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What It Means When A Dog Licks Your Nose. In this case it would help to avoid rewarding it until it stops licking you. A useful book to read is On talking terms with Dogs. In fact submissive gestures such as licking the nose or lips of the dominant dog can get the lower-ranking dog out of trouble in tense. Licking can also be affectionate in nature.
Your dog may lick you to find out where youve been or may lick while hes smelling your face as a submissive gesture designed to encourage you to continue to allow the smelling. Possible causes of nose licking include. Itching or pain can cause dogs to lick themselves while anxiety or a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder may lead to licking directed towards themselves or towards objects in their. From a feather-soft tickle that barely touches your leg to a firm poke from that cold wet nose your pup is sending you a message. A wet nose means the dog is better able to pick up a scent and as it is a dogs most powerful sense it is important to keep the nose in prime condition. Many dogs have an intolerance to grains starches and soy.
Licking can also be affectionate in nature.
While humans tend to rely primarily on their eyes dogs have much stronger noses than people. This would be more likely if it has started behaving unusually in other ways and if it has also started swallowing a lot. Believe it or not its not unusual for dogs to lick their owners on their noses and even nibble them there too. Calming Signals by Turid Rugaas. A useful book to read is On talking terms with Dogs. Possible causes of nose licking include.