What does it mean when a dog wags his tail?

Answer 1

Most people have heard a dog wags his tail when he is happy. This is actually only partial correct. A dog wags their tail due to feeling conflicting emotions at the same time. An example of this would be feeling happy and nervous together. These conflicting emotions manifest into the body language of wagging their tail. Tail wagging starts from the time they are born and are nursing on their mother, they are content to be feeding but instinctively anxious to be feeding so close to another dog, in this case their litter mate. When a dog sees his master he is happy to see him but because he is submissive to his master he is wary not to upset. When a dog see a stranger walking up to him he can be excited to see some one but very nervous because he does not know them.

i can add on something by a different editor - alot of people say a dog wags its tail because its happy , well i know that when a dog may wag its tail, its because he/she is confused.

so when a stranger walks up to them they may be confused ,happy or nervous,that's how they express their feelings. A dog may also bark to show Danger,Excited,Nervous or another feeling.

That's when some jump.

Biting tip:

if a dog bites you and your playing fetch or something with it and it bites it may be a

"play bit" or sometimes an agresave bite and that's when you put him down because he will probluby do it again. all about dogs go to www.canadasguidetodogs.com i think well good luck bye! It is happy

Answer 2

when a dog wags its tail it mean thats it happy or excited so dont be afraid