Dogs communicate through their behaviour, body language, vocal displays and how they go about their day-to-day activities. For some dogs, displaying signs of discomfort does not involve reacting to being touched or presenting lameness in a limb. As a Dynamic Dog Practitioner trained to spot behaviour changes and functional changes in dogs that may signal pain, I can clearly see when a dog is communicating discomfort. These dogs tend to be the cases where owners have tried everything, or have hit brick walls with progress. It is often cases too where their seems to be no obvious trigger or pattern to the change in the dog's behaviour. This can be very frustrating for the owner, as all they want is to understand thier dog. During your whole dog assessment, if I feel pain is a problem, we will discuss this in detail, and I will advise a full DD investigation.