Recycled breakfast – not for the squeamish!

:shock: :-… Animals are so dirty :lol:

My dog is fond of eating the cats droppings from the litter tray if she gets a chance :-… needless to say im not fond of animals licking peoples faces, makes me cringe when i see parents laughing at their dog lapping at their toddlers faces :shock:

:shock: and I thought my cats were bad :shock:

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww :-… :-… :-…

I love dogs and cats, but to be honest, it’s not that they are dirty as such, it simply that they are animals, and therefore they have different habits. They can’t take baths or showers on their own, and they can’t wash their paws with soap and water after toileting, but in their own way they are clean creatures. Cats bury their poo, and they lick themselves clean. Okay, dogs will s h i t anywhere, and they don’t bury it like a cat, but they still lick themselves clean. No animal fails to keep itself clean as best as nature equips it do do so.

If you worm your pets, the chances of catching worms are negligible. Simple hygene is all you need to observe with pets. You can brush the teeth of dogs, but I don’t know about cats, cat owners will have enlighten me on that.

Dogs only lick peoples hands and faces because of the salt on our skin, they like the taste, there’s nothing more to it.

I’ve known some filthy people who were smelly and wreaked of BO, and folk who never wash their hands in the bathroom. You’d be surprised at what goes on in the kitchens of expensive restaurants.

Did you know that most peoples’ toothbrushes are seething with E Coli?

As for dogs licking kids faces, I don’t approve of that for obvious reasons, but don’t forget that little kids are not the cleanest people either. A friend of mine worked in a nursery, and though it was a clean place, and she was a clean person, she was always falling victim to bugs. Little kids are the worst when it comes to not washing their hands in the loo, and then they come out and touch stuff like plasticene, and stick bit in their mouths etc, and the other kids handle it too. My friend was always catching some gastro-type bug when she worked there, and so too did other staff.

Kids are dirty, and so are all sorts of pets, and so too are adults. Lets not be paranoid about germs. It would surprise you if you read up on some of the toxic substances that are in household cleaners, even disinfectants and baby-wipes.

I know the risks, and I know the dangers too, and I’ll continue to let my dog lick my face and hands, but I avoid letting her lick my lips or near my eyes.