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04-24-2009, 06:59 AM | #16 |
Currently Suspended! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Canada
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| My yorkie does this aswell!!! Glad to know she's not the only one!! |
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04-24-2009, 10:42 AM | #17 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Woodbridge, VA
Posts: 43
| Teddi licks everything too! Face, hands, feet, towels, floor, ground (outside), even other dogs' butts! I'm just hoping he won't catch anything bad by licking everything in sight!
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04-24-2009, 01:20 PM | #18 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: ,nc,usa
Posts: 193
| My Abby licks everything too, us if we let her, the rug,the couch pillows too. She never cleans herself however. I think it is because she is bored, I have tried putting a toy in front of her when she does it, but for two years, she continues to lick. I guess its just one of those compulsive things. Our poodle, dauchsand and poms and collies never did this. |
04-25-2009, 05:49 AM | #19 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: East Point, GA, USA
Posts: 51
| Rox is a licker too. At first I thought it ws wierd that she would like my legs and ankles when I get out of the shower. I stopped her. Maybe it's okay, huh? She always licks the sheets, pillowcases and me when I rub or massage her. I guess it is just a Yorkie thing. Should their tongues feel warm when they lick you? |
04-25-2009, 12:06 PM | #20 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Georgia
Posts: 4,566
| Prince will do the same thing...nonstop. What I do is devert his attention from my hand, to something else...an ice cube. I'll hold the cube and let him lick away. He usually gets tired of licking before the cube is gone.
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05-12-2009, 02:40 AM | #21 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tokyo (Edogawa-ku)
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| YT lollipop world rsmit02 Ditto on thanks for informative post by rsmit02. Choco our dominant male, exhibits similar behaviors. Assertively licks Scooby, cleaning his ears, penis, etc... Especially likes to lick wounds. This worked out well when Scooby developed a large sore, more like a whole from his IV treatments after 2nd head trauma. Scooby could not reach very well but Vet suggested after we moved to Tokyo from Bangkok, to allow wound to air and dogs to lick. It healed after a stuborn infection. Scooby's ears tend to get dirty and Choco's licking helps with the cleaning. Seems Scooby prefers to the drops and gauze from Vet. Choco also helps clean the gunk out of Scooby's eyes. Scooby tries to clean himself by licking paws and rubbing but no match for Choco's direct tongue. Choco's ears are very clean, and he also does good job of cleaning his own eyes via licking paws. If I have a scratch, rash, Choco likes to lick as well. Scooby likes todo the walk by quick lick flips. Both dogs do it to each other often as they pass. Often when someone returns Choco and Scooby like to give a quick lick as part of the greeting, welcome back along with the excited dancing about. Post shower is also a favorite time for a lick, guessing in part to welcome us back, but also fondness for dampness. They like to lick condensation from cold objects as well. Choco at the dog run(park) will often try licking other dogs, thought he was being friendly, but as rsmit02 enlightened me, more of a dominant behaviour. Scooby often likes to do a licking session feet, hands, arms for several minutes often just before a nap. Saw a tv program on a Japan polar bear who also loved to lick his handler, referred to it as "skinship" helped to relieve stress. Guessing this is similar for Scooby. Appreciate hearing about others licking behaviors and better understanding. |
09-09-2016, 02:42 PM | #22 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2016 Location: Kill Devil Hills NC
Posts: 44
| Glad to find out my Bentley wasn't the only excessive licker! But he also walks all around the house nonstop with nose to floor....I guess sniffing. He's been here 6 months now so he is sure familiar with everything and I know it definitely isn't anything to do with potty. Any answers!?!?!?
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11-30-2016, 02:38 PM | #23 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Blountville
Posts: 1
| My Yorkie spends hours licking my husbands feet! He has dry skin, and the licking actually improves the condition of his skin' |
01-10-2017, 05:12 PM | #24 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Grafton ohio
Posts: 3
| Licking Boomer licks everything, his toys are always wet, the couch, floor, sheets everything. I was wondering if something was wrong with him. But it sounds like that's what they do. Thanks everyone it helps. |
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