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Hackles Up? Means Aggression? NO!

July 22, 2015 by Jill

dog training, dog body language

Your dogs hackles up is not a body language but it is a behavior that causes much concern and confusion among doggie folk. Hair doesn’t talk yet it does tell the emotional state of a dog. The medical term for the hackles going up is piloerection. Pilo refers to ‘hair’ in medical terms. So, when…
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