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dog licking other's mouth
This is something odd.
We have a five year-old male lab/shepard mix and had him since he was a pup. we also have a 17 1/2(!) year old female chow/corgie(?) mix. Since the lab was a pup he would lick the chow's mouth repeatedly - usually until the chow had had enough and growled or snapped at him to get him to stop. At the time I thought it was some sort of submissive behavior on the part of the puppy, perhaps a request for food. But now the lab is over five and no longer a puppy, but he still does it all the time. Is is trying to clean her teeth? What? He almost never does it to out 10 year old female lab/boxer/chow. Any explanation on what this behavior is and if it should be discouraged would be appreciated. Thanks! |
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dog licking other's mouth
On 2008-07-01 12:39:10 -0400, "Harlett O'Dowd"
said: At the time I thought it was some sort of submissive behavior on the part of the puppy, perhaps a request for food. But now the lab is over five and no longer a puppy, but he still does it all the time. I think there are a lot of different things going on with this behavior and from what I have observed, I cannot call it submissive behavior - although it can be. This is a way that dogs communicate with each other and it appears to me to be too complex to assign it one or two meanings. Context can be a key. So, is it submissive? A challenge? An acknowledgement? A greeting? I don't think there's one answer. |
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dog licking other's mouth
On Jul 1, 12:39*pm, "Harlett O'Dowd"
wrote: This is something odd. We have a five year-old male lab/shepard mix and had him since he was a pup. we also have a 17 1/2(!) year old female chow/corgie(?) mix. Since the lab was a pup he would lick the chow's mouth repeatedly - usually until the chow had had enough and growled or snapped at him to get him to stop. At the time I thought it was some sort of submissive behavior on the part of the puppy, perhaps a request for food. But now the lab is over five and no longer a puppy, but he still does it all the time. Is is trying to clean her teeth? What? He almost never does it to out 10 year old female lab/boxer/chow. Any explanation on what this behavior is and if it should be discouraged would be appreciated. Thanks! We have 3 dogs, only one of the 3 licks the mouth of the older dog. She has done it since we brought her home. I always figured it was her saying hi, or being submissive. It has never bothered the older dog and I never stopped her from doing it. Jan and the girls http://www.thefineartcafe.com |
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