Chip Bridges Webboard User Reg: 03-29-2009
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So this is an odd question, but one I was asked recently, and honestly didn't have a solid answer. Why do some dogs "drool?" I have customers with EBD's that slobber just upon excitement/minor exertion. I own one who almost never has saliva hanging from her mug, as do most other owners I encounter. She'll occasionally have a bit when I'm preparing a particularly smelly supper, but not after a drink of water or merely meeting another dog.
There is definitely a breed (head shape, excess facial skin) factor; bullies, mastiffs, etc. seem to be the worst culprits. But why do some nearly never drool, and others require a paint job after shaking their heads indoors?
I searched this forum for both "drool" and "slobber" to no avail, and Google had only examples, not causes. Apologies in advance if this has been discussed.
Lynne Barrows Webboard User Reg: 09-22-2007
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I think much of it has to do with loose lips/jowls. That being said, Chula is predominantly bullmastiff (a drooling breed) but she does not drool much, unless it's dinner time.
Tracy Collins Webboard User Reg: 10-09-2008
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Yes, I believe it has all to do with anatomy--big loose lip folds being the major issue. When I went in search of a giant breed to add to our family, that's how I landed at a Leonberger. They are bred with lips that don't drool like their Newfie cousins.
Definitely lips or flews. We had two bullmastiffs. The bitch, Lunk, was a tighter lipped dog out of AllStar lines. She basically only drooled while leaving the water dish area.
Basher had big loose flews and drooled and slung spooge all the time, towel carrying time.....nasty. And yet months after he had passed on I happened to look up and see a line of hardened on spooge on the ceiling (yeah, speaks for my housekeeping but heck) and I cried. My kids thought I had lost it. I didn't scrap it off for a couple days.
So yeah, loose lips.
Why some Saint Bernard lines drool less.....tighter flews.
Mary McKeever Webboard User Reg: 02-19-2010
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I have knowticed in my father-in-laws st bernard she does it more in the summer and warmer months then in the winter. If we base it on anatomy (humans for example) we leave our mouths open or we breathe through our mouths our saliva glands produce more. Also saliva has digestive enzymes in it to help break down food before it hits the stomach. So if a dog (Holly the St. Bernard) is panting and not swollowing as much ego more drool. imo.
Chip Bridges Webboard User Reg: 03-29-2009
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I'd love to see a link to your AB's picture, Robert! Mine doesn't drool, but she is terrible to leave a trail (sometimes two) from the water dish. I think she just doesn't have a seal from lower lip to upper! My EB is a dainty drinker and never a drip to be found after drinking unless she's really hot, in which case she goes eyes-deep in the bowl.
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