How to help calm your dog

Have you ever noticed when your in a room full of people or you see a picture of someone yawning that you would start yawning yourself. What about when you go to the dentist. I noitced that I could not stop while at the dentist. Then when I get home I am so tired. It seems to be very calming to us. It's also very calming to dogs. One of the things I noticed while grooming was that when dogs were nervous that they licked there lips frequently. I started yawning and noticed that if they were paying attention that they would start to yawn too. Soon after that they seemed a little calmer on the table. It got me to thinking that when we yawn that it's not contagious like we joke about but that it calms us. So when your in a room full of people and someone yawns, subconsiously we recognize it and start yawning to help calm that person. So when you go to the dentist and start yawning your just trying to calm yourself. I even found when I think of a nervous pet I get the urge to yawn. Sometimes when I yawn alot trying to calm a pet on the table I find I'm very tired when I'm finished grooming.

My cats tolerate my dogs for the most part. One of my cats, not too much. She started growling at my dog carly. Carly, froze, slowly turned her head away from the cat and slowly lowers her head slightly and starts yawning to let her know she wasn't a threat. I know that facing a dog and staring is considered threatening. So I realized that all the moves she made were to let the cat know she was not a threat. I think that all animals are here to teach us compassion and understanding of other creatures around us. Next time your with your pet especially around other animals, watch how they greet each other. You might just learn to speak dog.