{"id":181289,"date":"2017-07-31T18:03:43","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T18:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/how-to-read-and-understand-dog-behaviour\/"},"modified":"2025-01-19T15:16:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T05:16:07","slug":"how-to-read-and-understand-dog-behaviour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/blog\/how-to-read-and-understand-dog-behaviour\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Read and Understand Dog Behaviour"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"font-style: italic;\">When caring for your own dog or pet sitting, you need to be observant to recognise any changes in the dogs behaviour.<\/h3>\n<p>Use this guide to help you recognise important body language signals and get to know how they are feeling.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re concerned about your dog&#8217;s behaviour, we recommend speaking to your vet who may then refer you to a clinical animal behaviourist.<\/p>\n<p>This infographic has been designed by RSPCA UK:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 888px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.petcloud.com.au\/uploads\/blog\/2017\/07\/blog_image-1501493498.jpg\" alt=\"Understanding dog behaviour\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Understanding Dog behaviour &#8211; An infographic created by the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1MEw876\">RSPCA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Title image from:\u00a0<a class=\"_ZR irc_hol i3724\" style=\"cursor: pointer; font-family: arial, sans-serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ettoday.net\/dalemon\/post\/22892?t=%E7%8B%97%E7%8B%97%E7%8A%AF%E9%8C%AF%E5%BE%8C%E7%B8%BD%E4%B8%80%E8%87%89%E5%A7%94%E5%B1%88%EF%BC%9F%E7%A0%B4%E9%99%A4%E4%BD%A0%E5%B0%8D%E6%B1%AA%E6%98%9F%E4%BA%BA%EF%BC%97%E5%A4%A7%E8%BF%B7%E6%80%9D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-noload=\"\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwj535ipiLPVAhVEFpQKHZqvDdsQjB0IBg\"><span class=\"irc_ho\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-right: -2px; padding-right: 2px;\">ettoday.net<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"components-resizable-box__container\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.petcloud.com.au\/d\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/PetCloud-App-Dog-Walkers.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-184271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.petcloud.com.au\/d\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/PetCloud-App-Dog-Walkers.png 600w, https:\/\/cdn.petcloud.com.au\/d\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/PetCloud-App-Dog-Walkers-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.petcloud.com.au\/d\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/PetCloud-App-Dog-Walkers-590x197.png 590w, https:\/\/cdn.petcloud.com.au\/d\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/PetCloud-App-Dog-Walkers-577x192.png 577w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Find local Vets, store your Pet&#8217;s Health, etc, download PetCloud today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Download IOS: <a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/2PifzXs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/apple.co\/2PifzXs<\/a> Android: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3aFeK2m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3aFeK2m<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div><a style=\"font-size: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=eL5CCBGK0BU&amp;offerid=502078.11&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=eL5CCBGK0BU&amp;bids=502078.11&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4&amp;gridnum=13\" alt=\"Petbarn\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When caring for your own dog or pet sitting, you need to be observant to recognise any changes in the dogs behaviour. 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