BingBlaze n Skyla Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 what does it mean when a dog licks another dogs mouth and/or tries 2 lick inside their mouth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siberianandy Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 this is something i think the alpha dog does to see what the others have just eaten or sumit like that sur some one will correct me if i'm wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted June 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 what about if the other dog occassionally will lick back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazz Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 My wife knows about this. She went to bed about an hour ago, so let me see if I can remember what she told me. When dog A approaches dog B, and dog A licks the mouth of dog B, dog A is showing respect to dog B. If dog B in turn licks the mouth of dog A, the respect is returned. I've observed this between our Husky, Zoya, and our son's Aussie, Koda. I have no idea if this is correct, or where my wife picked up this tidbit of info. It may have been from a gal we know that raised wolves for introduction into the wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siberianandy Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 take a look at this thread amy did a while ago it mentions it in here http://www.husky-owners.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1022&highlight=sibe+telling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted June 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 thnx guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siberian_wolf Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 Mouth licking When you dog is/was a puppy, they will often lick their mother’s mouth in when they seek food. This is a care-soliciting behaviour which they do and will often do this to their owners as well. Some dogs will also lick the mouth of other dogs and will sometimes have a ‘quite nose’ around. They may lift the corners of the other dog’s mouth and sniff around as a way of seeing what the other dog has eaten recently. A lot of the time, you will find that the most submissive dog will lick the mouth of the most dominant dog. Andy beat me to the link but here's the part about the mouth licking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted June 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 thnx amy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah16 Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 Ive always been told that it is one dog saying to another, 'im nice don't hurt me' sort of! Sort of a submission! I see it alot when we get foster dogs in. Sarah x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice and Cripton Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 Dave's right, with our two Alaska is the domminant one, so in the morning when the doggeyz first see each other Balto will go and lick Alaska's mouth >>> now depending on her mood sometimes she will lick back but i have to say most of the time she shows her teeth and move her head >>>> I know poor Baltz right >> he only went to give his lil sis a kiss But sometimes when Balto has just eaten Alaska will move his lips and inspect his mouth >> even Baltz cant resist if Alaski has eaten something good, but he usually bites off more than he can chew with Alaska's response!!! Added to rep Dave >>> Very impressive remembering all that info from just last night LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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