As mentioned, growling is a distance-increasing behavior, and its function is often to increase space or stop an interaction that the dog finds uncomfortable. In the case of a dog that growls upon a ...

"He's a great dog, but how do I get him to stop barking all the time?" I have addressed this question before, but I want to approach it differently now because the "great dog" referred to above was ...

Dogs are always communicating. Every flick of an ear, turn of the head, or soft sigh carries meaning. Yet many guardians only notice their dog’s communication once it’s loud and unmistakable — a bark, ...

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 ...

"After my dog’s TPLO knee surgery, he has a few times now growled at my wife. It is only when we are sitting in the living room (he is in a confined area still) and she comes home from work through ...