TV personality Cesar Millan explains how a dog’s tail tells his emotions in this article. Veterinary hospital teams will find this valuable for in-service days with elementary school kids and puppy classes.
Source: Cesar’s Way, February 3, 2016.
Animals’ primary methods of communicating are through eye contact, their ear position, and their tails. When an animal is being defensive or aggressive, it will make eye contact to tell whatever it’s facing to back off. When an animal is alert to danger, its ears will stand straight up. But the most important thing to watch is the tail.