"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.

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 ...

Growling is a complex behavior/vocalization, and I don't see it as indicating a failed or dysfunctional relationship. Dogs are vocal animals, and most of us have heard a variety of canine sounds, from ...

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"He's a great dog, but how do I get him to stop barking all the time?" I have addressed this question before, but I want to approach it differently now because the "great dog" referred to above was ...

The internet has been bemused by a dog suddenly growling at a crawl space, and has accordingly come up with several theories about what prompted the behavioral shift. In a viral video uploaded to ...

"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 ...

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 ...