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01-10-2012, 01:13 PM
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ear chewing/ sucking
horace has sudeenly had a ten minute session of running rond with his own esars in his mouth, chewing and dribbling all over the place and thinking he's highly entertaining. is this normal? ears are clean etc, hes just had dinner and was having a clean afters, out old girl used to have a bit of a nibble every now and again but hes sat here now looking at me with bot ears in his mout!!!
have we done something wrong????  hes just topped as i finished typing, lookingnrather pleased with himself but dripping in slobber!! |
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01-10-2012, 01:30 PM
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LOL...there are a few other "ear suckers" here that I'm sure will be around to reassure you shortly
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01-10-2012, 01:31 PM
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thanks....it was out of no where, ian my partner is head of paedeatric audiology lol and was getting all medical lol, am sure half of it theatrics lol, ians taken him out for his evening stroll now...
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01-10-2012, 01:35 PM
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...maybe like how some children like to suck there hair...? go through a phase of that...?
Worm did a little bit when the edges of his ear were split. but some bassets just do it for fun. u should look on youtube, i saw a basset video of that before : )
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01-10-2012, 01:41 PM
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henry is a world renowned ear sucker. Some folks think its the basset version of children sucking their thumb for reassurance, some think its just for fun. Hen does it when he wants attention or when he is watching tv. He swings his head from side to side to catch them! If he is tired he holds them in his mouth, if he is just being onery he chomps on them and gets them really really slimey and nasty. I wouldnt worry about it if i where you, i should imagine he learnt that as a baby if he did it his old owners would make a fuss of him in order to get it to stop. Either that or he just enjoys the slimey grossness of sucked lugs!
if you look at the henry album there are pictures of him doing it! |
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01-10-2012, 03:03 PM
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Buck is an occasional ear holder. He doesn't really suck on them or chew on them but he will carry an ear around in his mouth on occasion. I've never really worried about it. I mean, imagine if you had your ears in your face all the time... Wouldn't it be tempting to grab them all the time? Hahaha
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01-10-2012, 03:43 PM
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good point lol little fellas done well today, loads of new things, still spooked by the slightest noise and bang, and was left alone for a while ,m( i sat outside for ten mins until the howling stopped) then went for a walk round the block, came back and he was layong by the back door.
nice walk, ate well and had a good play and half hour of some training, good times....currently snoring on the floor.... |
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