RE: Dog Talks For Dummies

Well, the thing is that humans usually don't understand dog language. And because of that lots of dogs develop problem behaviors. If humans would act correctly to what dogs are trying to tell us there would be fewer problems. Not every loud barking dog is angry, but not every loud barking dog is scared. To know what is causing the barking you have to understand the whole dog language, which means closely looking at the dog's body language, and learn to interpret the signals the dog communicates.

The same barking dog, but now the ears pointed up, slightly forward, and his tail is high in line with his back and stiff, I would take it easy and not get too close. This dog indicates, "this far and no further." And in any case, that dog is watching, you can't tell yet whether he is angry. But the chance certainly exists.