Lady, Be Mine

My dog, Lady, likes to lick me a lot, especially when we’re snuggling together on the couch watching TV. Sometimes it feels like she’s giving me a bath. I wonder why she does this.

While I was researching this, I found out dogs lick for a lot of reasons. Licking is a social sign showing submissiveness. Puppies lick to ask for food from their mothers when they’re weaned, so a young dog may lick to request its dinner. Licking may be a sign of love, your dog’s way of showing you that she’s enjoying spending time snuggled on the couch with you.

“Licking may be a sign of love.”

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Dogs wag their tails to communicate happiness to other living things. Dogs don’t generally wag their tails when they are alone. A dog approaching a food bowl may be excited, but will not wag its tail if there is no other animal or human in the room. The wagging of a tail would happen only with an audience.

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“God tells us to take care of our animals.”

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I love Lady, she is my baby and I am her fur mama. I give her walk, pamper her, feed her, and give her baths. She is my model for my photography hobby, and she is very good at it! God tells us to take care of our animals. God gave Adam the task to take care of all the animals and name each one of them. Adam was gentle and very kind to each and every animal.

What kind of special things do you do for your animal? What is your pet’s name?

Proverbs 12:10a, “A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast:” (KJV)

For some “pet fun” ideas come visit Animaland by the ASPCA.