This article will show you some surprising facts about your dog’s kisses. Dr. Patty Khuly, who is a veterinarian and won Miami award, showed that the dog’s licking has associated with getting more and more of something, often food.
Dogs do much of this licking when they are relaxing at home or when they want to show you their affection, but this doesn’t mean that there isn’t an affection component in their licking to you.
1-Dog Kisses Indicate Social Status
Khuly said that Dogs kiss each other to express that they, the kissers, are lower than the kisses recipients; these social signs help them to establish a much solid and strong social structure with little disputes and strife among them. She added that dog-human relationships reflect in turn the dog-dog relationships in this way.
2-Dog kisses date back 10,000 year
The behavior of kissing starts between dogs. Andrea Arden, who is an animal pet expert and also a trainer for dogs in New York City, expressed that small infant babies lick their mothers as a precursor for feeding, and then this behavior of kissing lasts in adulthood of dogs with whoever is the dog’s primary caretaker. The role of tacking care about dogs moved to humans ten millennia ago.
3- Kissing Can Be a Sensory Behavior
Your dog may kiss you because you have an intense odor and smell on you, they also will lick you, if your skin is little salty or if they like the special lotion that you use.
Arden says “if you just ate something with special taste and smell and your dog got a whiff of it, there’s a chance that he’ll feel like planting a nice wet one on you”.
4- Dogs kiss some people more than others
Arden says that the behavior of kissing is an acquired one. She outlined that dogs kiss some people more than others; if you praise your angry friend or you are the only one of your family who loves and encourages this behavior, your dog will likely kiss you more often than others.
5- There’s a right and a wrong Time for Kisses
There is a right and wrong time for kissing your dog. You can kiss him as you like, but don’t force him on this behavior. Arden says that dogs usually send their owners non- verbal signals to express their comfort or to show their anger. Kissing is one of these signals, so if you want to kiss your dog and start kissing him, you should take care of not smothering him very much, as this may make him angry and then he will attack you.