When a dog wags its tail, it automatically means that they’re happy, right? Well, while there is truth to that, there’s actually a lot more to it—and sometimes, it can actually mean that they’re not ...

We all associate a wagging tail with a happy dog, but what does your dog's tail movement really mean? A dog's canine communication skills are even more nuanced than we might think. Paula Stewart, ...

Much like a facial expression, a dog wagging its tail can be a clue to a wide range of emotions. Though the popular imagination places dog-wagging squarely in the camp of happy emotions, the behavior ...

Whenever I come home to my 14-year-old Shih Tzu, as most dogs do, she greets me by pawing excitedly at my legs and wagging her little tail vigorously enough to cause a tornado. But I've noticed she ...

Wouldn’t it be amazing if our dogs could talk to us? We could finally make sense of some of their more perplexing dog behaviors, like being afraid of the tiny Chihuahua next door or barking only at ...

Science is always providing new information that allows us to interpret the behaviors of dogs, or to reinterpret behaviors that we thought we understood well—such as the meaning of a dog's wagging ...

The friendliest dogs at the shelter are usually the first to find loving, forever homes, but sometimes that’s not the case.

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