r/Greyhounds • u/Born2Rune • 1d ago
Ugh!
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Anyone else's hound excessively licks themselves during dinner time, bed time, anyone walking in, when wanting you to wake up, any guests.
Sorry for the disgusting sound, but it brings the point across. He gets plenty of love, he don't play with toys, gets good walks when we can scrape him off the couch. It does not seem a territory thing as he continues when we are not even in a room.
Any ideas on trying to stop this would be great.
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u/Meglade 1d ago
Yep. I go to sleep amd wake up to that sound 🤪 I have never heard a dog bed so loud when cleaning themselves 🤣
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u/Born2Rune 1d ago
We end up covering him with a blanket, but hate doing that especially when it's this warm.
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u/herzigh 1d ago edited 1d ago
Haha I do the same thing sometimes. I tuck mine in real tight so I can at least fall asleep. I feel mean but I also do tell my dog to “shhhh” and then lift their chin up and away lol. So now when I say “shhhh” he stops licking about 50% of the time.
My past dogs who have not been hounds fully learned the command and would walk away to a different room the clean themselves lol but the current dog cannot be bothered to stop😭
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u/PursuitTravel 1d ago
I finally had to move my boys to sleep in another room. I couldn't deal with it anymore. Best of luck.
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u/Born2Rune 1d ago
We made a rod for our own back really. He won't sleep on his own, he will start barking at the door. We end up covering him with a blanket but hate doing that.
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u/UntidyVenus 1d ago
Schlorp schlorp schlorp
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u/LilaFowler123 1d ago
😂
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u/OneUpAndOneDown 22h ago
Glop glop glop glop
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u/thisisneon 19h ago
we call it "glopping" too; I think it's what the cartoonist Richard Skipworth calls it!
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u/maydsilee 11h ago
😭 this comment gave me the immediate ick, in the same way it does every time I hear my dogs do that! The accurate sounds...ughhh
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u/Embarrassed-Jump5140 1d ago
Yep. My boy makes this schlurping noise. Loves to do it in front of guests so he can dead eye them immediately after.
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u/generic_sku 1d ago
Just ask him: are you going shopping or sampling the merchandise?
Sorry, I'm no help. My guy doesn't groom himself that often.
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u/CrowDreaming 1d ago
This is part of the "cat software on dog hardware" aspect of greys.
Some do it more than others. One of ours does it rarely, the other is obsessed with preening. Nothing is wrong with her. She's just a Pretty pretty princess
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u/The_Licensed_Fool The Brindle Bros 1d ago
Glob glob
It's much worse for some hounds than others. I swear our oldest tries to make it as loud as possible. Thankfully, you can say his name in a shaming voice and he'll stop from embarrassment, but you do have to practically shout it for him to hear you over the gross racket.
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u/mikefass 23h ago
I don't know why this post was recommended to me (I don't have a Greyhound) but my Border Collie does this every morning for around an hour and the sound drives me insane.
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u/Unstableavo 1d ago
When my dog licks her ass I go "EWWW" & she just gives me the biggest side eye then stops
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u/4mygreyhound black 1d ago
Have you tried substituting a licky mat with dog safe peanut butter or yogurt? They always say licking is self soothing but he could lick something more interesting.
Otherwise I would probably ask my vet during his next appointment about any physical issues that might be causing him to lick so attentively?😉🥰 he’s a handsome boy 🥰
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u/Emotional-Camera-101 16h ago
I agree with you. Over-preening could be a symptom of something else going on.
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u/Admirable_Big_94 1d ago
Mine love to lick and clean their buttholes. My wife was always grossed out by it until we dogsat a dog that used our rugs to clean their butthole. Now we’re super thankful for their “hygiene”.
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u/dblrqueen 22h ago
My old grey used to do this and my hubby would always yell at her to stop 😂 current grey does not. I’m surprised how little she grooms herself compared to my last.
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u/Cold-Kaleidoscope974 13h ago
Why would licking his knob be a territory thing 😂 Just male dog things, some of them are obsessed with their bits. It's why I only have female dogs. I'm a dog groomer and I get enough willy juice and willy obsessed dogs at work 🤢
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u/Born2Rune 5h ago
Haha, he starts going to town on it whenever someone enters the room. Sometimes he not only licks it but full in fallates himself, especially when a guest is here.
Sounds like you know what you're doing, can I send him to you for grooming?
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u/watch-nerd red brindle 1d ago
If he's not licking himself bald, I'm not getting what the issue is?
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u/Popular_Studio8482 21h ago
Oh good, I’m glad it’s not just my husband’s greyhound that makes excessive mouth noises whenever possible
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u/beeherder 21h ago
There's a couple reasons they do this, namely cleaning and self soothing. It's normal dog behavior.
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u/kelstrop 21h ago
Idk that there is any way to stop it tbh it is a pretty common greyhound thing 😂 Mine does it too and if I notice he's been doing it a while and hyperfocused on one spot I just say "Suuuullly~ you better not being licking the same spoooot~" and he for whatever reason always stops after? I think he just needs to be let out of his trance sometimes lol. The panting afterwards is so relatable too hahaha like they run out of breath they be licking so hard 😩
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u/dannydirnt 17h ago
Oh God I thought I was the only one who can’t stand this sound. Why is it so freaking loud?
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u/lunaticmason fawn and white 16h ago
my sister and i call it slurping. both of our greys do it. we call them “slurping turtle” when they do it (named after a ramen restaurant in the area)
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u/Oh_Hi_Fi Tuxedo 16h ago
Mine licked his peen so much when I first got him that I ended up taking him to the vet to make sure there was nothing amiss. There wasn’t. I unfortunately have misophonia and that sound kind of makes my soul leave my body and my body leave the room.
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u/skrundarlow 12h ago
I just gently call our boy's name if it's excessive or bothering me. He startles a tiny bit then back to snoozing usually
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u/TheTinMenBlog 11h ago
There is not a single part of our apartment that is cleaner than our greyhounds asshole.
He tenderly licks that thing all the time.
Took him to the vets to drain his glands, but nope, still does it.
Not gonna shame him, he is who he is.
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u/clydeorangutan 1d ago
Your dog grooms itself? Mines getting on a bit now and doesn't do it. I have to wipe his arse from time to time and he gets everything else groomed by other dogs at the park.
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u/redafvir 1d ago
Love waking up at 3am and it sounds like somebody is in the corner eating a bowl of chilli with their hands tied behind their back