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Dogs' Behaviour - It's All In The Wag
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 3-24-2007 | Roger Highfield

Posted on 03/23/2007 6:35:38 PM PDT by blam

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1 posted on 03/23/2007 6:35:40 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam

Marking a good post. Thanks


2 posted on 03/23/2007 6:37:07 PM PDT by Dysart
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To: blam

somebody's been eating that tainted dog food


3 posted on 03/23/2007 6:40:14 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: ladyjane

What is that supposed to mean?


4 posted on 03/23/2007 6:41:51 PM PDT by KJC1 (Right when you think you're really good is when you need to pay the most attention)
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To: HairOfTheDog

ping


5 posted on 03/23/2007 6:42:17 PM PDT by FairOpinion (Victory in Iraq. Stop Hillary. Stop the Dems. Work for Republican Victory in 2008.)
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To: blam

That just proves what we've all known for a long time.

Right is GOOD and Left is BAD.

Class dismissed!

Steve B.


6 posted on 03/23/2007 6:43:40 PM PDT by Senormechanico
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To: blam

It figures.

Anything sick, evil, foul or threatening and the noble dog points to the left to indicate his displeasure.

Dang, but dogs are fine critters.


7 posted on 03/23/2007 6:43:46 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (Yippee! My farmers' market finally got a cheese vendor!)
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To: KJC1

Not sure. I read the post to somebody here and that's what they said. They seemed to think that the dog's tail goes in both directions, left and right.

Nobody had replied to the post yet so I figured my post would bump the thread.


8 posted on 03/23/2007 6:46:54 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Cailleach

ping


9 posted on 03/23/2007 6:48:56 PM PDT by kalee (The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we write in marble. JHuett)
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To: ladyjane
"Not sure. I read the post to somebody here and that's what they said. They seemed to think that the dog's tail goes in both directions, left and right. "

Click on the site. There's a video there showing examples. I don't know how to link it here.

10 posted on 03/23/2007 6:50:28 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam

Interesting. I've also been told that people will look upward and to one direction when they are trying to recall something factual (such as - what did you eat for dinner last night?) and they will look up and toward the other direction when they are creating a scenario in their mind (i.e. trying to make something up). Apparently, it's one way you can tell if a person is lying.


11 posted on 03/23/2007 6:53:12 PM PDT by Mygirlsmom (I practice Calorie Offset Trading. I eat a candy bar & pay my kid 10 bucks to run around the block)
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To: ladyjane
The bias is subtle, requiring video analysis to spot

I'm not sure, but I think the rough translation of this is "don't bother to look only I can see it."

12 posted on 03/23/2007 6:55:26 PM PDT by delacoert
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To: blam

If I am standing behind the dog and his tail moves left wouldn't it be moving to the right if I was standing in front of him? I have enough things in my life that are confusing, I don't need mixed messages from my dog.


13 posted on 03/23/2007 6:55:56 PM PDT by CremeSaver
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That video is very unconvincing. When the dog is wagging for its owner, the "wag" is very hard and to the right. When the dog is wagging because of an unfamiliar dog, the wag is softer, and seems to be divided equally between the left and the right.

Maybe it's just a right-handed....ummmm pawed dog?

14 posted on 03/23/2007 6:57:58 PM PDT by Texas_shutterbug
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I always thought that a dog's tail wags faster when it's happy (like the video) and slower when the dog is anxious/unsure. The video seems to support this.


15 posted on 03/23/2007 7:01:41 PM PDT by Andy'smom
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I have two dogs--stub-tailed min pin and long tailed dachschund. Both wag slowly when anxious or confused. Both wag fast and hard when happy. The dachschund tucks her tail when she's worried or has her feelings hurt. When they're angry or on alert, the tails are erect, not wagging at all.

I'm not buying the right/left thing.


16 posted on 03/23/2007 7:07:50 PM PDT by Marty
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To: Marty

That's a good description of it.


17 posted on 03/23/2007 7:15:40 PM PDT by Andy'smom
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To: blam

I think I saw this on the Dog Whisperer last week! ;-)

Of course dogs like company... they don't have opposable thumbs to work the can opener! LOL


18 posted on 03/23/2007 7:17:48 PM PDT by pinz-n-needlez (Jack Bauer wears Tony Snow pajamas)
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To: Mygirlsmom

Unless the person is a lawyer or politician.


19 posted on 03/23/2007 7:18:33 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Mygirlsmom

That is actually a myth. It has to do with whether someone is left handed or right handed.


20 posted on 03/23/2007 7:20:04 PM PDT by ItisaReligionofPeace
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