While I agree that it can be learned from a caged mother (and since we know these were puppy mill babies..it probably was), it's not always the case.
Shelby-Dale wasn't a puppy mill baby...he was never kept (nor his parents) caged. He stayed inside the house but spent a lot of time outside their house because he loved outside like his puppy-daddy. They lived out in the country. So, his obsessive licking really isn't stemming from that. He is just super smart and gets bored very easily. It's that working dog brain he's got
