Posted on 07/11/2018 7:02:46 AM PDT by C19fan
Dog licks have been considered medically beneficial to humans for millennia. In ancient Egypt, dogs were used in healing practices since they believed that dog licks help heal injury or cure disease. Fijian fishermen also allowed their dogs to lick their wounds. And the French have a saying, “langue de chien, langue de médecin” which translates to “a dog’s tongue, a doctor’s tongue.”
It is also a common belief that it is beneficial for us to lick our wounds because the mouth is home to an abundance of disinfectants or antimicrobial compounds. And in fact, this common belief does have some truth to it. Wounds heal faster in the oral cavity than on the skin and research has shown that when human saliva is placed onto a wound, it heals more quickly. In addition to water and mucus, human saliva contains enzymes and antimicrobial compounds that ward off infections, and histatins that speed up would healing by promoting the migration of new skin cells to the wound site.
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My dogs lick my face, they eat off my fork, and we have all drank out of the same water bottle.
Those are my babies.
Our Aussie licks nonstop! 24/7.
I thought the reason dogs licked human faces was because of the saltiness of the skin as it relates to sweating.
Maybe so, but my Chihuahua licks your face if she likes you.................
Dog Germs !!!!!
~SNIP TO END OF JOKE~
FIRST GUY: “I wish I could do that.”
SECOND GUY: “Well you could try. But he might bite you.”
George Washington was known to kiss his Walker Hound, named her Sweetlips.
Good enough for him, good enough for me.
There’ not a plate in my house that hasn’t been licked by a dog.
My dogs lick my face, they eat off my fork, and we have all drank out of the same water bottle.
Those are my babies.
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Is this done before or after they eat their poop?
After they eat your cat. Eating poop is a sign of mineral deficiency not normal canine behavior.
Is a good boy! : )
Those are my babies.
I am not particularly fond of baby drool either.
That’s to prevent them from pulling out their stitches for the most part, I think.
And the French have a saying, “langue de chien, langue de médecin” which translates to “a dog’s tongue, a doctor’s tongue.”
Our dogs lick my legs. Probably for the salt, but also “licking” by canines is a loving/respectful action. It has meaning for them.
I let them do it. If I didn’t, it would be as if your wife/husband, girlfriend/boyfriend, went to kiss you and you turned away on purpose.
I nuzzle them as well. Something they do to me and each other, another canine thing.
I can’t say that I’m a big fan of it either. Icky.
381 hits for the phrase on Google so not fake.
not on purpose! My golden gets in some licks though.
One of my college professors was attacked by sled dogs when she was 5 years old. They mauled her all over and even bit her nose off. She wrote that the doctor’s biggest concern was infection because a dog’s mouth is one of the dirtiest places on earth.
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