Their mothers will immediately lick them tostimulate their breathing, and then later to clean them while pack mentality dictates that submissive dogs show their respect to their leader by bestowing them with licks. This early conditioning to licking means your dog is likely to continue this practice...
No, cats cannot be impacted by a canine lungworm, and vice versa. They have their own, species-specific breed of parasite. Can My Dog Pass Lungworm onto Me, or Another Human? The lungworm parasite that affects dogs can impact upon a human, but the impact will not be as severe as it ...