Poncho: A dog's tail-wag can mean a variety of things. Here's a helpful guide:
Chazz: These are sort of difficult to differentiate.
Poncho: Oh wait, I forgot to put, "cats: fugget-about it!"
Dogs use their tails like we use punctuation marks: there’s the straight up tail, like an exclamation mark, for surprise, and there’s the curled tail, like a question mark, when they can’t figure out what we’re trying to say or do.
Katiekicks almost 12 years ago
My dogs’ tails are much more expressive than that. There’s the helicopter, the flip flop, the random wag…
Katiekicks almost 12 years ago
Can’t forget the butt wag…
mabrndt Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Psychology Today article about tail wags.
Jspine almost 12 years ago
I call my dog little waggytail wigglebutt lickytongue puppydog.
Bandera_Ken almost 12 years ago
When the waggytail dog is wagging her tail I call her Waggytail Dog. Otherwise I call her by her name.
alan.gurka almost 12 years ago
Dogs use their tails like we use punctuation marks: there’s the straight up tail, like an exclamation mark, for surprise, and there’s the curled tail, like a question mark, when they can’t figure out what we’re trying to say or do.