{"id":7489,"date":"2021-10-01T17:44:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T16:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/?p=7489"},"modified":"2022-03-30T11:45:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T10:45:20","slug":"is-my-dog-in-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/is-my-dog-in-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"Is my dog in pain?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There is nothing worse than the thought of our best friend being in pain and them not being able to tell us about it. We love our pets and would do anything for them, so the thought of our dogs being in any sort of discomfort can be quite upsetting. What\u2019s more, dogs have been known to even hide their pain, so how can we tell if your dog isn\u2019t feeling too good? In this article, we\u2019ll give you as much advice as we can, and hopefully you\u2019ll know what to look for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why would they hide it?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is one of those doggy traits that goes back to their earliest evolution. As pack animals, hiding pain helps to maintain status within the group, as, through evolutional imperative, the weak cannot make it to the status of Alpha. What\u2019s more, disguising pain is a way of keeping predators at bay, as many hunters will look out for the weaker animals in the pack as the best target. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These sort of instincts are very long lived in dogs and they\u2019re unlikely to change them any time soon, so it\u2019s not surprising that they hide pain when it\u2019s hardwired into their being. And as much as we\u2019d love to explain to them that their status in our pack is assured, it\u2019s unfortunate that we aren\u2019t able to do this (until we can invent a human-dog translation device).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are the signs of pain?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

They may try to hide it, but there are some tell-tale signs of pain in dogs that you can look out for and we\u2019ve listed them here for you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n