Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dogs can’t communicate verbally (although we all wish that they could, right?), so they communicate through body language, and ...

You probably look at your dog’s tail a dozen times a day without really thinking about it. I love my dogs’ tails. They are so different and they both use them and communicate with them so differently.

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 ...

Our pets may not be able to communicate with words, but their actions can give us clues on how they feel. So what does it mean if your dog chases its tail? While some reasons are more benign than ...

Did you know that some dog breeds are naturally born without tails or have such tiny ones they’re barely noticeable? While tail wagging is often seen as a universal dog trait, certain tailless dog ...

Dogs and their antics provide us endless amusement, but nothing is quite as silly as when they spin round and round, seemingly chasing their tail. Is this tail-chasing game, also called whirling, an ...

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 ...