During an introduction, a timid and lower-ranking dog will lower his head, avoid direct eye contact and gently extend his tongue to lick the muzzle of a more dominant, confident and higher-ranking dog.
The first dog licks the muzzle of the second dog to simply reconfirm that he comes in peace. Think of this as the doggy equivalent of social kissing. Dogs who are already friends will also trade smooches.
Two strongly bonded canine pals will lick and groom each other. These dogs know and trust each other. They also look out for each other: A dog who excessively licks the muzzle of his canine pal may be doing this because the dog has a tumor, cut or other medical need that requires attention and treatment. Puppies also "kiss" their mothers, but it's not a gesture of affection. Help your dog make friends with his peers: Carefully select confident-but-friendly and patient-tempered dogs to play with your shy dog , to help him hone his social skills.
Also consider enrolling him in a special training class that focuses on socialization, taught by an instructor who is certified in, and practices, positive training techniques. Sit back and enjoy this display of canine friendship. If you foster a dog and have three or more resident dogs, introduce the foster dog to your brood one dog at a time and let muzzle-licking between them happen naturally.
Start with your least reactive or most friendly dog. Whether it is chasing the cat, digging holes in the back yard, or obsessively licking their canine housemate, it is what we call "maladaptive", they are doing it for lack of something else to do. My intention was not to say that you were incorrect.
Rather, that focusing on the behavior may not be the right approach. Hello Bellatheball, thanks for sharing your thoughts. I am a dog trainer and behavior consultant too in case you haven't seen my bio. When dealing with certain behaviors, I believe it's always a good idea to rule out medical problems first.
See, before being a dog trainer, I worked for a vet hospital and therefore know for a fact that many times excessive licking of certain body parts are due to underlying medical problems. It's a fact that dogs are drawn to discharges and unusual odors. This is often the case especially when this behavior comes out of the blue. So before implementing enrichment and training, it's always best to consider this possibility. One may miss a potential medical condition that needs addressed.
And that in my opinion may be a big root cause even before implementing training exercise etc. I think you may have missed the end of the article where I state "Provide more stimulation to the instigator to keep his mind off of the licking"and then "What if the issue doesn't lessen or subside despite providing environmental enrichment, exercise, and training?
Ozzie is absolutely obsessed with it to the point of just plain discussing, we have tried everything and Ozzie seeks Boomer out constantly to just lick his butt I'm just at a lose I have no idea what to do now I am a dog trainer with more than 30 years of experience and I can tell you what the problem with these dogs is:.
This is the Number 1 cause of dog behavior problems! Socialization: Take your trained dog to the off-leash dog park, PetsMart, the neighborhood park, go for car rides, etc. A less experienced trainer than me will focus on the problem behavior.
But I know to get to root cause of the behavior: Not enough exercise and not enough training. A: Do not crate your dogs. This is harmful to the dog and should only be used for travel or dog shows. D: Play with your dog s!
Get tennis balls or Frisbees and play fetch with your dog every day in the house or back yard. Dogs need to work! If you do not give them a job to do, they will make up a job on their own. And I guarantee it will be a job that you don't like. Even a job that makes no sense to you, such as obsessively licking a pack mate or digging holes in back yard! I have a Jack Russell named Sadie. Sadie is almost 7. Sadie licks the faces of her dog friends because, she's Sadie.
It's not a problem. Their is no issue of non-socialization. There are no tumors or issues with the the other dogs. She does not love the taste of ear wax. It's not submissive She just loves to lick the faces of her BFF's.
If she loves her canine friend, she will lick their faces on many an occasion. If she does not have a good relationship with a canine which is rare she will not. She does not know of dominance or submissiveness. She has never understood this. She has hung out with another JRT female and, although the JRT was alot more grumpier than Sadie, she would still lick her face because she loved her. The other JRT would growl and growl but they never ever ever fought. The other JRT was a nown fighter.
Sadie just is a hybrid of puppy, playful, hunter, assertively and hilarious clown. Often times people say she's more of a cartoon character than an actual dog. She's even grown the affection's of larger rescue dogs such as Rotty's and Dobermans who are confused and taken aback to her fearless abandon of them as well as her ability to lick their noses on first meeting. However, she is not doing it out of submissiveness, as she will soon have a dog like a larger Yellow Lab go belly up due to her insistence to keep playing.
Sometimes, a dog just has a way about them. Sadie is a licker of other dogs. And the more she loves them. The more they get a good tongue bath. The only issue that has ever ocurred is the grooming issue of her current sister of the house, a maltese schnauzer mix who needs alot more baths do to her unshedable hair which neds constant baths due to her Jack Russell's love! I always think a vet visit is important, just to check for underlying medical problems, especially when new behavior pop up like this.
You may need to use a baby gate to prevent rehearsal of behavior when you are not around. You can give a stuffed Kong to train your dog to look for other activities, in the meanwhile and redirect to the stuffed Kong when your dog tries to get to the schnauzer.
If you are concerned about calories, stuff the Kong with daily ratio of kibble given a little at a time in it. Keep your springer busy with activities during the day. You may have to keep them separated, use a baby gate. At other times, provide your doxie with a stuffed Kong to keep him entertained and keep his mind off your other dog.
