Dogs are constantly communicating through body language, from tail wags to ear positions, but their signals are often misunderstood. Learning to read these cues can prevent stress, bites, and missed ...

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

New research suggests that when dogs yawn during petting, it can signal stress, discomfort, or a need for space rather than tiredness. Experts explain that yawns may serve as displacement or calming ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...