Just a general question in regards to tail wagging. My 6month old GSD is not over excitable, meaning it is hard for my wife and I to encourage/make him happy/pet him to the point he is wagging his tail. He does like to play with us and he likes our attention. Just wondering if this is normal?
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Doesn't seem like anything to worry about. Our GSD wags his tail, but nowhere near as much as our other two dogs. He shows interest with his tail, but if he's really happy, his whole body lets you know.
Our Boxer on the other hand, would probably lift off the ground if her tail wasn't docked.
I understand the boxer tail. I also have a boxer mastiff mix dog, and his tail is not docked, and he can clear a coffee table, and put welts on your leg if extremely happy.
My shepherd NEVER wagged his tail until he was nearly a year old. He was a very serious puppy, paying close attention to what I was doing and following me closely. He didn't seem unhappy, though, and it seemed that the older he got and started to "figure things out", the more lighthearted he got. Now, he wags a lot. Maybe too much, if you go by the broken things in the house that I was dumb enough to put at "tail level" <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> I wouldn't worry about it either, if he seems otherwise normal.
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My Remi is 9 months old now, he wags his tail for short periods, but not for a long time. For example, when I'm sitting at the table reading Leerburg <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> and look over at him (since he's always watching me) he'll wag his tail for a few short wags and then stop. But he doesn't walk around wagging it all the time...
When I pet him, he likes to lean into me with his whole body rather than wag his tail. I've never had a dog that liked to "hug" as much as him, but I guess every dog expresses themselves differently.
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Just a general question in regards to tail wagging. My 6month old GSD is not over excitable, meaning it is hard for my wife and I to encourage/make him happy/pet him to the point he is wagging his tail. He does like to play with us and he likes our attention. Just wondering if this is normal?
I have had very happy dogs who were not tail-waggers. But aside from that, I know you realize that "excited" doesn't equal "happy."
I love to see a pet dog who is contented, playful, happy........but not "excitable" or made hyper by his daily life.
He sure sounds normal to me! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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My dogs tail is attached to his vocal cords, he wags his tail when he barks, no matter what the reason is for his bark. I find it amusing how he'll bark at people n they give me comments like "it's ok as long as he's wagging his tail", sometimes I'll tell em "he's wagging his tail because he wants to eat you", they laugh lol.
My dog isn't a huge wagger, he moves his tail more than wagging it, but there are occasions when he wags it like crazy because I just got home n let him outta the crate or I'm playing with him very excitedly, but if he's just bein lazy during the day his tail barely moves, perhaps a slight side to side motion hanging down to express some type of happyness if I start talking to him about going outside to play lol.
Mike J Schoonbrood Webboard User Reg: 04-30-2005
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So outta curiosity, how do you guys tell when your dog is happy when they don't wag their tails?
My dog seems to indicate his happyness with having his mouth open with a very slow panting n a look on his face that resembles a doggy version of a smile hehe.
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