New one... "clicking?"
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New one... "clicking?"
Ok, anyone elses chow do this...???
When Steel is smelling something interesting he makes this clicking noise.. at first I thought he was licking what ever he was smelling but he isn't. It's almost like a fast "licking his chops" sound.
Example: I had put some lotion on my legs and he came up to me and was smelling the back of my knee, started making that noise.. then licked my leg.
then walked away.
When Steel is smelling something interesting he makes this clicking noise.. at first I thought he was licking what ever he was smelling but he isn't. It's almost like a fast "licking his chops" sound.
Example: I had put some lotion on my legs and he came up to me and was smelling the back of my knee, started making that noise.. then licked my leg.
then walked away.
doughhh...
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Re: "When Steel is smelling something interesting he makes this clicking noise.. at first I thought he was licking what ever he was smelling but he isn't. It's almost like a fast "licking his chops" sound."
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The only times I've seen that behavior, it involved wounds or infection-odor. The sound is similar to that of a tongue clicking the roof of the mouth, as if studying the odor by taste.
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The only times I've seen that behavior, it involved wounds or infection-odor. The sound is similar to that of a tongue clicking the roof of the mouth, as if studying the odor by taste.
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So fr I haven't noticed TiVo clicking, but is it just my imagination or do chow's make a wider variety of sounds that other dogs? I have a shepherd mix that makes the normal dog noises and we had a mal that was pretty quiet unless he wanted to drive home a point then he would howl.
Also, for a puppy it seems like TiVo's hearing is very acute. I don't remember any of our others dogs at this age picking up on distant sounds or soft strange sounds and reacting to them by barking.
Also, for a puppy it seems like TiVo's hearing is very acute. I don't remember any of our others dogs at this age picking up on distant sounds or soft strange sounds and reacting to them by barking.
Kiwani wrote: "The sound is similar to that of a tongue clicking the roof of the mouth, as if studying the odor by taste."
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Here's a more detailed version:
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"Dogs also have a vomeronasal organ in the roof of their mouths which allows them to "taste" certain smells. This organ transmits information directly to the part of the brain known as the limbic system, which controls emotional responses." http://www.bio.davidson.edu/Courses/anp ... field2.htm
"The vomeronasal organ (VNO), also called Jacobson's organ, is an especially sensitive part of a dog's sense of smell. Found on the roof of the mouth, the VNO is comprised of a pair of small, cigar-shaped, fluid-filled sacs. These sacs are filled with receptor cells that are sensitive to chemicals that may not have an odor, such as pheromones. Dogs access the organ by licking or snapping the air, drawing chemicals into the mouth.
Once the receptor cells in the nose pick up scent molecules, messages are fired off to the brain. Once this information reaches the brain, the brain has to identify it as a scent and then determine its significance."
http://www.proplan.com/sportingdog/arti ... Smell.aspx
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Here's a more detailed version:
Excerpts:
"Dogs also have a vomeronasal organ in the roof of their mouths which allows them to "taste" certain smells. This organ transmits information directly to the part of the brain known as the limbic system, which controls emotional responses." http://www.bio.davidson.edu/Courses/anp ... field2.htm
"The vomeronasal organ (VNO), also called Jacobson's organ, is an especially sensitive part of a dog's sense of smell. Found on the roof of the mouth, the VNO is comprised of a pair of small, cigar-shaped, fluid-filled sacs. These sacs are filled with receptor cells that are sensitive to chemicals that may not have an odor, such as pheromones. Dogs access the organ by licking or snapping the air, drawing chemicals into the mouth.
Once the receptor cells in the nose pick up scent molecules, messages are fired off to the brain. Once this information reaches the brain, the brain has to identify it as a scent and then determine its significance."
http://www.proplan.com/sportingdog/arti ... Smell.aspx
That is very cool, isn't it? I think dogs/Chows are such fascinating/interesting creatures. I'm always learning new interesting bits of information like this. 
I'll have to listen closer when my two are "inspecting" things.
I'll have to listen closer when my two are "inspecting" things.Proud ChowMum to Chubaka & Magda
Chows are not the whole of our lives but, they make our lives whole.
Chows are not the whole of our lives but, they make our lives whole.
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i had a cat that did that but never a dog
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