You may think you know the answer to this, and you probably think that the puppy is giving you kisses and is showing you puppy love.

Well…that’s not…exactly it.

Back when dogs were in the wild only, their mothers would regurgitate food to their puppies (wolves as well) and the puppies would eat it. However, if the puppy licked the face of the mother, the mother would know the puppy was hungry.

Nowadays, when puppies or dogs lick a human’s face, it seems to be a sign of submission. The strangest part about this is, if you become agitated and shout “No!” or whatnot to the dog, the dog’s implied to lick even more to stress its submission even more!

Dogs are fascinating, and one of the many place you can look, is the website for the vet Willis, found here.

Just don’t ask them what they’re talkin’ about…they know what they’re talkin’ about.