Its ALL about PRESENCE!!

I just read Malcolm Gladwell's "What the Dog Saw" and wow. I am almost speachless at the ideas i have just recieved. The whole human and dog interaction concept was completely broken down and right there in front of me in words. The idea that your body language is very important never even occured to me. It says alot about a person's mood, or atleast it is suppose to but most people have lost this ability. Only the really intelligent people who know that their gustures mean just as much if not more than what is actually being spoken, especially to an animal that can't understand english. Our tone and the way we carry ourselves into a room can tell a dog alot about our intensions and what we may be capable of doing. We need to be non-threatening so the dog will allow us to get close to him/her. Once the defense is down we attack in sense just so the dog knows who is in control, and that is you. Well you are suppose to be the one in control, but most of you probably aren't actually in control. You have to do repetative motions because this can be soothing to the dog, animals find comfort in repetiton.
Human and human interaction isn't much different than human and dog interaction. We can get a different feeling about a person depending on how their body movements are. For example if a person has their arms crossed then they are in a defensive mood and may feel as if they are being attacked or have the possiblity of a threat present. The way we move, how fast we move, how relaxed we look can tell a person alot about what we are feeling but a lot of the time our actions don't match up with our message. People don't know how to effectively use body language like we should, its just as important as the words that are being spoken. The meaning of our words can change drastically. If we scream something we can be mad, happy, frustrated, or enraged. The tone and what we are saying helps determine what emotion the person is probably experiencing. So our movements and how we present ourselves has a lot to do with how people read us and react to us. So make sure you arent sending out mixed messages, show us you mean what you are saying and believe in it fully.