Episode 89. Learning Our Dogs’ Body Language with Lili Chin

Our dogs are always talking to us … but are we listening?   I believe that learning our dogs’ body language is one of THE most important aspects of being a pet parent.

So thank goodness for Lili Chin’s work translating Doggie Language for us humans. In fact, if you follow anything dog-related on social media, you’re probably familiar with Lili’s illustrations and artwork.  

Lili never anticipated that adopting Boogie, the Boston Terrier, would impact her life and career in so many ways.  She also hadn’t anticipated Boogie nearly getting her evicted after biting her apartment building manager!

After a few disappointing experiences with other trainers, Lili was introduced to positive force-free training methods and learned to understand what Boogie was communicating all along.

Dog trainers and other professionals soon began commissioning Lili’s artwork to share important messages for pet parents.  From Dog Body Language to Your Dog’s Emotional Cup, Lili’s work is shared far & wide on social media impacting pet parents daily.

Lili & I discuss:

  • Her childhood experiences with pets;

  • How she was introduced to fostering Boston Terriers;

  • Meeting Boogie and how their relationship started;

  • Her initial attempts at working with dog trainers she found online;

  • How a Dogster columnist introduced Lili & Boogie to force-free training;

  • How Lili first started working on projects around dog body language;

  • Lili’s career before dogs;

  • The influential and impactful dog professionals who Lili has collaborated with;

  • How learning Boogie’s body language impacted their relationship;

  • How the Doggie Language book came about;

  • Kittie Language … and beyond? What’s next for Lili?

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