[Diana in Wisconsin]

I own a Basset Hound and he is very un-drooly. He was ADORABLE as a pup, and I kept thinking; it’s coming! He’s going to drool on you all day long...but he never has.

Well, except when he’s just had a drink from his water dish. Then, for some reason, he is COMPELLED to find me, wherever I am and give me a big old wet, sloppy kiss!

*SMOOCH* (Grandma was right; always keep a hankie tucked in your bra!)

[JoeProBono]

[forest153]

DIW,
This is pack behavior, complex and amazing, since to them our being humans doesn't exempt us. When my Eden, an alpha female German Shepherd, was alive she whipped our entire family into a pack placing my husband, an alpha throwback male, into first place and she in second place and proceeded to herd me and my daughter until I figured out what was going on and asserted my proper place back. I found it fascinating. Over the years she was protector, friend, playmate, and when my daughter went off to university she became my ‘little girl’. I miss her, wet mouth and all, beyond words but I know her spirit has gone on ahead and waits along with our other ‘special’ family members for our family in a place we will all be someday when all things are made new. Please give your drooler a big ole hug for us.