While not everyone is a fan of that great slobbery tongue greeting us when we return to the house, dog owners are not only used to it, but most know it for what it truly is – a sign of affection. A dog licking you is part of their love language and in this short blog post, we’ll dive a little deeper into why your dog loves to lick you.
It goes back hundreds of thousands of years
The reasons dogs lick the people they care about comes right from their years of early evolution all those eons ago. Puppies would lick their mothers to get them to regurgitate food for them, and while that notion might not be the most palatable, it’s not something you have to worry about now, especially with the puppy food recipes available today. It’s very good for bonding and social strengthening and as we said, it’s a sign that they love you, so you should be very happy about your dog’s licking.
They only thing we’d say is that it’s probably not best to let them lick your face too much, especially when you consider some of the things dogs like to eat, but other than that, it’s a part of who they are and their way of showing they care about you.
For more on why dogs like licking so much, check out this short and informative video from Head Vet Sean.
My dog is eating a full bowl it was hard before because he is hypogenic he has naw adopted to his new biscuiyes and food im glad I changed to you
I started my dog of on a trail pack of tails dog food because every dog food that I tried her on she would not eat it and ended up sharing mine so as soon as I seen tails.com advert I thought yes let’s try my dog tilly on this she probably wont eat it or she would and she definitely loves it I just give her the biscuits which she loves a lot and I cant wait for the second bag of food to come in the post .
It’s only taken 9 years to find a yummy & appealing as well as complete game changer food for my dog. He always grazed & still kind of does, or he’d go hungry because he simply didn’t like what was in his bowl. but eats every meal
From tails.com. He also does not struggle having his daily poos now either.
This is so lovely to hear, Pauline! Give your pup a big fuss from us 💙