The key to understanding your dog, assessing his attitude and predicting his next move, is knowing how to understand his body language. Since your dog is non-verbal, his body language does the talking for him. Once you learn the following basic types of dog body language, you will be better equipped to protect yourself and your dog from dangerous situations. Understanding your dog's body language will also aid in his training and in identifying common behavior problems.

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Every year more than ten thousand dogs and cats are accidentally poisoned with automotive antifreeze. This is the most common cause of poisoning of dogs and cats in the U.S. The toxic ingredient in antifreeze, ethylene glycol, is also it's major component. It makes up 95 per cent of the product, therefore, it only takes a small amount of antifreeze to poison a dog or cat. One or two teaspoons full of antifreeze will poison a cat and three tablespoons is enough to kill a medium size dog. Ethylene glycol is sweet and quite tasty to dogs and cats and they will actively seek it out.