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 ...

We all associate a wagging tail with a happy dog, but what does your dog's tail movement really mean? A dog's canine communication skills are even more nuanced than we might think. Paula Stewart, ...

Whenever I come home to my 14-year-old Shih Tzu, as most dogs do, she greets me by pawing excitedly at my legs and wagging her little tail vigorously enough to cause a tornado. But I've noticed she ...

Dogs make a range of noises – from barking to growling and panting – to communicate. Much like their human owners, they also rely on nonverbal body language to convey their emotions. By listening to ...

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 ...

DEAR JOAN: We have a barking dog problem. Our mixed breed (Great Dane/pit bull) barks when somebody he doesn’t recognize comes up to the house. While he’s barking and growling and jumping around, all ...