He will lick your ear until you just can't stand it anymore. I don't know what the fascination is with ears, maybe they taste salty? Anyone have any ideas?
2006-08-29 10:44:49 · 15 answers · asked by Donna Lu 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
I once had a Rat Terrier puppy that done that to me too! Took me ages to figure out why. In the wild, when dogs wake up in the morning, or when animals return from hunting or from being outside the group, it's very important to the dogs that they engage in a greeting ceremony to let everyone know that things are the same, that the social group is intact, that an individual is subordinate to the animals that are returning, or dominant to certain animals. So, you'll notice that first thing in the morning dogs are almost desperate to engage in this little greeting ceremony that they have. Also when you come in after being away for a while, again they're quite desperate to assert the fact that you are dominant, they are subordinate, everything's OK, things haven't changed, the group is stable and everybody can relax. Here again you have to decide whether you want to allow them this one or two minutes when you come in at night to demonstrate those things in the way that millions of years of evolution have taught dogs that they must do.
Other dogs are able to pet dogs in places where they themselves can't reach. A dog can't, for example, clean its own ears and often you'll see dogs pawing at their ears when they get something in them. It's quite easy for humans to clean the inside of a dog's ears and normally in the wild other dogs would lick another dog's ears. But if we have one dog in the house, they don't have that option. So the regular cleaning of a dog's ears is something that would naturally occur in their wild group and it's something which you have to decide whether you're going to deprive your dog of or you are going to supply. It's probably something that we don't really think about because if we have something in our ear we can easily get it out by inserting our finger, but dogs don't have fingers. The only way they have of cleaning their ears is to get another dog to lick them; they can't lick their own ears.
2006-08-29 10:54:53 · answer #1 · answered by ~Compétences~ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dog's show affection by grooming! Ie: cleaning in or behind your ears. Also, sometimes if they naw at your skin with their teeth (as they do when they clean themselves) they are cleaning you. They also do this to eachother, I have two who do it all the time. Your puppy loves you, give her a hug and a kiss and love her back! Too cute!
2016-03-27 00:30:58 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not affection. It is done to suck up, to curry favour, because the dog's instincts have programmed it to clean the bits of you that you can't reach for yourself.
The tongue that licks your ears is the same tongue that the dog uses as its toilet paper. Did you really not know that? Do you still want it to lick you? Lovely.
2006-08-29 15:04:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well , atleast you don't have a puffskein.
This is how Puff skeins are described in "Fantastic beasts and where to find them:
"..
....Round and docile, it has no objection to being cuddled or thrown about. Easy to care for, it emits a low humming noise when contented......
.....Puffskein is a scavenger, andit will eat anything from leftovers to spiders, but it has a particular preference for sticking its tongue up the nose of sleeping wizards and eating their bogeys. This tendency hasmade puffskein much beloved by wizarding children and it remains a highlypopular wizarding pet. "
2006-08-29 10:59:02 · answer #4 · answered by shrek 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have no clue i ask myself that question too i have a dog that every single time he gets close he goes right for the ears he even goes after my other dog's ears
2006-08-29 11:20:17 · answer #5 · answered by *~*~tubane~*~* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dogs lick humans. This is not new. It is a sign of affection - nothing more or less.
2006-08-29 10:49:01 · answer #6 · answered by Oklahoman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My dog likes licking my ears, my face, etc. Drives me nuts, too. But he's just giving *kisses* as we call them. :) It was cute as a puppy, but does get annoying...
2006-08-29 10:55:46 · answer #7 · answered by BlueEyezz 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
its a dog thing, they like to lick everything, I think after a while they might get bored, when they get older they behave better.
2006-08-29 10:51:02 · answer #8 · answered by Sky 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He knows its a weak spot on women. Hes just testing the waters for when he meets that special pup.
2006-08-29 10:54:59 · answer #9 · answered by Sara S 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeah puppy loves it they like it it look funny likes toy buy them something looks like ears!
2006-08-29 11:16:45 · answer #10 · answered by KC N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