You all know that Lilly can be SUCH a border collie — bossy, controlling, down right mean. BUT, often after such an outburst towards Ginko, she’ll deliver a flurry of appeasement kisses. I’ve put the behavior on cue. Ginko is a good sport for putting up with it. Those of you who’ve received such kisses know she’ll also kiss certain people on cue too. I find having kissing on cue (or “under impulse control” as the lingo goes) especially helpful with little kids, whose faces are at prime height for Lilly smooching. This way she generally won’t kiss them, unless I ask her to.
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August 24, 2009
Oh, yeah. Even when she’s being bossy or snarly at him, he is always the #1 banana. She kisses him like this a lot, but what’s funny is that she sometimes gets frustrated with younger dogs who get kissy with her.
She is super cute. They are very good together.
Interestingly enough, that type of mouth licking and kissing is form of submission. Evidently she feels like a second bananna to Ginko. If she does have an outburst I don’t think it is aggression but a feeling for worry and inferiority. She’s such an adorable dog!