Connie Sutherland wrote 10/10/2007 07:29 PM air-licking #157832 - 10/10/2007 07:29 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Anyone have thoughts on whether vigorous air-licking sessions are something to correct (verbally) or something to be concerned about? An adoptee from a year ago has times when he will sit on his mat and air-lick like crazy for 30 minutes or more. I was saying "No" and marking when he stopped, and the behavior was lessening (at least, in my sight). Then someone at our club mentioned that he thought his dog did it when he was congested from inhalant allergies.... and that maybe my dog was now just hiding it from me. This dog does have mild occasional inhalant allergies, but no runny eyes or congestion that I've ever seen. This is not the first time it has come up. Any thoughts?
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RobbinMann wrote 10/10/2007 09:30 PM Re: air-licking [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #157852 - 10/10/2007 09:30 PM
RobbinMann Webboard User Reg: 12-19-2006 Posts: 842 Loc: Arizona Offline	Sheesh, I don't know about air-licking. I wish someone could tell me what to do about good ole fashioned people licking. My lab obsessively licks! Wouldn't be so bad if he didn't eat poo on occasion. YUCK! Jay Belcher and Levi Levi/Bella/Drogo
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Cindy Easton Rhodes wrote 10/10/2007 09:33 PM Re: air-licking [Re: RobbinMann ] #157853 - 10/10/2007 09:33 PM
Cindy Easton Rhodes Moderator Reg: 07-14-2001 Posts: 2069 Loc: Wisconsin Offline	Air licking can be a sign of vaccinosis Cindy cindyr@leerburg.com
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Connie Sutherland wrote 10/10/2007 10:59 PM Re: air-licking [Re: Cindy Easton Rhodes ] #157858 - 10/10/2007 10:59 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Quote: cindy easton rhodes Air licking can be a sign of vaccinosis This is a senior guy who almost certainly did have over-vaccination over his life, but he gets nothing now. Do you know what the mechanism is? Is it like a neurological thing? A "tic"? I don't know now whether to correct him. I thought he was just amusing himself. Maybe I should distract him instead with a chewy. ....
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Sheila Buckley wrote 10/11/2007 01:42 AM Re: air-licking [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #157865 - 10/11/2007 01:42 AM
Sheila Buckley Webboard User Reg: 07-14-2007 Posts: 1243 Loc: Offline	Hi Connie, Epilepsy and obsessive compulsive disorder are two other possibilities. I'm including a link that has some preliminary findings in a research project about canine epilepsy. Air-licking may actually be seizure activity.....interesting reading. http://mastiff.org/exhibit-hall/health/epinews.mv Call me a softy but I tend to be lenient with the Senior dogs. I figure they've earned a couple of breaks. So personally I wouldn't correct for this. You'll probably find this interesting the NIH recently approved using the dog model to research allergies. I haven't heard of any ongoing or pending studies but I am keeping my eyes open. If only someone would research vaccinosis
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Connie Sutherland wrote 10/11/2007 11:25 AM Re: air-licking [Re: Sheila Buckley ] #157914 - 10/11/2007 11:25 AM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	I had been thinking of fending off an OCD when I verbally corrected. Now I guess I am going to distract him instead, since it looks like there can be triggers he does not control. Jean Dodds does ongoing vaccinosis research, but you're right: We need more.
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