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Compulsive licking of walls, floors, rugs etc. is an indicator of stress. Poor li’l doggie needs more exercise and attention! Not a lol, really, is it?
Is that true?!
we lost our wee doggy to cancer last year and she used to lick the sofa, her bed, the carpets, everything just right before we found out she was ill..kinda upset me now knowing that she obviously knew in herself that she wasnt well before we did 
Maybe she GOT ill by licking on all that stuff. There’s lots of poison in colorants and fibers. Here in Germany we have lots of tests concerning poison in toys. And – sad but true – in many cases they find cancer-causing stuff, especially in products which come from China.
Rosieluv is right..just last night my wife noticed one of ours compulsively licking the sofa…we took him outside and he started mowing through grass…after about 5 minutes he was ok and back to his normal bouncy self.
I would bet that the paint on that wall contains lead. Lead was, among other things, used as a sweetener for wine by the Romans. This is also I believe why paint chips are such a danger for children (who would eat paint chips?) who would only know they were flakes of something sweet. The dog probably isn’t being terribly harmed by the amount of exposure in the video, but the owner would probably want to prevent the behavior.
Licking floors and eating grass is a sign of the dog not feeling well, usually a stomach ache, and grass usually makes them throw up.
Actually, eating grass is a sign of lack of chlorophyll. Dogs throw grass up b/c they can’t digest it. If your dog eats grass, you should get alfalfa sprouts or spinach and blend it with some water then pour it on their food.
My younger dog adores spinach! The older dog not so much.
Mmm..maybe. But my pupper had breast cancer so i dont think that was caused from licking the sofa..
rosieluv – what if this is the first time the dog has done this? Could there be a coolness to the wall that is irresistable? A flavor of some sort on the wall? Maybe the dog never did this again?
But it is true that many (of what we see as) funny animal moments are actually cries for help! Sad, but true.
I know some dogs will lick the walls in particular because there’s something about the taste of the plaster. My dog is an example of this.
Or there could be lead in the paint, that’s where my mind first went to. Lead apparently has a nice salty taste to it, and obviously animals won’t know not to lick it.
Lead calcium carbonate, the white stuff from oxidizing lead, is really sweet too.
It’s the salty taste though. It’s why dogs lick your hands and feet at the end of the day. Sweat has a salty taste.
The snozberries taste like snozeberries!
Damn, you beat me to it!
Damn me too!
I came here to say that!
Could be a sign of dermatitis as well. Not funny in the slightest
And, depending on what kind of paint is on the wall, it may even be dangerous for the dog.
ps sorry! didnt mean to bum anyone out just then!
What about people? My dog won’t stop licking people! He just wags his tail and licks you until you get onto him. Cute and annoying all at the same time.
Well, maybe you has a flavor.
Real funny, until the dog dies of lead paint poisoning…
My cat licked walls and concrete when he was starting to go into kidney failure… not super funny.
This isn’t really funny. Sign of stress, and that paint is toxic im sure. I would spray some bitter apple on there to stop this behavior. And try playing with your dog.
Maybe it is lead-based paint. That has a sweet taste. So NOT good for the googie.
My very thought.
Or maybe he just likes licking the wall. Geesh people.
Sorry cottleston, but to the degree that that dog is licking and can barely be distracted by the owner…that does indicate that a call to the vet is needed, at the very least.
I have a friend who had a cat that licked a brick. Turns out the brick gave it arsenic poisoning. What kind of wall is that the dog is licking? Hard to tell in the video.
Or maybe the goggie is needing some calcium? My dog used to scratch walls and then eat that white dust and the vet told us it’s because he didn’t have enough calcium in his diet.
testing of new hotdog-based paint
No, not a lol at all. Please get this one to the vet!
Sometimes it is just OCD. OCD is the cause of the action, and the constant action is what causes all the health problems.
http://veterinarymedicine.dvm360.com/vetmed/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=506866
I don’t think it is fair to be judging this owner for finding the behaviour odd. I am sure that your dog does things you find funny that others find irresponsible as a pet owner.
This is anxious behavior and in addition to the vet check, owners should use stuffed kongs and puzzle feeders like tricky treat ball, tug-a-jug, etc. Stop all bowl feeding.
Darn it, why do the viddler videos always have to lag for me?
Lead paint is sweet.
Yes, this particular LOL is NOT an lol, but I gots no probs with occasional such ones if they educate. Hey, all of us here like animals or we wouldn’t be here, yes? That dog compulsively licking the wall may have behavior probs, but there is a more immediate danger as evidenced by so many posts. Many of the chemicals on our walls, furniture and carpets are toxic to animals if ingested. Probably not necessary to run in circles and scream that the sky is falling, but it’s not a bad thing to be aware and mindful of such things.
maybe should be in Fail not in LOL??
Taysts lyk chikenz!
THE SHNAWSBERRY TASTES LIKE A SHNAWSBERRY!!!
When we had upholstered furniture (as opposed to leather) one of our dogs licked the upholstery.
When a pet licks a person repeatedly, it could mean the PERSON has an ailment.
Often dogs can sniff out certain kinds of cancer, impending seizures, or other illnesses.
I also thought of the dog’s wall-licking possibly due to lack of calcium -specially if it’s a plastered wall.
It looks like a compulsive behavior brought on by boredom- lots of border collies and border mixes have obsessions similar to this- I know of one who has to run in a circle licking the floor when he sees a fly on the ceiling. They need a job as a distraction, like the herding they were bred for- try some obsessive frisbee or ball playing- quite a bit healthier!
teh snozberries taste liek snozberries!
Has your dog been watching Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory?
“The Schnaz-Berries taste like Schnaz-Berries!!!!”