Woof Wednesdays: Ask Amy "What's Up With Wags?"

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Woof Wednesdays: Ask Amy "What's Up With Wags?"

Does a short tail on the Clumber Spaniel cause doggy mis-communications? Hmnnn...

Yes, I know I know, the blog is LATE! You can thank Verizon for that. Since Tuesday about 3:30 pm, the Internet coverage went away and the "help desk" guestimate of a four-hour fixed stretched into a 16-hour outtage. You can be sure, my happy-wags were lacking. And as I type this, the Texas skies blackened and winds stirred up the roses into a frothy mess so not sure how long I'll be online.

Welcome to all my new subscribers! (~~~virtual waves~~~) I know lots of y'all came to check out the pictures and comments from the OWFI conference, or the list of helpful Ebook links. I'll be adding more info on the Ebooks in the weeks ahead. But each week you'll also find furry info about cats, dogs, puppies and more.

For instance, before I lost connectivity yesterday I managed to blog at the puppies.About.com site. One of my Sweet Tweet friends asked me to mention safety issues of puppies in cars. But I'd already prepared an Ask Amy (below) about canine wag-icity.

How does a curled tail affect the wag on a Basenji?

Dogs are social creatures that live together, and so they need a dog language in order to get along. How dogs communicate—what I like to call "dogma"—is based on a system of common signals. Tale wags are part of that language. Dog language not only allows dogs to communicate and understand each other. It also is a system used for conflict resolution.

What prompts your dogs to wage wagging conversations? Do they wag just part of the tail, or do their entire buttresses become wigglebums? What would you add to the Ask Amy video? Are there certain breeds or individual pets who wag (or not) in unique ways? What about cats and their tails? My Seren-kitty's tail talk never stops (she talks from both ends). Hmnnn, that's fodder for a future Ask Amy.

Guess I need to get future blogs up ahead of time before the powers-what-be (weather, God, Verizon…not necessarily in that order) zap my creativity.

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