Re: dog licking other's mouth

On Jul 1, 12:39=A0pm, "Harlett O'Dowd" <chris.conne...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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
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