I’m in the group that thinks that if this is a problem for you, you probably shouldn’t be drinking from a public fountain. All kinds of things happen to public fountains.
My kids were in our pool yesterday and they were letting our 12 week old chocolate lab pup drink water out of their mouth. They would get a mouthful of water and go to the side of the pool, open their mouths and Jessie would drink it… I thought it was hilarious and the kids are still alive today, so is the dog.
I think it’s gross, but then I hate when dogs lick me, too, and never, ever let a dog lick me on my face.
But it’s not like that would stop me from drinking from the fountain. I’d probably just make a face and then carry on.
It’s interesting that some folks are bothered by the frequency with which dogs lick their own asses, while others don’t seem to mind if a dog’s tongue goes straight from its own ass to their mouths. Different strokes, I guess. The problem with dog feces (at least to my way of thinking) is that it often contains parasites’ eggs. (Roundworm and hookworm, specifically.) Hence I won’t be kissing any dogs.
(Yeah, I suppose you could argue by the same token that we don’t know how many humans’ tongues have gone from someone’s ass to the water fountain.)
Again. If **you **aren’t licking the spigot, why does it even matter if a dog drank out of it? It’s an irrational phobia.