If you want to learn more about your dog, watch this video to understand 14 strange things your dog does and what they may be trying to tell you.









Puppy-dog eyes
if your dog has ever looked at you with those puppy-dog eyes, they are doing more than just trying to get you to fall in love with them. When your canine looks up at you with those adorable eyes, they are trying to show you that they love you. They are also trying to enforce a greater trust between you and them.
Why dogs chase their tails
Dogs chase their tails for a couple of reasons.
When a dog is stressed or bored, they might decide to start a game of catch the tail to amuse themselves or release all that pent-up energy.
Think of it a bit like a dog's version of tapping your foot or walking back and forth when you're bored or stressed. All that energy needs to go somewhere. Plus that wagging tail looks a lot like a toy.
Another reason dogs spin in circles hunting their own tail is to grab your attention. Dogs are smart animals, and they can learn very quickly that doing certain things get their human family to react. They may choose to employ this attention-grabbing move if they want you to play with them.
Understanding that something is wrong.
Previous research has shown that when humans cry, their dogs also feel distress. Now, new studies published in the journal of Learning and Behavior have shown that dogs not only feel distress when they see that their owners are sad, but will also try to do something to help.
Going nuts when you come home
When your canine gets really excited and jumps all over you when you come home, it’s because they are happy that you're home. They just want you to know that they’ve missed you.
They may even dribble small amounts of urine to show you how excited they are.
Why dogs jump on you
Jumping up on people is a natural canine behavior.
The motivation for the jumping up behavior is to greet people. Dogs jump because they like to sniff a person's face. Dogs greet each other nose-to-nose, and they want to do the same with us.
The best way to prevent jumping is to ignore the behavior. Do not touch or push away your dog when they jump. Simply turn around and don’t give them any kind of attention. Ignore them and walk away if needed. When the dog calms down, you can start greeting them. Your dog will eventually learn they are no longer being rewarded for their jumping and will greet you in a calmer way.
Why dogs chase everything
Chasing is a natural canine behavior. Dogs were born with the instinct to chase any moving object or living creature. A cat, the squirrels, or a car. More often than not, dogs go after things because their territorial instincts lead them to chase away intruders. Dogs also chase things because they were specifically bred over thousands of years to chase down prey. DNA runs deep in these breeds.
Why dogs tilt their head
For many dogs, head-tilting helps them hear better. Rotating their ears, or their entire head, can help triangulate the location of the sound so they can hear it more clearly.
Why dogs follow you into the bathroom
Dogs are pack animals. When they are in the wild, they do everything together and they are loyal to the pack. These sociable animals went from being wolves living in packs to dogs living with humans.
Dogs follow you into the bathroom and around the house because it's their instinct to want to be with you. They don’t mean to invade your privacy, they’re doing it because they just want to be with you.
Why dogs trash your couch.
Chewing on a wide variety of objects in the house regardless of whether you are home or not, is often the result of boredom or separation anxiety. Your dog probably needs more play, exercise and physical activity to work off some energy.
Why dogs turn in Circles Before Lying Down
It’s a normal behavior for dogs to circle their sleeping area before lying down for sleep. In the wild, the circling would flatten grasses or snow and would drive out any snakes or large insects. Doggy beds and pillows haven't always been around, so wild dogs had to make a comfortable bed for themselves.
Why dogs sniff each other from behind
When dogs sniff each other from behind, they are trying to gain information about the other dog. Dogs have anal sacs in their rear end that release chemicals and scents that tell a lot about their body to other canines.
Many dogs also try to find out more about humans through crotch-sniffing. This is because the crotch area has a certain type of sweat glands called apocrine glands, which produce chemicals that convey social information.
Why dogs snore
Just like with humans, snoring in dogs generally occurs when air movement is restricted in the nasal passageways.
Sometimes the cause of a dog’s snoring can be the simplest of things, such as their sleeping position. It often happens when your dog sleeps on their back, so their tongue ends up partially blocking some of the air movement in their passageways.