Dogs speak volumes through their body language, especially during play. Knowing the difference between happy, healthy play ...

You can often stop a dog bite long before teeth appear. The secret is noticing the quiet cues your brain tends to ignore ...

Dogs are always communicating, even when they are not making a sound. The challenge is that many of their signals are easy to ...

All dogs don't always do this or that all of the time Turid Rugaas, a Norwegian dog trainer, is well known for putting forth ideas about behavior patterns she calls "calming signals." A recent ...

My family’s black Lab is good at reading body language. In my previous world of teaching and research, I would have concluded that Teddy was effective at interpreting nonverbal cues. Over the past ...

Yawning in dogs signals more than fatigue, stress relief and social act. It can indicate anxiety in unfamiliar settings or ...

Dogs don't necessarily agree—in fact, most don't. "To a dog, a hug can actually feel quite stressful," Kenny says. "It can ...

However, in an email to me (July 5, 2017) Dr. Mariti wrote that she and her colleagues did report that in 33% of their observations (36 cases) in which dogs did not show any calming signal after ...