As mentioned, growling is a distance-increasing behavior, and its function is often to increase space or stop an interaction that the dog finds uncomfortable. In the case of a dog that growls upon a ...

"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.

A few days ago, Italian dog trainer Debora Segna contacted me about a Facebook posting by veterinarian and philosopher Dr. Roberto Marchesini in which he wrote: “If my dog would growl at me during an ...

Wouldn’t we all love to get inside our dogs' minds? Sometimes they make things pretty clear, like when a dog tucks his tail underneath him, runs, and hides under the bed when he hears fireworks. But ...

"After my dog’s TPLO knee surgery, he has a few times now growled at my wife. It is only when we are sitting in the living room (he is in a confined area still) and she comes home from work through ...