DALLAS — Dallas-Fort Worth sure loves its dogs: More than 1.1 million households in the area owned one or more canine companions in 2021, according to the United States census. With that many dogs — ...

When a dog wags its tail, it automatically means that they’re happy, right? Well, while there is truth to that, there’s actually a lot more to it—and sometimes, it can actually mean that they’re not ...

How your dog wags its tail tells so much about how it feels. When the tail wags like a helicopter rotor blade it usually means pure joy. Tails held up high and stiff and wagging back and forth like a ...

My best friend is a golden retriever. When I get home, she greets me with a goofy smile and a big wag of her fluffy tail. I talked about why she has a tail with my friend Jillian Haines. She’s a ...

You probably look at your dog’s tail a dozen times a day without really thinking about it. I love my dogs’ tails. They are so different and they both use them and communicate with them so differently.

With so many dogs in the U.S. — and that much love to go around — one surprisingly common injury can show up: damage from an overenthusiastic tail. When a dog repeatedly wags and whips its tail ...