What… you’ve never had an ice cream cone and given your dog a couple of licks? What kind of childhood did you have?
It’s a matter of semantics and intent. As the owner of three cats, animals occasionally licking dishes doesn’t bother me, but the idea of dishes being routinely pre-cleaned in such a manner is gross. Not enough that I wouldn’t eat off such a dish, but I would still think slightly less of a person who did it as a matter of course.
I hate having dried on food on my plates. My dishwasher water is super hot, so it kills the germs, but doesn’t obliterate chunks of food. So I prefer the doggy pre rinse actually.
I don’t own a dog now, but my family had one when I was younger.
Not quite to the level of disgusting, but definitely ick. My family didn’t do it, and I wouldn’t.
There’s no better way to clean up after eggs sunny side up. The dishwasher will cook the yolks right on so you have to rinse the plate anyway, and when it’s mixed with the bacon grease it’s doggie heaven. He’ll do anything for that, or a bit of fat off a pork chop, which makes him very cooperative.
In general it was a good way to train him. If he sat down nice and quietly while we ate dinner, he would get the plates after - if he caused a fuss, no plates. This also reinforces the pack hierarchy as per Dinsdale above.
I don’t give him leftover processed food or sauces, but meat leftovers (minus the bone), veggies (minus the onions) and grains have never done him any harm.
And it’s the most effective waste disposal system I have for that stuff. Otherwise I’d have to put it in the compost container [indoor garbage bin] and then take it out to the green bin [outdoor garbage bin] and then remember to take it out on Tuesday morning, and then actually haul it out to the street. Much easier just to put it through my dog, into a stoop and scoop bag, and into the city garbage can.
We let the dog lick dishes from time to time. I don’t have a problem with it.
Dogless. We never had a dog. Couple of cats as I recall, none of them ‘indoor’ cats.
I’m not a big fan of it. I don’t know of a single dish washing machine that does a perfect job so I would prefer animals that lick their ass not lick the plate I’m using.
Yes, yes, a thousand times yes. I was so grossed out when I saw the original post, I almost made a comment. I didn’t want to hijack that other thread, but now that you’re asking. . . .
And no, it’s not rational. It’s the ick factor. Having a hair in your soup or buying used clothes triggers ick for some people. Doggie saliva does it for me. Heck, human saliva would do it for me. If, after every meal, someone blew their snot into their empty plate, that would disgust me. Would it clean off the plate in the dishwasher? Perhaps. Still ick? Yes. In a big way.
I agree with Magiver that I would be thinking about whether all the doggie saliva was cleaned off the plate also.