Tail wagging is social language

A dog wagging its tail is the same concept as when people greet each other. The body language of wagging the tail is how dogs greet each other, but there is a lot of meaning behind the wagging tail. A dog wagging its tail can represent happiness, friendliness, goodwill, or recognition. But it can also represent curiosity, concern, vigilance, insecurity, fear, and even threats. So don’t see a dog wagging its tail, just put a friendly tag on it and approach it excitedly.

Tail wagging represents emotional conflict

When an animal is in a conflicting state, it will feel pulled in two different directions at the same time, such as forward and backward, left and right. Because the two ideas conflict with each other, the animal stays where it is. But due to psychological tension, her body or a part of her body will obey one of the desires and start moving in a certain direction, but then stop and move in the opposite direction. This leads to a series of specific visual signals in the body language of different species, such as giraffes swinging their long necks, orangutans walking back and forth, sea otters flapping their tails, and dogs wagging their tails with us.

The emotions represented by the tail position

The position of the dog’s tail represents the different emotions of the dog at the moment. The height of the tail is in the middle, which means the dog is more relaxed. The tail is held completely flat, indicating that the dog is focused and even alert. The tail is high and upright, which represents threats, warnings and persuasion. A low tail position represents docility, worry, or physical discomfort. The tail between the legs represents fear, surrender, and praying not to be harmed.