If your dog growls when you pet them, they’re likely saying “no.” It’s important to respect their boundaries and stop.

Dogs may also issue warning growls when they feel cornered, threatened, or scared. In this case, yelps and a downward head position can accompany warning growls, and the dog may also show raised ...

Similarly, a dog may start growling to guard a sleeping spot, bed, crate or mat if the dog is sleep-deprived or feeling unusually stressed, which brings us to the next paragraph. Trigger Stacking ...

"My dog, specifically at nighttime, will randomly growl... I was just petting her gently, and she growled. Other nights, we will just simply move, and she will be lying in her crate, and she'll ...

Dogs Growl to Communicate. Hello Justin, I understand how unsettling it can feel when a dog who is normally loving and cuddly undergoes a behavior change like this that feels so out of character.

Dogs Growl to Communicate. Hello Justin, I understand how unsettling it can feel when a dog who is normally loving and cuddly undergoes a behavior change like this that feels so out of character.

Our dog growls at times and my feeling is he feels threatened, however he is very strong willed and when told to do something he doesn''t want to do he growls if you try to enforce authority. Now I ...

Our dog growls at times and my feeling is he feels threatened, however he is very strong willed and when told to do something he doesn''t want to do he growls if you try to enforce authority. Now I ...