Canine Communication, Stress, Arousal, and Thresholds: Reading Behavior and Recognizing Change

Learn to recognize how dogs communicate comfort, uncertainty, avoidance, affiliation, conflict, stress, and escalating arousal.

Students examine body language, posture, movement, facial expression, vocalization, displacement behavior, recovery, trigger stacking, thresholds, and environmental context. The course develops the observational accuracy needed to identify meaningful changes before behavior escalates.

WSK9CO Education Credits: 6