Learn the five signs of healthy dog play and the four core behaviors dogs use to interact. Different breeds play differently, so knowing what to watch for helps you decide when to step in. The presenter warns against over-managing your dog's natural instincts.
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Knowing the 5 key signs of healthy play mean you never miss a damaging interaction between dogs ever again. So welcome to day 36 of how to read your dog's body language until we run out of dog to look at. And today we have run out of dog to look at, kind of. When it comes to play, there are a lot of variables that come into play, no pun intended. There's the 4 Fs, which are the 4 key behaviors you'll see dogs practicing. There's typical play styles of different breeds of dogs. And then there is the 5 key signs of healthy play. Knowing this means you know what's normal and what is not normal and helps settle your nerves when your dog is interacting with another dog and you're deciding whether you should be stepping in or not. So I've done something really special to end this series, and it's a big thank you to you guys for showing so much support, but also a big thank you for giving so much of a damn about your dog. So as you can tell, the things I've just listed are— it's far too much information to fit into just one of these videos. So what I've done is I've put an hour-long lesson on YouTube and it's going to be up for 7 days. But at the end of that 7 days, I am going to be doing a livestream on YouTube where I'm going to be going through videos that you guys send in and also doing a Q&A. So that will be on October the 19th. To anybody subscribed to the YouTube account, you can come and watch that live stream. So all the details on how to upload those videos are also going to be in the description of that YouTube video. So just go check it out, it's MK9 Plus on YouTube. Thank you very, very much. And remember this one thing: don't de-dog your dog. Don't de-dog your dog.
