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 ...

You can get in touch with Alice by emailing alice.gibbs@newsweek.com. We all associate a wagging tail with a happy dog, but what does your dog's tail movement really mean? A dog's canine ...

As any dog owner knows, there are a few surefire ways to cue a pup’s wagging tail: arriving home from work, picking up their favorite toy or uttering the word “outside.” But why do dogs wag ...

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The wolves hardly wagged their tails. It was a stark difference to the frequent wagging she saw in most pet dogs, which made her curious about what had changed in the roughly 35,000 years since ...

When we see our dog's tail wag, we love it. We know they're happy and it's a good sign, right? Wrong. A wagging tail does not always mean your furry friend is happy. Dogs wag their tails as a way ...

Tail-wagging could mean your pup's happy to see you—or not. We asked dog behaviorists to decipher dog tail meanings, and the answers were surprising. Wouldn’t it be amazing if our dogs could ...

By listening to these cues, including tail wagging and lip licking, humans can deepen their relationships with their canine companions. “When we learn to recognize our dog’s communication ...

But what do we know about the interior lives of dogs? Traditionally, behaviors like tail wagging were often misinterpreted, van Haaften said. But misconceptions are being replaced by a growing ...

When we see our dog's tail wag, we love it. We know they're happy and it's a good sign, right? Wrong. A wagging tail does not always mean your furry friend is happy. Dogs wag their tails as a way ...