Why do dogs like to lick their owners’ hands and feet?

The “official manual” for dogs licking their hands and feet: it’s not “licking casually”, it’s “love engraved in DNA”!

According to “Canine Behavior (2023)”, licking is one of the most primitive social languages of dogs, and licking the hands and feet of the owner is essentially an “exclusive code” for expressing attachment and conveying emotions!

Puppy instinct – ‘Mom’s saliva is the sweetest sugar in the world’The licking behavior of dogs originated from the survival instinct of “puppy stage”! Within 3 weeks after birth, puppies will crazily lick their mother’s nipples, paw pads, and genitals, which is a key action to stimulate the mother’s milk secretion and confirm her health! The veterinarian said, “Even if the puppy grows up, this instinct of ‘licking its mother’ will not disappear – it’s just that ‘mother’ has changed from a dog mother to you

Emotional Translation – Licking Hands=I’m Saying ‘I Like You’Slow licking+light touch: it means “I feel at ease” (for example, when you touch its head, it rubs and licks its hands at the same time).Lick quickly+use force: it’s “I’m excited” (for example, when you come home, it rushes up to lick your hand).After licking, retract your tongue: it’s “I’m shy” (for example, when you praise it for being “good”, it lowers its head and licks its hand).

Social signal – “Licking hands=I’m saying ‘I’m one of my own'”The licking of a dog is a ritual of building trust! In the dog pack, dogs of lower status will lick the paw pads of dogs of higher status, expressing ‘I recognize you as the leader’; And licking your hand is the highest courtesy of ‘I treat you as my own’! (Laughing while covering his mouth) My dog “Ah Huang” downstairs, used to roar at anyone he saw, but now when he sees me, he “licks his hands first and wags his tail” – Wang said, “This dog now ‘recognizes its master’ and doesn’t even lick my wife’s hand.