# Do you love your dog THAT much? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 17, 2002, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-your-dog-that-much/143227 "2002-12-17T02:34:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-your-dog-that-much/143227/1 "2002-12-17T02:34:16Z")
See, I love my dog. A lot. He’s a member of my family. And I treat him as such. However, of all the things I may do with him, I will NEVER let him lick me on the mouth. I mean, he gets to lick my fingers after a meal, he gets to lick my toes whenever he wants, he’s even allowed to drool on my feet (well sometimes, anyway). But never the mouth lick. I don’t even like him licking me anywhere near my mouth! How do people do that with their dogs?? I’ve seen it on movies, (Something About Mary was the first) and recently I even saw it happening in front of me!! IMO, It’s DISGUSTING!!! I’m taking a guess by saying that most people here don’t let their dogs do that kind of thing, but for those who do (there must be some, because we really do have every kind here!), HOW?? ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-your-dog-that-much/143227/2 "2002-12-17T02:39:11Z")
I’m sorry you don’t know the pleasure of puppykisses. ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-your-dog-that-much/143227/3 "2002-12-17T02:53:45Z")
I would give my left nut to get one more puppy kiss from my BIG SWEETIE, who got run over by a truck at 7 months. Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-your-dog-that-much/143227/4 "2002-12-17T03:42:41Z")
**superbee** ☹ I don’t have any nuts to give, but I’d love to have one more puppy kiss from my dogs too. ☹ ☹ ☹ **gouda** , sometimes doggies are just fast with that tongue. You think they’re going for the chin and BAM! ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-your-dog-that-much/143227/5 "2002-12-17T03:56:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by brachyrhynchos \* > \*\* > **gouda** , sometimes doggies are just fast with that tongue. You think they’re going for the chin and BAM! \*\* That’s exactly what my Ember does! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-your-dog-that-much/143227/6 "2002-12-17T04:07:05Z")
Ugh, I’m with you, **gouda**. I was at a party once where people were letting the dog drink out of their tea glasses, lick them on the mouth, and both. It was positively disgusting, and my poor husband had the hardest time trying to keep a look of absolute disgust off his face. I mean, the dogs _licks their assholes_ (not to mention eating anything within six inches of their mouths)! Why would you want that anywhere near your own mouth?! ---
**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-your-dog-that-much/143227/7 "2002-12-17T04:39:15Z")
We recently adopted a dog from the shelter. She is the sweetest thing, and we all adore her. It’s our kids’ first dog. One night I was yawning while the dog was sitting next to me, and she licked the inside of my mouth! While I don’t mind her licking my face sometimes, that was a bit much. ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-your-dog-that-much/143227/8 "2002-12-17T05:10:16Z")
Best “Stupid Pet Trick” on David Letterman ever: A guy laid down on his back, filled his mouth with milk and than had his dog come over and drink the milk out of his mouth. (Whistlepig opens his front door to hear a collective “EEEEWWWW!” from across the nation.) ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-your-dog-that-much/143227/9 "2002-12-17T05:12:07Z")
**DarkWriter** , I can top you. One morning when Phyllis was five or six months old, I was lying in bed yawning, and she stuck her WHOLE SNOUT in my mouth! Bleh. But yeah, puppy kisses are the best. ---
**Author:** ![Calliope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Calliope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calliope)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-your-dog-that-much/143227/10 "2002-12-17T05:20:33Z")
While it’s true that a dog’s mouth contains many varieties of bacteria, especially after a trip to the doggie snack bar, aka cat box, it could be argued that your mouth and skin has bacteria on it that could be just as harmful to your dog. Strep, for example, can be transmitted from humans to animals. In any case, we let the people we love kiss us, sometimes with a tongue, and their mouths are no cleaner than a dog’s. It’s all about love, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-your-dog-that-much/143227/11 "2002-12-17T05:55:04Z")
