Dogs communicate with their bodies long before they bark or growl. Submissive signals are part of that body language and usually mean the dog is trying to keep things calm and avoid conflict.

Over this past weekend, I was at a dog show and noticed typical canine social interaction. Two dog handlers were having an animated discussion. One had a large, darkly marked, German Shepherd dog at ...

Dogs “talk” to us all the time—we just often don’t understand them. Through subtle movements and small gestures, they try to calm situations or relieve stress. Dog trainer Katharina Marioth explains ...

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 ...