Why do dogs lick their lips?

[XemaSab]

:shrug:

[Ptah]

1. because they can?

[Bake]

27. No, that's why they lick their balls ...

:rofl:

Bake

[montanto]

34. No, because they're tired of licking MY balls!

[mcctatas]

2. Do dogs have lips?

I know they can't look up....

:hi:

[democracyindanger]

3. Because their lips taste like chocolate.

Lick your dog's lips if you don't believe me.

[porcelain_doll]

4. Lol.

Are you sure those are lips? :wtf:

[mike_c]

5. do you want a smart-ass answer or a testable hypothesis...?

A) Because they're finished licking their genitals.

B) Because canines evolved as small predators. As carnivores, their muzzles tend to get messy, but if they leave the mess its odor tends to attract bigger predators or just interfere with their own ability to hunt, either by dampening their sense of smell or by providing olfactory cues to their prey. Those are probably the reasons cats are relatively fastidious, too.

[zanne]

22. Dammit. nt

[Adsos Letter]

6. ...um...

...'cause their lack of opposable thumbs make working the chapstick tube unbearably frustrating...? :shrug:


:D

[mike_c]

10. not too surprising that an animal who can "work the chapstick tube..."

...with it's tongue ended up as man's best friend. Ahem.

[Adsos Letter]

11. LOL!!!

ah... *cough* ...yes... :D

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. It's how they say

"I'll have what you're having."

[Adsos Letter]

8. ...lol...

ah...how true...

[Rhythm]

9. In the case of mine, it's his "polite" noise

that comes before the whiny-whistle noise, or the 'inside voice' bark... all of which are designed to wake me from napping on the couch so that i will either refill the water dish or escort his imperial majesty out to the run.

[Monk06]

12. Because they can't hold onto the Chap Stick.

[JackBeck]

13. Because humans always look yummy to them.

But they have to constantly fight the feeling to devour us, because, you know, that would be so uncool.

[Connonym]

17. yup, they're just waiting for the day they get to take over and eat us

I wonder if that would be considered doggy rapture?

[bridgit]

14. cause they can't hold a stick of lip gloss in their paws

:dunce:

[Adsos Letter]

15. Ya' know...XemaSab starts these things...

and then leaves us all to revel in our weirdness... :rofl:

[XemaSab]

28. I do?

:shrug:

[Lil Missy]

16. They don't lick their "lips" They lick their chops.

It means they want a treat, or your dinner.

I have such a beast that pretends to be "adorable" all the time. But he always expects the last bit or morsel of my dinner. Little shit. It's a good thing I adore him.

[EstimatedProphet]

18. Anticipation

[Shell Beau]

19. They don't lick their lips, they lick their chops!!!

:P

[Forkboy]

20. Because no one else will.

[unpossibles]

21. to get the last drop of cat poop off them

and as someone else mentioned, it cleans them so their sniffer works better.

[KG]

23. coz they get tired of licking their balls?

[Hand]

24. Insh'Allah. nt

[EnviroBat]

25. Because they are tired of licking their butts.

[Blue_Tires]

26. why do dogs lick their noses?

i wanted to ask that as well

[ScreamingMeemie]

29. To annoy the hell out of me...

I love Jessie to pieces but that, and her little "chomp" noises she makes, drive me up a tree.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

30. Because I sure as hell won't do it for them...

not on a first date, anyway.

[flvegan]

31. It can be a show of submission if it's not food related.

It's a passive communication.

[XemaSab]

32. That seems to be the dog-expert consensus

They lick their lips as a way of trying to defuse a stressful situation or as a show of passivity.

Some of the responses here are entertaining, though.

[datasuspect]

33. something about peanut butter