Dogs are our most-loyal companions, but they aren’t always transparent about their feelings. Dr. Colleen Guilfoyle, a veterinarian, told Newsweek that many dogs experience anxiety , but they’re surprisingly good at hiding it.

"From an evolutionary standpoint, advertising vulnerability can be risky," Guilfoyle, who specializes in shelter medicine at Best Friends Animal Society, said. "So, dogs often rely on low-level appeasement and displacement behaviors, like looking away, lip-licking, and making slow movements, to avoid conflict while still coping with stress."

Why Dogs Hide Anxiety

In the wild, showing fear or weakness could make an animal a target, and even after thousands of years of domestication, this instinct remains. Dogs tend to mask their discomfort through subtle cues,

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