The Importance of Dog Breeds
Now let’s talk a little bit about dog breeds. You learned a little about the different breed classifications during Canine Body Language, and you learned that understanding the breed classification can help you make some generalizations about how a dog might act when you meet them. These same categories can also give you a clue as to how the dog might play in an off leash setting.
Some dogs are inherently green dogs. Some tend towards yellow. And some are red. Although, each dog has to be evaluated on an individual basis, understanding the breeds will give you your first clue to understanding how a dog might act and what other dogs might make the best playmates for a particular dog.
Play Styles
There are many different play styles that you will see in small group off-leash play. The body language displayed should be loose, curvy, wiggly, and low slow- wagging tails. Later in this lesson we will go in depth about what each play style looks like but the four main ones we will see are..
- Cat-like
- Neck biting
- Body slamming
- Chasing