My puppy licks my older dogs teeth????????

Question

my puppy licks my older dogs teeth when my older dog growls and the puppy bows down.is this normal?

Answer 1

Sure is.

Lower ranking dogs will l**k the mouths of higher ranking dogs to show submission and as a greeting.  Not unusual at all.  In fact, your puppy knows full well that if he doesn't do it, he's far more likely to get an old fashioned but whoopin.  ;o)

An insecure dog will often be a compulsive l****r...most other dogs just do it when they know they're outranked and don't want a challenge.

Answer 2

People can be strange and different and so can animals be.

I think your puppy licks the dogs teeth because it can taste food or also known as tarter.

Answer 3

it's an act of submission, it's completely normal...

Answer 4

Yes. It is normal. It is just showing some affection to the older dog.  

Answer 5

puppy is tastin food

older dog is like.... what the h**l you doing???

and the puppy is like --- sorry

i guess thats what it would say if it could talk but it cant so it just growls

Answer 6

Submissive body postures: lowered head and body; allowing other dogs to stand over them or hook their heads over their shoulders; l*****g at other dogs' lips and mouth corners; looking away from the other dog; rolling on back and craning head away from other dog, while covering tucking their tail.

This puppy is just letting your older dog know that the older dog is boss.  

Dominant body postures: Standing over another dog, standing tall, hooking the dominant dog's chin or paw over another dog's shoulders, calmly accepting other dogs l*****g at their lips; staring.

Your older dog is telling the puppy that enough is enough.

Answer 7

good to know...

Answer 8

I dont have any experience with dogs nor do i know much about them, but i think that your puppy is just looking up to your older brother as a big brother, so by l*****g the older dog, its just showing a sign of respect.

I know that my answer sounds like im an idiot, but im just saying based on what i would think if i was in your case.

Hope this helps =).

Answer 9

haha wth weird, probs nothing to worry about though

Answer 10

what has the older dog been eating

Answer 11

It is completely normal . It is just your puppy submitting to the older dog , and saying that it is not a threat to the older dogs dominance

Answer 12

yes it is normal he is being submissive. in the wild the wolf packs do this as well but not just pups the submissive adults will also do this to the dominant male and female.

Answer 13

Pups l**k their mother's mouth like that in an effort to get them to regurgitate food, as commonly happens with wild dogs.

Maybe the pup is trying to get a free lunch or is simply trying to bond with the older dog.

I guess the older dog growling is just his / her way of getting the pup to stop doing it.  It seems to work so let them get on with it.

Cheers.

Answer 14

It's submission.  It is also a left-over from when he was with his mum - puppies l**k the faces of their mothers to encourage mum to regurgitate food (disgusting to us humans, but it's perfectly natural).  Not all b*****s will do this for their puppies, but some do.  When your older dog growls, he gets the message - nothing doing!!  Good that he's backing down but just watch them in case older dog gets really teed off at this attention and actually snaps.  Mind you puppy will learn his lesson, but he doesn't need to get hurt in the process.

Edit - just read that somebody else already mentioned about mum's regurtitating for their puppies - oops.

Answer 15

Teeth l*****g: Yes.

Growling because he probably doesn't want his teeth licked: Yes.

Puppy being submissive after the older one growls: Yes.

No worries.

Answer 16

Puppies do this to their mothers too. It is perfectly normal and the older dog is just showing your puppy who's boss! Hope this helps!