Hearing a dog growl can feel alarming, but it is often the safest message you will ever get. A growl is a clear, honest signal that gives you time to respond before things escalate. When we punish it, ...

Recently, someone asked me which piece of outdated dog training advice irks me the most. To be honest, there are plenty to choose from, but perhaps the most egregious, and the one I settled on in this ...

Wouldn’t we all love to get inside our dogs' minds? Sometimes they make things pretty clear, like when a dog tucks his tail underneath him, runs, and hides under the bed when he hears fireworks. But ...

The lawn at Tulsa Animal Welfare was covered in tents and games for its Howl and Growl Animal Safety Event. TULSA, Okla. - Several animal welfare groups gathered on Saturday to help teach kids about ...

The internet has been bemused by a dog suddenly growling at a crawl space, and has accordingly come up with several theories about what prompted the behavioral shift. In a viral video uploaded to ...

I recently gave a talk at the Manchester Rotary Club about dog behavior. One of the questions a Rotarian asked was about his dog growling - and what it means and what to do about it. This is an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo Credit: @wackowinston / TikTok) The internet is in stitches over a viral video of an adorable dog growling in “lowercase” ...

Last week was National Dog Bite Prevention Week. Although it is no longer "official," there's never a bad time to talk about preventing dog bites. It's helpful in preventing bites to understand a ...