Have you ever wondered why a dog actually wags their tail? and why?
Here everything you need to know
Dogs don’t always wag their tail because they are happy and want to be petted. This is a HUGE misconception that people have, and its something that people really need to become aware of. If you make a mistake with something as simple as this, it could end badly.
You need to look at several things to check how the dog is really feeling, these include – pupils dilated, tense muscles, or something simple and obvious like the dogs ears pinned either forward or back.
To be clear, there are no real proven signs when it comes to a dog wagging their tail. But a dog will wag its tail for a few reasons, happiness being one of them – but also aggression, agitation, and anger too.
It is said that the purpose of a dogs tail was originally to help them balance. This was only for when the dog was running, swimming or evening simply walking through narrow places.
Only over time did the tail gain the second role of communication too.
A dog tends to only start wagging their tail at almost two months old – at this stage the dog generally only uses their tail to communicate to their siblings while playing. Only later on as they get older do they start learning more how to communicate with their tail.
For an interesting fact – apparently when a dog is happy they tend to wag their tail to the right hand side, and when they are angry they tend to wag their tail to the left side.
It is also said that dogs wag their tails to also release a scent (unique to each dog) off, this helps with dominance too, if a dog is more dominant you may find that this dog keep their tail up higher. So you find, if a dog is in a stressful situation they tend to put their tail between their legs – this is to try mask their scent as much as possible because they may be frightened.
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