IN most canines, licking of the the muzzle or lips is a care-seeking gesture.  Very young pups do this to encourage the dam to regurgitate food.  So you dog, when licking around your face, is giving you the dominant role and asking for sustenance of a sort.

Many wild animals in captivity are essentially driven insane!  Imagine yourself plucked from your usual world and placed in a habitat about the size of  your living room....food and temp and all that are adjusted, but you are not only not free, but confined miserably.. So, No, wild animals that are kept in cages, aquaria, "natural" habitats … Read more