomfortable situation. This will allow us to put the dog in a place where it will feel more comfortable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Avoiding reinforcing certain behaviours<\/b>: understanding your dog can help you avoid certain behavioural problems. Through lack of knowledge, the human may indeed validate and therefore reinforce certain behaviours of the dog, which will lead to behavioural problems. For example: petting a dog that is afraid will only reinforce that fear. Indeed, by stroking the dog, the keeper \u201cvalidates\u201d the dog\u2019s fear by involuntarily telling him \u201cyes, you are right to be afraid, come on, I\u2019ll reassure you\u201d. 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