My 3 yr old Lhasa Apso is obsessed with licking ears. He licks peoples ear's, other dog's ears, cat's ears, and he even licked the ear right off of one of his toys. Does anyone else's dog do this? I know two of my mom's Lhasas (one being my dog's father) do the same thing.
2007-09-13 09:24:17 · 16 answers · asked by JenW 3 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Ha ha We have a 7 1/2 month old Akita and he will search for daddys ears just to lick them but only daddy. He has never done this to me!! How cute!!
2007-09-13 09:27:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My neighbor's chihuahua had a kind of icky obsession...
Any orrifice in the face, the dog would lick inside of it...your nose, your ears, your mouth, sometimes even your eyes.
It's like the dog would just dig and dig until you were sparkling clean, and you really had to use some force to get her off of you.
It was really gross. Now visitors know that when they hold the dog, it's best to be seated and have it in their lap, so they can keep her from jumping up and being discusting.
I have no idea about my neighbor's dog, or yours, but I'm going to guess a little TOO affectionate...
2007-09-21 09:05:47 · answer #2 · answered by Weesy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a 5-6 year old Golden Retriever/Basset mix and he will lick the ears of any dog or cat that will let him. He'll do it until their whole heads are wet!
2007-09-21 07:31:04 · answer #3 · answered by takepaws49203 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My lhasa apso, may she rest in peace, loved to lick my daughter's ears-used to drive me crazy.
2007-09-20 15:46:57 · answer #4 · answered by Sophiesmama 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some dogs are just like that.... They like the taste...
I had a Poodle who "HAD" to lick my husband's head, the entire scalp every day. He is bald on top so he just keeps the whole head shaved off.... It was her "job" her "duty" and no amount of don't do that would deter her from her "obligation." Even if he would physically stop her pull her down away from his head she would go right back to it and start licking from the point he stopped her.
2007-09-13 09:29:30 · answer #5 · answered by ♥♥The Queen Has Spoken♥♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a cat that is the same way. I did some research on this and found out that this action can sometimes be caused if the animal is taken away from its mother too soon.
2007-09-13 09:33:35 · answer #6 · answered by tinyavenger 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats how a Lhasha Apso checks things out. They lick, sniff and use their sensitive tongue to explore. Perfectly OK.
2007-09-13 09:29:52 · answer #7 · answered by sunshine man 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My pit bull loves to lick ears too. She licks our ears and even the cat's ears. I don't know why they do that. My cat cannot stand for her to do this to him.
2007-09-13 09:31:54 · answer #8 · answered by shayshay7000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My basset hounds all clean each other's ears out... They keep there ears incredibly clean... I wish they would let me do it, but every time you turn around one of them is holding to other one down doing a thourough ear cleaning... never scene cleaner ears though!
2007-09-13 09:29:39 · answer #9 · answered by iheartbassets3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is just showing his love & devotion to you & everyone else. He sound VERY LOVING. Why they do it that way no body knows but that is one sign of subservience to you. I have a Pom who does this to everyone from my husband through my son on down through the other dogs & the cat.
2007-09-21 09:30:54 · answer #10 · answered by 2020 A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