About the body language of dogs

On Thursday, March 3, the VHS Bocholt-Rhede-Isselburg offers an online lecture for dog lovers entitled "Understanding dogs - The body language of dogs". Speaker is the dog trainer Gerd Koehler. Start is at 19 o'clock. Registrations on the VHS Website under www.vhs-bocholt.de. The participation fee is 8 euros (reduced 7 euros).

Are successful dog training and a harmonious human-dog relationship a matter of luck or can the dog owner influence it? Knowledge about the body language of dogs helps to avoid misunderstandings and misinterpretations in the relationship between humans and dogs as well as between dogs. Dogs often use small, barely perceptible signals to communicate before they react in a way that is clearly recognizable to us. Recognizing these signals early on makes it possible to defuse conflict situations or to make living together harmonious.

Gerd Köhler uses photos and film sequences to show and illustrate the body language communication of dogs. Slow motion studies help to train the eye for these signals. The lecture is an enrichment for dog owners and dog trainers.

Gerd Köhler is the operator of the Institute for Human-Dog Communication. Dogs have accompanied him for almost 25 years. In addition to his lecturing and seminar activities in Germany and abroad, he trains dog owners and also trainers in dog clubs and in animal shelters.