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Talking Tails: How to Read Your Dog’s Tail Signals to Understand Their Emotions, Needs, and Feelings: Decode Your Dog’s Tail Language And Build a Better Bond
Your dog's tail is talking to you all day long. Are you listening?
Every wag, position, and movement tells a story about your dog's emotions, needs, and inner world. But most of us have reduced this sophisticated communication system to a simple wagging equals happy. It's time to learn the real language of tails.
In Talking Tails, Helen Devlin reveals the science behind tail language and dog behaviour —so you can finally understand what your dog is really feeling.
Grounded in the latest research on brain-tail communication, this guide helps you decode your dog’s emotions through their tail movements to build a stronger, more trusting bond between you and your pet.
You’ll
Why a wagging tail doesn’t always mean a happy dogWhat left vs. right tail wags reveal about your dog’s brain and moodThe secret of the “arousal flag”—and how to respond to high-energy behaviourHow to spot early signs of illness through tail positionBreed-specific tail signals that affect how your dog expresses emotionPractical, daily tools to connect more deeply with your dogWhether you’re a first-time dog owner or a lifelong canine companion, Talking Tails helps you move beyond guesswork and into real communication.
Stop wondering what your dog is trying to tell you. Start understanding their emotional world - one tail signal at a time.
Every wag, position, and movement tells a story about your dog's emotions, needs, and inner world. But most of us have reduced this sophisticated communication system to a simple wagging equals happy. It's time to learn the real language of tails.
In Talking Tails, Helen Devlin reveals the science behind tail language and dog behaviour —so you can finally understand what your dog is really feeling.
Grounded in the latest research on brain-tail communication, this guide helps you decode your dog’s emotions through their tail movements to build a stronger, more trusting bond between you and your pet.
You’ll
Why a wagging tail doesn’t always mean a happy dogWhat left vs. right tail wags reveal about your dog’s brain and moodThe secret of the “arousal flag”—and how to respond to high-energy behaviourHow to spot early signs of illness through tail positionBreed-specific tail signals that affect how your dog expresses emotionPractical, daily tools to connect more deeply with your dogWhether you’re a first-time dog owner or a lifelong canine companion, Talking Tails helps you move beyond guesswork and into real communication.
Stop wondering what your dog is trying to tell you. Start understanding their emotional world - one tail signal at a time.
144 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 23, 2025
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November 12, 2025
A Fabulous Book!
As a dog and pet lover, I absolutely adored this book! This book gives some wonderful trips and tricks into better understanding your dog. It covers various body and tail movements, along with their meanings and applies it to various breeds as well. The diagrams and photos are both helpful and adorable. After reading this book, I feel like I can better understand and relate to the world of dogs so much more! A gem of a book!
As a dog and pet lover, I absolutely adored this book! This book gives some wonderful trips and tricks into better understanding your dog. It covers various body and tail movements, along with their meanings and applies it to various breeds as well. The diagrams and photos are both helpful and adorable. After reading this book, I feel like I can better understand and relate to the world of dogs so much more! A gem of a book!
November 8, 2025
This was a very educational book that helps you understand and connect to your dog. I like how it gave example situations of when and how you would see your dogs tail interpret. As I was reading, I started paying more attention to my dogs tail.
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