Who Here Lets their Dogs Lick their Plates after they've Eaten?
 

I don't see the big deal as long as they're washed after.
Discuss

We usually scrape it off onto a paper plate.

cleaner than the forks used by the humans.

I have a big problem with dogs anywhere near the table when eating. It royally pisses me right off.

Our dog licks our plates. FACT: A dog's mouth is cleaner than a human's mouth. It's SO much easier to wash after our dog licks them clean!

I don't understand how anyone could have a problem with this, except it encourages the dog to stare you down until you're done eating and give it the fucking plate.

our dog usally gets her own meal. she gets her own plate.

I don't see any problems with it, the dog likes it, no food gets wasted, and it's easier to clean it afterwards...

Ya I'm not crazy about them watching me eat.

thats gross

I can't believe so many people are so fucking stupid.
A dogs mouth is NOT cleaner.. or fucks sake. You guys believe any urban legend you hear.. they eat rotting things they find, don't brush their teeth, and the food they eat is not fit for human consumption.. I can't think of many things more disgusting than having a dog lick my plate for one - what the fuck is the thing doing inside the house?

"Remember, a dog's tongue is not only his wash cloth but also his toilet paper."

http://urbanlegends.about.com/librar.../aa090400a.htm

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl...ch/ai_97515424

I heard that too but I am not sure if it is fact.

My sister in-law lets her dogs lick plates, pots and pans?I usually just have a drink at her house?her dogs think that cleaning the kitty box is a treat!

I have yet to see her dogs lick a glass or coffee mug?

Kitty hovers till he gets the plate or bowl.

i used to do that when i lived at my parents

Even if a dog's mouth is FILTHY . . . If you wash the plate after the dog licked it, what is the problem?

Thanks for the urbanlegends link -- it actually gives evidence supporting the theory that a dog's mouth is cleaner. :1orglaugh

But all of that still leaves me wonder . . . if the human vagina is cleaner than the human mouth, and a dog's mouth is cleaner than a human's mouth . . . what's cleaner, a human vagina or a dog's mouth?

Dogs love it when they get to eat off your plate. That's more special (it's a social thing) than if you give them their own. The main thing is to get them trained to sit patiently until they get the plate. My dogs know they are going to get something, I just haven't been able to convince the cat it's not OK to try to help yourself:1orglaugh

No biggie. Use hot water and antiseptic dishwashing liquid.:glugglug

Damn, you beat me to it. :winkwink:

i try not to feed him at the table, i did it like 3times and ever since then he wont leave me alone at dinner... he sits next to me and just looks at me... its weird... he also likes to jump up and "stands" at the table with his paws up and head hovering over the table... kinda funny seeing a pug right across from you

i used to know a family that would let their dog eat right off their fork, and oh no, not after they are done using it but right in the middle of a meal. ugh...

*sigh* No wonder you're ignorant enough to believe it.. you don't have any reading comprehension skills.. they're showing how doctors originally might have come to that conclusion but it was a flaw in the statistic data.

What does it matter if they're going to be cleaned anyway? It's the same reason I wouldn't take my plate into the toilet and curl a winding lincoln log onto to appreciate it's beauty before tipping it into the bowl - what's the fucking point? theres a small chance that your dishwashing skills won't be thourough enough to clean the plates properly, the same goes for a dishwashing machine which sometimes aren't as effective as they should be.

I bet you don't flush your head in the toilet just because you can jump in the shower afterwards.
People's ignorance just astounds me.

Always let the dogs lick the plates.

The dishwasher sanitizes the dishes and I trust it...

If the temp doesn't reach a certain degree it tells you
and then you rewash. But that never happens little light is always green saying "sanitized."

I am more afraid to eat off of a plate at a restaurant that others have used. Who cares about a dog?

PS We have a Saint Bernard and a Min-Pin.

You're ruining my fun!!!

Seriously though -- judging from the quotations presented, those new studies might not take into account advances in medical care, etc. It's like people who claim cars and roads are safer now than they were 20 years ago, or that murders are decreasing when really -- just as many people are being seriously injured, but those accidents and attacks wind up not fatal because ER doctors are saving them due to medical advances.

I'll be ignorant, you be paranoid.

here you go. just happened to get finished eating.

for your viewing pleasure...



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Not the good china.

I hardlly ever give my dogs scraps. They aren't THAT active to begin with.. and I don't need no lardass dogs. :)

No, every time I give my dog my food he gets the runs. The other morning I woke up to him panting next to the bed all excited.

I go downstairs and he left a nice suprise for me on the floor. Girlfriend gave him some our steak that night, she says, "oh he likes steak too" and gives me those eyes.

I am not confused, he is a dog, he likes food, any food pretty much. She thinks he knows its steak, he begs for everything he don't know shizit.

He's a pitbull, but he is the biggest baby, but I love the way people get scared of him because of their rep.