**Gouda,** different things gross out different people. I bet you do stuff that seems totally normal and reasonable to you, but would gross out some people. YMMV and all that. ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-your-dog-that-much/143227/12 "2002-12-17T06:28:53Z")
yes I do love my nerd puppy,but no I wouldn’t french kiss my eskie. Besides its a _he_ that would just be _weird…_ ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-your-dog-that-much/143227/13 "2002-12-17T06:40:20Z")
Puppy kisses in our house go something like this – Me: You wanna give mommy a kiss, doncha? Spunky: ~ Has a pained expression as if to say “Oh please no, not again.” ~ Me: Can I have kisses? Just a little bit? Can I get kisses from my puppyboy? Spunky: ~ Struggles to get off of my lap. ~ Me: ~ Picks Spunky off of my lap and mashes his nose against my forehead. ~ Ahh, thank you puppyboy! I love the kisses from the puppyboy! I love my boy, yes I do. He’s such a good boy! Spunky: ~ Thinks to himself “I’d better get a treat after this torture. At least she didn’t start singing.” ~ Me: (To the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It”) Oh I really love my little puppyboy, yes I really love my little puppyboy. He’s furry and he’s cute and he’s cuddly just to boot, yes I really love my little puppyboy. Spunky: ~ Jumps and flees ~ But, uh, in any case, dog nose on my forehead is as close to dog tongue/mouth on my mouth as we get. And even then, I usually wipe my forehead off afterward. I’ve seen where he puts his snout. Blech. ---
**Author:** ![AveDementia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@AveDementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AveDementia)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-your-dog-that-much/143227/14 "2002-12-17T06:46:38Z")
You’ve got my vote for eewwwww!!! GROSS!! Yet another reason to be a cat person, IMO, but wasn’t there a Doper on the boards once who revealed that he really did love his dog THAT much? ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-your-dog-that-much/143227/15 "2002-12-17T07:05:08Z")
I truly do love my doggie, but guess I’ll always be a cat person at heart. I don’t let him lick me at ALL, much less on the face or mouth. It’s apparently an almost uncontrollable urge for him, though, because he likes to sit with his nose about two inches from my hand and kind of flick his tongue in the air. Come to think of it, our little half-Siamese likes to lick me, too, and I don’t let her do it either. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-your-dog-that-much/143227/16 "2002-12-17T07:22:24Z")
People have sex with horses, why are you surprised at this? ---
**Author:** ![Maxxxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Maxxxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maxxxie)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-your-dog-that-much/143227/17 "2002-12-17T07:51:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Calliope \* > \*\*In any case, we let the people we love kiss us, sometimes with a tongue, and their mouths are no cleaner than a dog’s. It’s all about love, I guess. \*\* Ya know… I’ve yet to kiss someone that licks their arsehole. Or anyone else’s for that matter (to my knowledge!). I regularly see my doggies lick their own butts. Why would I want that anywhere near my mouth?? :eek: Max 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-your-dog-that-much/143227/18 "2002-12-17T08:07:10Z")
Kisses! Kisses! I’m all for kisses! ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-your-dog-that-much/143227/19 "2002-12-17T08:14:00Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ve yet to kiss someone that licks their arsehole. Or anyone else’s for that matter (to my knowledge!). Oh boy ! Are you missing out, or what ! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-your-dog-that-much/143227/20 "2002-12-17T08:24:32Z")
My dog is allowed to lick my face, but not my mouth. Mostly I try to get him to aim for the chin or the end of my nose. My Burmese cat loves to lick too, which is both endearing and annoying. She is also only permitted to lick chin and not mouth. She’s not interested in my nose. My parent’s dog used to drink from their teacups, but only after they’d finished with them, and then Mum would wash the teacups in very hot water (because, you know, that fixes everything). However, I think they were worried about germs (and possibly about what people would think), so they got the dog her own teacup and would just pour the dregs of their tea/coffee into it for her. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-your-dog-that-much/143227.md?page=2)