[header] How to connect with an animal [title] Learn animal body language. [step] If you want to connect to an animal, you need to know how that animal communicates. As animals cannot use language to converse, they relay heavily on movement and expression to show how they feel. 
[substeps] The aspca website and the humane society website have extensive overviews of animal body language. If you have a domestic pet, like a dog or a cat, you can read up on how your pet communicates here.