Comments on: A Dog’s Tail

By: Alison

Alison — Sat, 05 May 2007 00:33:35 +0000

When our year-old puppy, Seamus (which is pronounced Shay-mus, but the way. Like in Harry Potter.) jumps on our five-year-old dog Gus (which is pronounced “Gus”), Seamus’ tail wags to the right, and Gus’ to the left. I never noticed that before.

By: Jason!

Jason! — Fri, 04 May 2007 16:35:03 +0000

Well, we observed Romy last night and I have to say I didn’t really notice a trend for tail wagging to one side or the other. It tends to be a full sweep from right to left. Although, when she’s not wagging, her tail tip is up and slightly to the right…

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 03 May 2007 15:21:16 +0000

I like that strange orange toy she’s playing with in your Flickr gallery. Bailey has one of those, too.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 03 May 2007 15:07:08 +0000

Jason – just before Maddie gave me a high five I did notice her short but powerful tail was moving more towards the right…

By: Jason!

Jason! — Thu, 03 May 2007 14:29:00 +0000

I’ll give it a try, although I’m pretty sure I’ve already interpreted these signs.

Tail wag = happy
e.g. “Good girl, Romy. Here’s a treat!”

Tail down = sad
e.g. “Time to go outside, Romy.”

Tail up = challenge
e.g. “Give me back my sock, Romy!”

By: Jessie

Jessie — Thu, 03 May 2007 13:55:42 +0000

Thanks for the posts about your dog. Our dog’s feet smell like stale Fritos. I’ll have to check up on the tail-wagging issue and get back to you.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 03 May 2007 13:46:23 +0000

Yah, whose left are we talking about? Dog left would be similar to stage left.

By: Scott from Cincy

Scott from Cincy — Thu, 03 May 2007 13:14:00 +0000

What if your dog is left-handed? (left-pawed?) Does it work the other way?