Amanda is the National Training and Behavior Coordinator at Best Friends Animal Society, the leading animal welfare organization working to end the killing of dogs and cats in America’s shelters by 2025. She is experienced in communication, client relations, animal handling, animal training, and animal restraint.
This is why it’s so important to pay attention to their body language.
In general, a wagging tail just means that a dog is experiencing some emotion. That could be happiness or excitement, but it can also be fear, frustration or uncertainty.