dog-behavior
Why Is My Dog Whining? Eight Reasons, and the Test That Tells Pain From Demand
The short answer: whining is your dog's most flexible piece of communication, and it has about eight common meanings. The useful split is not between them all at once — it is between whining that has an audience and whining that doesn't. Demand whining is aimed at you and stops...
Why Does My Dog Follow Me Everywhere? Six Reasons, and the One Worth Watching
The short answer: following you is normal. Dogs are a species that evolved alongside us specifically to stay close, and a dog who trails you from room to room is usually telling you nothing more alarming than "you are the interesting one." What matters is not that they follow you,...