How To Speak Dog Quotes

“From the dog’s viewpoint, however, they are directly asserting dominance with that stare. When you respond by giving him what he wants, the dog interprets this as a submissive gesture on your part, and also reads this as your acceptance that the dog has a higher status in the pack than you do.”
― Stanley Coren, How To Speak Dog: Mastering the Art of Dog-Human Communication

“The reason the dog is looking at you is that you have now caught his attention by using his name, and he is waiting for information about what you desire of him. After a few seconds of this exchange of gazes, you might well repeat the command in an annoyed tone. “I said sit, you stupid dog.” The dog now sits, but it was the human that was being stupid.”
― Stanley Coren, How To Speak Dog: Mastering the Art of Dog-Human Communication