my dog licks my other dog's teeth?
tim, susan, annika
shep/lab. she goes at it quite feverishly fairly regularly. also, she has
oxalate bladder stone trouble, which can, apparently, be connected to diet.
i'm curious if anyone has any thoughts/experience where this behavior is
concerned, wondering, too, if she isn't after a sort of dietary supplement.
thanks.
Derek Griffiths
I remember seeing a documentary some time ago where young wild dogs (maybe
wolves - can't quite recall now) licked their parents' mouths as a stimulus
for them to regurgitate food for the youngsters to eat. My dalmatian
actually used this trick sometimes on my border collie after mealtimes - and
it almost always worked! Because it often happened in the garden out of view
it took a while to realise what was going on - what finally gave it away was
that the dalmatian was putting on weight while the border collie was
beginning to look a little thin! We then had to keep them separated for
about an hour after eating to stop it from happening!
This may an explain your dog's behaviour.
Regards,
Del
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Kasey Miller
"tim, susan, annika" <goi...@sherbtel.net> wrote:
> my australian terrier has a strange habit of licking the teeth of my
> shep/lab. she goes at it quite feverishly fairly regularly.
My male beagle often does this to my male shep/husky. I just think
there must be something else more appetizing on the shep/husky's teeth
and mouth than on the beagle's. Oddly enough, the shep/husky doesn't
lick the beagle's mouth - I think he's above that. LOL
I wouldn't think this would be a cause for alarm or anything. Maybe she
just has a dental fetish and wants EVERYONE to have nice clean teeth.
Kasey Miller
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"tim, susan, annika" <goi...@sherbtel.net> wrote:
> my australian terrier has a strange habit of licking the teeth of my
she has
> oxalate bladder stone trouble, which can, apparently, be connected to
diet.
> i'm curious if anyone has any thoughts/experience where this behavior
is
> concerned, wondering, too, if she isn't after a sort of dietary
supplement.
> thanks.
>
>
That's an interesting situation. It's true, your dog may feel that
it's missing something in it's diet. (I'm an animal health
representative for a natural pet supplement company in Canada just so
you know where I'm coming from.)
One thing that you could try - something that every dog should have -
is a product called Prozyme. What this is is a natural digestive
enzyme product. When all commercial pet foods are made, the cooking
process destroys most of the naturally occuring enzymes in the product
and should really be added back into the diet. This has many different
benefits involved with it. One of which may be to stop your dog's
little teeth licking habits. You would probably want to add it to both
dog's diet to eliminate the situation.
Go to my web site and check it out when you get a chance. There is
some more information there and if that isn't enough, get back to me
and I'll try to help you out more. You can find Prozyme at my site
www.spoilyourpet.com in the shopping/supplement/dog/digestive care
section.
Hope this helps a little,
Michael Harrison
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D. Heckman
(which aren't dirty) and her eyes (which are not runny).
She hated the first retriever, but this one seems to be her friend, so
maybe she is doing a friendly favor?
Morganimous
they do a lot of kissing aside from that, too. People always question it, and
I don't have any kind of response for them.
Petrescu
My shepherd is the alpha and my two other dogs are always licking her mouth.
If you ever watch a documentary on wolves you will probably see them doing
the same thing.
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Bob
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> More than likely your autralian terrier is just showing submissive
behavior.
> My shepherd is the alpha and my two other dogs are always licking her
mouth.
> If you ever watch a documentary on wolves you will probably see them doing
> the same thing.
>
Alpha Dog. Not really sure what the licking is stating, but it is usually
done by the Omega and sometimes by midlle of the pack dogs. It may be a way
of showing respect. You can almost bet the house that the dog that licks
the face of the other dog (usually in the mouth area) is not the Alpha dog.
B
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Bob
Laura <jad...@webtv.net> wrote in message news:20056-39...@storefull-256.iap.bryant.webtv.net...I have 2 dogs... Sugar who is a 16 yr old rat terrier/chihuahua mix and
Agate who is a 12 yr old cocker spaniel/dachshund mix. Sugar used to be
the Alpha in her prime but at 16 she has arthritis, only one eye,
crooked foot and many warts. She sleeps many hours in the day and our
family is debating whether or not to put her to sleep because I know she
is suffering but it's hard to lose a dog after having her since I was 5.
Agate has became the alpha because she is healthier and younger. She
often licks Sugar's ears, eyes, mouth and other parts that are kinda
gross. Some of you have stated that the omega will lick the alpha in
respect but it's different with my dogs.
D. Heckman
the 3 year old golden retriever. The Alpha/Omega theory is very
interesting! When the 16 year old was 2, we brought home a Golden
Puppy, and it was clear from the start who was the Alpha - the 16 year
old. However, at some point there was a showdown, very subtle, but I
witnessed it, and thereafter there was equal respect.
When we had to put that lovely Golden down at 9, the Spitz went into a
depression which surprised us because here all along she really DID love
her sister.
Almost sounds like human siblings.
Bob
acts as though she is Omega and allows the Golden to be Alpha...and I
emphasis ALLOWS. When she wants to be bossy, the 10 yr old will nail the
Golden and take charge. 99% of the time though, there seems to be a mutual
respect, but if you watch the behaviors other than dominance, you can see
that the Golden is actually playing Alpha. The fact that we allow them to
establish their own roles creates an atmosphere where you really think there
is mutual respect...but it is deeper than it appears.
B
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