Have you ever found yourself asking the question, why do dogs have tails? Since most dogs are born with tails, it's safe to assume they're there for a reason — but aside from the fact that they make ...

Not every dog wags a tail when they are happy because some are born without one at all. These naturally tail less breeds are ...

Dogs wag their tails for a number of reasons, not just because they're happy. If your dog has a stiff tail with only the tip moving, it can signal aggressiveness or unrest. If your dog puts their ...

How your dog wags its tail tells so much about how it feels. When the tail wags like a helicopter rotor blade it usually means pure joy. Tails held up high and stiff and wagging back and forth like a ...

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 ...

The question in the title is simple and straightforward, and many people—researchers and non-researchers including dog lovers—all have opinions on the matter. Everyone seems to know why dogs wag their ...

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 ...

Of all the things we love about dogs (and there are a lot), their sweet little faces and wagging tails take the cake. You probably know that your dog is telling you something with its tail, whether it ...

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