Redirect him to the Kong if at any times he tries to go back to licking. I have a english springer spaniel that is 2 yrs old and a minature schnauzer the springer licks the schnauzer constantly on the head and back keeping her soaking wet, i have no clue how to stop this. We have a 16yr old male dachshund and a 3yr old male dachshund. The 16yr old has lymphatic cancer but is responding well to treatment.
He obsessively licks the younger one all over. The last few days has gotten really bad. If he can't get to him he whines and cries now. Please help! I have a 16yr old male dachshund that was just diagnosed with Lymphatic Cancer and a 3yr old male dachshund. For the last 6 months or so the older one licks the younger one like he is grooming him and the younger one just sits and enjoys it.
No really specific area just all over. No mouth or genitals. We've tried redirecting him and nothing has worked. Why is he doing this? Patricia, I would have the dog checked out if there is any issue with the anal glands. Is this a female dog or male dog? I have an American bulldog thst constantly licks every animal he comes in contact with cats other dogs etc.
We just bought another dog as soon as we get home with the puppy my bulldog licks her as much as he can. If we push him away from her he lays there and whines. But if we let him he does not stop the puppy has shown that she doesn't like it as she growls and barks at him but he don't care he continues to try to lick her.
At night time my bulldog lays there and whines all night unless we let him lick her so what should I do about this. My male chihuahua will sit there behind my female and lick the spot right above her tail, he will do it for long periods of time, he's actually licked a bare spot above her tail and now he does it with his Daughter who is a little over a year old!
You will have to keep them separate baby gate, umbilical leash or find a mechanical means to discourage this habit. Have your bulldog wear a shirt or pair of boxers that covers his whole back area and monitor all interactions, another option is to spray a bit of bitter yuck or Grannick's Apple around the wounds or on the shirt area to discourage trying to remove it.
Also, you may want to train your cheweenie a leave it cue followed by a treat so that you can re-direct him or offer interactive toy to keep him mind off the wounds. Well my cheweenie in the last 4 months has started locking my bulldog, on her back tI'll there is literally a raw bleeding, almost hole, on her back. We have trod redirecting the cheweenie to another activity and put him in his crate, but what do I do to stop this behavior??
My poor bulldog has probally 4 or 5 spots on her back that my cheweenie has obsessively licked and now are balb and hairless. Please how do I fix this habit?? My husband is ready to get ride of him, and my kids and I love the little guy very much and would be heart broken if we have to find him a new home.
Please any advice would help. Patricia, here's a start, take those poor animals to the vet already. Neosporin is not going to heal an infected hole in the poor dog. Good grief!!! Is there CPS for dogs?? My dog has licked a hole on my other dog's head, just behind the ear. It is severely infected and Cappuccino, the male dog's name is, will not stop licking Emma's head. I have put things such as neosporin and as far as antibiotics to try and stop the infection but he will not stop licking.
Before that, he licked a hole in my couch, in his crotch, in the wall and now on my other dog. What am I supposed to do? I cant put anti-chewing stuff on there, can I? How can I deal with this? He is unpredictable with other dogs after a bad experience and most times will growl or the hackles go up. While walking on leash, a BIG male pit bull off leash came up to us and started licking my dogs penis. My dog stood there and did not get annoyed or upset, although I swear he looked very nervous.
I had to distract the other dog and get my dog to start moving to break the action. He was in no hurry to stop. It made me very nervous.. Non stop seriously! Both dogs could be just laying in the living room, and the Golden will jump up walk over and just start liking the others Dogs Genitals.. I say stop, go lay down, and 5 secs later hes at it again.. Does the Golden have an anxiety disorder or something! I have a pit bull Garry and another small dog lokie Garry is like 65 lbs and lokie is maybe 3 lbs Garry will case lokie and kick him for may be 20 minutes.
Plus he licks EVERY thing in the house he is a pound rescue, and in a lot of ways is damaged I think he's been beaten really bad but is a great dog. He don't like confrontation big groups of people and jumps at loud noises.
What can I do to help him get his confidence back. Dogs are so interesting, as they often have their unique ways of communicating. If it seems to be happening mostly in that context, you calling the dog for attention, perhaps it's a displacement behavior. Often, when getting attention from owners, it's a time of conflict for dogs. Your dog that licks may be using the licking as a displacement behavior instead of biting.
In a similar example, a dog may be frustrated by a child who removes his toy, and therefore may feel compelled to bite, but chooses to suddenly lick his paw as a displacement behavior. Of course, until dogs can talk and really tell us what is going on their minds, one can make only assumptions. Very helpful. I have three dogs and they lick each other at different times in different parts of the body. This has been a real eye opener, and now I know how to respond to their licking behavior.
Domestic pups engage in this behavior after transitioning to solid food, and with the same result. While there are no doubt reflex connections that complete this biological loop, there are clearly cognitive aspects, too. It is a care-soliciting behavior that elicits a care-giving response by the mother. An echo of this behavior often persists into adulthood, so that when certain deferent dogs meet a highly esteemed peer, they will often signal their utter respect in this vestigial, puppyish way.
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