Guest abstractagent Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 My girl Cindi has the drippiest nose. It seems to drip more when she's really happy. What's the deal with the noses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaysmom Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 It is very common with greyhounds. Usually their noses drip when they are nervous or excited. Seamus' nose drips most when we are in the car, and he is not sure where we are going. It gets all over everything , which grosses out non-dog people who may be riding with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abstractagent Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Yeah, the inside of my car windows is pretty disgusting. Not to mention the inside of my windows at home, my wood floor, blankets, etc. She's so "nosey". So this is a greyhound thing? My dog drips more out of her nose than her mouth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeh2o Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Carl's nose often drips when he is happy. I've never had any of my dogs of different breeds do it, so maybe it's a hound thing. Quote Sunsands Doodles: Doodles aka Claire, Bella Run Softly: Softy aka Bowie (the Diamond Dog) Missing my beautiful boy Sunsands Carl 2.25.2003 - 4.1.2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EMcElfresh Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 (edited) Gordon's famous shnozz shizzle...which he leaves on everything..I joke that I wanted to adopt a greyhound but ended up with a faucet instead This was him relaxing on my bed (with new bedding ) this weekend (you will notice the puddle spreading from said nostrils...) Edited October 22, 2008 by EMcElfresh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilDog Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Roscoe's nose drips a lot when he's nervous or excited. It's in its less-leaky-state when we're just hanging out at home. There used to be a lot of snart on my windows before I made it a rule that he has to lay down while driving. I've gotten quite used to getting 'dripped' on. Ew. Quote Lisa with Finnegan (Nina's Fire Fly) and Sage (Gil's Selma). Always missing Roscoewww.popdogdesigns.net pop art prints, custom portraits and collars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wpgkeith Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 I think it is often referred to as "snark"... or "snart" as per DevilDog. It is "normal" and perhaps, overtime, will become a lovable part of our hound. K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ArtysPeople Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Yeah, the inside of my car windows is pretty disgusting. Not to mention the inside of my windows at home, my wood floor, blankets, etc. She's so "nosey". So this is a greyhound thing? My dog drips more out of her nose than her mouth! That's a very greyhound thing! I just washed the inside of my car for the first time since we got Arty, and the back of the leather headrests were streaked with nose drips! Ewwwww! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abstractagent Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 (edited) Well I'm glad I'm not the only one with a hound that will have snotsicles hanging from her nose this winter. We just got home from a road trip and my leather seats are just a tad "snotty". The windows are downright nasty! Time for a deep cleaning of the minivan! Edited October 22, 2008 by abstractagent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieProf Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 (edited) All my friends who have dogs have streaked car windows. Well, nose smudges, if not drips (and I've joined the pack). A dog-owning neighbor gave us a fun name for it that I've fully adopted as the standard noun: "pupkiss." (It's funnier if you know Yiddish.) Edited October 22, 2008 by PrairieProf Quote With Cocoa (DC Chocolatedrop), missing B for Beth (2006-2015)And kitties C.J., Klara, Bernadette, John-Boy, & Sinbad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest myoozikluver Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Ditto when he's nervous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SusanP Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Our angel hound Simon used to "paint" the windows in our van with snot. After she died, the kids wouldn't let me wash the windows. It's been a year, and her artwork is still there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DebR Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 I've had 2 that do this, one is Nova, a Grey, but the other is Duece, and he's a Pembroke Welsh Corgi. Watery noses both of them. Our Bloodhound drooled buckets, but her nose was dry. Weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoomDoggy Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Alimony has a very juicy nosey. Pools spread from her schnoz while she sleeps. None of the others come close to her prodigious juiciness. It doesn't appear related to anything. She's just a juicy kinda gal. Quote ~Aimee, with Flower, Alan, Queenie, & Spodee Odee! And forever in my heart: Tipper, Sissy, Chancy, Marla, Dazzle, Alimony, and Boo. This list is too damned long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 4gryhnds Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Danger, Carson and Panda seem to drip the most when they are most content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerlinsMum Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Gordon's famous shnozz shizzle...which he leaves on everything..I joke that I wanted to adopt a greyhound but ended up with a faucet instead This was him relaxing on my bed (with new bedding ) this weekend (you will notice the puddle spreading from said nostrils...) :rofl :rofl Gordon's famous shnozz shizzle...which he leaves on everything..I joke that I wanted to adopt a greyhound but ended up with a faucet instead This was him relaxing on my bed (with new bedding ) this weekend (you will notice the puddle spreading from said nostrils...) :rofl :rofl Love that picture! Quote Kerry with Lupin in beautiful coastal Maine. Missing Pippin, my best friend and sweet little heart-healer 2013-2023 Also missing the best wizard in the world, Merlin, and my sweet 80lb limpet, Sagan, every single day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaysmom Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Someone who was riding with me one time said, "Oh my! What is that all over the inside of your car?" Time for a cleaning... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carronstar Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 (edited) Both Scarlett and Morgaine used to drip pools of nose wetness onto the hardwood floor whilst on their couch or in head off the couch roaches. Aquitaine has wet and somewhat drippy nose but she never roaches. Hmmmm... She does, however, bounce and jump and paw and play like a goony girl. Edited October 22, 2008 by carronstar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FrostyBottoms Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Our angel hound Simon used to "paint" the windows in our van with snot. After she died, the kids wouldn't let me wash the windows. It's been a year, and her artwork is still there. That choked me up Vinny doesn't drip...but then again...nothing really phases him....Frosty's nose drips when she is nervous or excited as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ss556 Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Same here with Alan - almost 8 years of snot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAVED2 Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 One of our boys drips clear water , looks clean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wpgkeith Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 One of our boys drips clear water , looks clean That's it... just keep telling yourself... It's only water.... K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Greensleeves Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 It actually kind of *is* only water. It's tears. Dogs don't cry the way humans do, but they definitely have tear ducts, or nasolacrimal ducts (note the "naso" part of that. ), and their "tears" (which lubricate the eyes, same as ours) sometimes empty out their noses. Some dogs are more... expressive with their nasolacrimal ducts than others (it's not breed-specific, but I'll bet something about the shape of the sighthound skull contributes!). Whistler's ophthalmologist clued us in about this. Here's more info than you ever wanted: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_duct And I believe the official term is "snoodle" (according to a Greytalker from long, long ago). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaB Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Thanks, Greensleeves! Good to have the "what's actually going on" answer, too--knowing it's like tears totally makes sense, too, if it's connected with elevated emotion--good or bad. Quote Lisa...sharing the journey with my best friend, Kevin, and our four greyhounds:Littermates Sweetie* & Spicy (Possible Betsy, Possible Edna), Moody* (Jr's Moody Man), and Dragon (Kiowa Dragonfire) *Gone to wait for us at the Rainbow Bridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MyCody Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Cody's nose drips and he drools, such a charmer!!!!! He's the reason we ended up with a Town and Country van, leather seats removed with two crates with dog beds and comforters. We had a car until one spring day we left him in the car with the AC on, DH got in the drivers seat with shorts on and the seat was SOAKED, my what language. I told him Cody was just cooling it off for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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