The Vizsla's Wiggle Waggle Tail

There sure were a lot of dogs at the dog park yesterday evening!  Most of the time I'm out in the park playing with all the dogs rather than just sitting on the bench chatting with the dog owners.  As I was playing with the dogs I noticed something a little different with Ralphie compared to the other dogs.  Ralphie's tail is wagging all the time, 100 MPH, not only his tail his whole butt is wagging!  Sure the other dogs' tails wag, but not like Ralphie's.  I begin to wonder is it because his mama is out there playing with them while the other dog owners are doing their own thing at the bench?  I just started watching and analyzing Ralphie's behavior...he wiggle waggles walking up to the humans, then he stands there in front of them just waggling away...fast!  I watch the other dogs walk up to me...unlike Ralphie, I get a couple of sweeps of their tail...that's it!  I pet them, maybe another few tail sweeps.  Is this a Vizsla thing...their happy-go-lucky nature?

Out of curiosity I had to google this...why do dogs wag their tail...this is what I found...

Tail wagging reflects a dog's excitement, with more vigorous wagging relating to greater excitement.  

In 2007, researchers discovered that the way a dog wags its tail also gives clues about what it's feeling.

Specifically, a tail wagging to the right indicates positive emotions, and a tail wagging to the left indicates negative emotions.

This phenomenon has to do with the fact that the brain's left hemisphere controls the right side of the body, and vice versa. Research on the approach-avoidance behavior of other animals has shown that the left hemisphere is associated with positive-approach feelings, and the right hemisphere is associated with negative-avoidance feelings.

Interestingly, a 2013 study found that dogs understand the asymmetric tail wagging of other dogs — a right-wagging tail relaxes other canines, while a left-wagging tail makes them stressed.

My Ralphie is wagging (tail & butt) ALL the time and ANY time.  He's sitting right now on the back of my couch, with his paw on my hand as I'm typing, and his tail is wagging, hitting my shoulder!  This boy is always full of excitement!  But for some reason I really think he wants to go for a morning walk..."Mama, pleasssssse let's go for a walk!"  Wiggle-Waggle.