Posted on 7/3/2009, 1:32:17 AM by JoeProBono
Slimy saliva contains digestive enzymes that help canines (and humans) break down their food. Saliva also wets the throat for a smooth snack-slide right into the belly. But that all happens inside the body. Drooling occurs when there's a saliva spill.
It's simply biomechanics: Some dogs, such as bulldogs and mastiffs, have such short snouts they have trouble containing their saliva and the leakage constantly pours out. Bow-wows with folded skin around their mouths, such as St. Bernards, bloodhounds and Bassett hounds, are also big drippers.
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Because they cannot whistle.
Dogs have almost all of their sweat glands in their mouth.
They become overheated very quickly.
Drool is also a form of sweating for them.
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I don't drool, and I have one of the shortest nostril-to-brain distances in the industry. But then, I am not a dog . . . I am a pug.
IT'S SALIVA!
Because it's too hard to sing.
Dogs drool because they see all that loose change on the ground and they can’t pick it up because they don’t have any pants to put it in.
I own a Basset Hound and he is very un-drooly. He was ADORABLE as a pup, and I kept thinking; it’s coming! He’s going to drool on you all day long...but he never has.
Well, except when he’s just had a drink from his water dish. Then, for some reason, he is COMPELLED to find me, wherever I am and give me a big old wet, sloppy kiss!
*SMOOCH* (Grandma was right; always keep a hankie tucked in your bra!)
Like that. I have two pugs. They don’t consider themselves dogs either.
I hope you are joking!
Both cats and dogs pant to get rid of excess heat because they don’t sweat.
On the other hand I have a cat that drools when you pet him. Supposedly some cats do that when they are happy.
That’s the little guy I fell in love with. :)
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