Why do dogs lick?

[Guest guest]

Actually all of you are right.

Dogs do like to lick because of the salt we excrete from skin. In

addition, exposure to toxins causes a stress response, as a result

there is more sugar in the blood which dogs can smell. My company is

going to start training dogs in 2009 for hyperglycemia detection ---

they have been using dogs to detectthis in diabetic people for years.

In addition, they also can sense other pheromones elicited during the

stress response.

Kim

-- In , " surellabaer " <surellabaer@...>

wrote:

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> > I just have to comment on the Foot Pad Thing... I have no Idea

that

> > they work or not...BUT I am totally convinced My Dog , the

12 mo

> > old Standard Poodle is totally tuned into the Toxins within me,

as he

> > constantly bugs me, wanting to lick the palms of my hands, my

forehead

> > and eyes, (eyelids closed ofcourse)... AND THEN..... goes right

to the

> > bottom of my feet. It's like he knows I'm sick and I swear he can

smell

> > the fungus in my head. He's obsessed and on a mission...to get me

> > well...LOL

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> > --- In , " llaci2003 " <jjaksic@>

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> > > > Cheryl <

> > > It's certainly not a turn on. lol

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> Cheryl-I agree with you on the dog thing! I always felt my first

dog,

> Dingo (now gone), had a very close bond with me and was able to feel

> when I was sick. We would both vomit (I am not kidding you) when I

had

> a migraine. And I also felt she channeled some of the toxic stuff

into

> herself because I got much sicker immediately after she died. I

guess

> it's crazy but I know she took on some of my pain.

> Surella

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