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May 15th, 2008

The most predominant theory about tail wagging is that it is a gesture of friendship or even submission, but what about reports in which men are bitten by tail wagging dogs or dominant dogs wagging towards submissive dogs? I dug up an interesting theory today:

“ Tail wagging is indeed a state of conflict. But the conflict is arising from the following condition, it is the state of the body vibrating with more energy than the body at that moment is able to conduct given whatever action is currently available to it. In other words, there is more energy trying to go through the pipe, the dog’s body, then the pipe can accommodate. Wagging the tail is the body’s physiological response for dissipating the excess energy. It would feel better to the dog if the body could process the energy in a straightforward active range of behaviors, for example making hearty physical contact, but for a number of reasons which we’ll discuss when we consider the nature of fear, it can’t. Hence the state of conflict.”

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3 Responses to “like tapping nails or clicking pens”

1. Lora says:

   May 16, 2008 at 2:05 am

   Hmmm that is a very interesting theory. I sure wish we could climb inside the minds or our canine companions and know what they are thinking.
2. admin says:

   May 16, 2008 at 6:21 pm

   maybe theyre thinking the same about us : )
3. candi says:

   May 16, 2008 at 8:48 pm

   Thank you sooo much for visiting my site… your site is very interesting..

   lots of licks

   xox