Licking beds

[snowbunny]

Does anyone else have a dog that does this? Ginny licks beds, sofas etc. It drives me bonkers! She stops as soon as I call her name for her to look up but it’s something she’s always done since bringing her back. I wonder what’s going through her head sometimes!

 

[Jacqui-S]

No.........

 

[kateincornwall]

Sam used to lick the chair arm when he was resting on said chair , we wondered if it was because it was leather but then he also licked the cushion !!!!!!!

 

[Lara_Pigletina]

Yep, the Pig licks her bed before settling down to sleep. She seems to include it in her nightly routine lick of her puppy boobies and bottom...I’m glad she is not allowed on the sofa as I am sure she would lick that too if it was classified as a sleeping place!

 

[snowbunny]

It normally starts with her licking her ladybits or front leg and then she just keeps on going because she has a rhythm!

I guess sometimes the rhythm really is gunna get ya.

 

[Charlie]

Hattie & Charlie lick the wooden kitchen chairs but not beds or sofas x

 

[edzbird]

Yes, Coco licks his bed. He will start with his foot, then slyly move to licking the bed.

 

[SwampDonkey]

Rory licks his bed and licks cushions where I've left my head or where I sit. He likes to lick things. I tell him not to be weird and he stops. Moo would lick her bed.

 

[HAH]

Yep, when getting ready for bed Kipper licks us (arms, feet if available) then his boy bits, then his bed/ cushions nearby. Nice and gentle but with purpose.

 

[Aitch]

Yes, all of mine except Poppy do it. Amber has done it since she was little.

 

[Boogie]

Tatze likes to have a little lick of her chair or our sofa when she’s settling down. She’s a princess and likes a nice clean sleeping area

 

[VanillaBean]

Vanilla does this, starts on her lady bits, works towards the thigh and then bed etc.

 

[Selina27]

Kipper licks us (arms, feet if available) then his boy bits

Thank goodness he gets it the right way round, what a good boy!

 

[HAH]

Thank goodness he gets it the right way round

Hm, this is the way I observe it, but likely there’s been some bottom licking/cat-poo eating etc beforehand too

 

[Xena Dog Princess]

One of my cats is a fabric licker. If you leave clothes on the bed then they get licked (we call it "getting Serenity-d", she wets them completely). She'll also just lick the duvet cover. The noise drives me bonkers, especially when I'm trying to get to sleep. I think it's a self-soothing thing.

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

My dog Mama Jodhi used to do this do. I'm with @Xena Dog Princess - the sound used to drive me nuts for some reason!

 

[JES72]

Homer will lick himself then move on to the duvet cover. But recently he’s gone back to licking a spot on his front wrist to the point that he had a raw spot.

He grazed his paw a number of months ago, he licked it a lot so we had to bandage it up. It healed nicely. Then he broke his claw on his other front paw so started licking his paw, so we put a sock over his paw until that healed, but as soon as that was better he started licking the spot on his wrist so now that is bandaged up again.