"My dog, specifically at nighttime, will randomly growl... I was just petting her gently, and she growled. Other nights, we will just simply move, and she will be lying in her crate, and she'll growl.

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 ...

Whether it's a puppy growling when playing or your dog letting out a growl when a visitor tries to pet them, we often see these forms of vocalization as being bad or wrong. If your dog is growling, 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Recently, someone asked me which piece of outdated dog training advice irks me the most.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 ...

Dear Cathy: We have a dog about the same age, I think, as your dogs. She is part or all blue heeler. We think she is about 16 months old. She is very smart and trained. We have a problem though. My 26 ...

As I emphasize in Canine Confidential: Why Dogs Do What They Do (to be published in Italian in early 2019 with the title Nella mente e nel cuore dei cani: Vita emotiva e comportamento del vostro ...

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 ...