Day: August 11, 2026

Introduction Dogs can detect and respond to some human emotional cues through sight, smell, and hearing. Controlled studies have found that dogs can match certain facial expressions with vocalizations, respond differently to emotional sounds, and distinguish stress-related odor samples from baseline samples. These findings do not mean dogs can identify every human emotion with certainty,…

Introduction Dog calming signals are body language behaviors that may help dogs reduce tension, manage uncertainty, or communicate non-threatening intentions. Norwegian dog trainer Turid Rugaas popularized the term and described approximately 30 such behaviors in her book On Talking Terms with Dogs: Calming Signals, including a revised edition published in 2005. Many of these behaviors…