Domestic dogs are pack animals as their ancestor the wolf. Wolves communicate in the pack to be able to coordinate attacks on prey when hunting and to increase their offspring. Today the same instincts can be observed in domestic dogs, though it now includes the stamanul pack human. Dogs use different body parts and send messages to one another, learned the language Zand complex since the puppy stage.
Language evolution
Dogs and wolves share a language involves using complex postures, ears and tails. While some elements of this language is instinctive, some are learned from the mother and other siblings still in the puppy stage.
Battle simulation is particularly important because this allows puppies to learn the specific rules of etiquette canine in a peaceful environment.
Although domestic dogs is like still in many respects with wolves, the importance of various aspects of the language has changed as a result of interaction with people. Skills developed in nature are not needed in domestic environment, similarly, certain characteristics of the dogs were encouraged by their human owners, for example bark hazard warning. However, the essential means communicare between dogs or between mother and its offspring, or between two adult dogs to meet for the first time, are the body language, a communication transmitted from generation to generation almost unchanged.
Communication by smell
As descendants of a predator that lived in packs, dogs rely heavily on the sense of smell. In the wild, it allowed other group members to recognize and react immediately when they came up during any hunting games. For domestic dogs, this form of communication stands out especially by marking with urine, but dog's sense of smell plays an essential role in dealing with other dogs even when his nose begins to seek the mother's nipple.
Language evolution
Dogs and wolves share a language involves using complex postures, ears and tails. While some elements of this language is instinctive, some are learned from the mother and other siblings still in the puppy stage.
Battle simulation is particularly important because this allows puppies to learn the specific rules of etiquette canine in a peaceful environment.
Although domestic dogs is like still in many respects with wolves, the importance of various aspects of the language has changed as a result of interaction with people. Skills developed in nature are not needed in domestic environment, similarly, certain characteristics of the dogs were encouraged by their human owners, for example bark hazard warning. However, the essential means communicare between dogs or between mother and its offspring, or between two adult dogs to meet for the first time, are the body language, a communication transmitted from generation to generation almost unchanged.
Communication by smell
As descendants of a predator that lived in packs, dogs rely heavily on the sense of smell. In the wild, it allowed other group members to recognize and react immediately when they came up during any hunting games. For domestic dogs, this form of communication stands out especially by marking with urine, but dog's sense of smell plays an essential role in dealing with other dogs even when his nose begins to seek the mother's nipple.
