What Did That Lick Mean? A Tiny Guide to Dog Lip Licking
One tiny tongue flick can sit beside dinner, uncertainty or a physical clue. The useful read is not the tongue alone.
Check what happened immediately before, look at the whole dog, and notice whether the licking stops or keeps returning. A loose dog waiting beside dinner tells a different story from a dog who becomes tense, turns away or tries to create distance.
Repeated licking paired with drooling, vomiting, appetite changes, mouth pawing or changed chewing belongs with a vet call rather than a behaviour guess.
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A quick lip lick can sit beside dinner, uncertainty, nausea or mouth discomfort. Use the before-body-repeat check to choose the safest respo
