As the tail position moves up, it is a sign that the dog is becoming more threatening, with a vertical tail being a clearly dominant signal meaning,

Dogs also have a special sniffing ability that is quite different from their normal breathing. When your dog pushes its nose in the direction of a scent, he actively interrupts the normal breathing process so that the material he has sniffed passes over a bony shelflike structure in the nasal cavity that is designed to trap the odor-containing air

The real difference between good and great trainers is how precisely they time that learned reward. Good trainers must also be good observers; otherwise they might miss behaviors that should have been rewarded.

Humans win the sensitivity contest for taste, with about 9,000 taste buds, compared with only 1,700 for dogs;

a dog who has grabbed your knee and is merrily thrusting away is not saying “I love you,” nor is it simply trying to be “amorous.” When dogs mount human beings, they are virtually always attempting to express their feelings that they’re dominant. In effect, they want to be leader of the pack. This kind of “talk” from a dog is not permissible. It sh

A dog that is alone will not wag its tail at any lifeless thing. If you put a bowl of its food down, the dog will wag its tail to express its gratitude to you.

Each tree is really a large dog tabloid containing the latest news in the dog world. While it may not contain installments of classic canine literature, it certainly will have a gossip column and the personals section of the classified ads.

Dogs are different, since they are primarily carnivores and in the wild most of their food is meat. Because of the high sodium content in meat,

In effect, one of the distinctions between wild canines and domestic dogs is that our domestic dogs bark, while wild dogs seldom do.