Hey everyone

I have a question about about animal behavior..

My Wiener Dog who is about 10 years old has odd licking habits. He never licks me on any part of my body except my nose. Is this odd? Every time he greets me, or says bye.. He licks me on the nose. All the time.

Also..

I had a Cocker Spaniel who kind of "lead" the pack. He died recently, and my Beagle took the alpha-dog position. My Wiener dog used to lick the Cocker Spaniel's eyes all the time.. I would have to pull him off of him a lot of times. He never did this to my other dogs.

Now, he licks the Beagle's eyes. Is this showing a form of submission?

None of this is really concerning to me, it's not a problem. I'm just merely curious.

Thanks

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Hey /an/,
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