

The language of dogs: a ruff guide
If we could talk to the animals, what would they tell us? We may not all be Dr Doolittle, but studies are finding more and more about the language of dogs - from their body language and tail wagging, to the way they read scents and the noises they make. While scent is by far a dog's main form of communication and, often times, a dog's body language will tell us the finer details, in the first of our pet communication articles we look at how dogs 'talk' to us through vocalisa