I’ve a nasty cold, and got out my trusty neti pot for a nice saline flush, which made me feel much better.
A couple of hours later, I was dishing up the dog’s dinner, and had just completed filling her bowl, when suddenly a gush of saline rinse, retained in one of my maxillary sinuses, came out of my nose and seasoned her dinner.
I thought for a moment: Pitch it, and get her a fresh dinner? Or not.
Thinking further, this is the dog which drags home various deer parts to snack on while relaxing on the deck. She eviscerates salmon and rolls in their guts. She closely examines and samples scat wherever she finds it.
I served her up the nasal rinse puppy chow. She devoured it and begged for more.
I’ve watched my dogs lick each other’s butts too many times to be squeamish about giving them icky stuff to eat. Heck, that’s part of the reason I have dogs - they clean up when I drop stuff on the floor!
We had a (female, spayed) dog who would dig in the trash searching for used “feminine protection” products to snack on. A little mucus-laden saline is no big deal.
I’m quite familiar with the gush of nasal juice after a day of surfing.
If I were low on dog food, I’d probably feed it to him. Otherwise, I feel that I’m in loco parentis with respect to the dog, and the fact that Attackdog will eat my bodily fluids doesn’t mean that I should feed them to him. I should point out that I’m not squeamish, and I don’t pamper the dog. I don’t feed him fancy dog foods (my god, there are more fancy dog foods in Vancouver - Buffalo? Kangaroo? ) on the grounds that he will happily eat cat poo. I don’t feed him cat poo, either, I just don’t think he’s a gourmet.
You know, QtM, as far as I can tell you were just following these guys instructions.
[spoiler]If there’s one thing dogs love, it’s rich, beefy gravy. That’s why every nugget of Gravy Train is basted in real beef juices. Just mix it with warm water, and you can give your dog a warm homestyle meal, dripping with the delicious gravy he loves.
Mmmmmm… “dripping with the delicious gravy…” [/spoiler]
When I was a kid, I threw up on the floor once and was surprised when the dog rushed over and tried to eat it. She probably would have enjoyed the OP’s dog food; had that happened in my house, however, the dog would have gotten a fresh bowl of food. (My mother was extremely picky when it came to the dog; heck, she even washed the dog’s feet after taking her out at certain rest stops.)
A researcher in dog behavior was being interviewed on National Public Radio and said that the behavior in which dogs greet their humans by licking their faces is the same behavior young dogs exhibit when greeting their mother as she returns from the hunt. She’s supposed to throw up in response, so they can eat it.
The OP’s dog may be thinking, “Finally! The stupid human got the message!”
Really, do you want your dog to develop a taste for this? Suppose she starts turning up her nose at regular food unless you hork up a nice serving of nose gravy to go with it. Just how much do you love this dog?
My wife and I were joking about this two days ago. The new 11-month old pupper pulls used tissues out of the trash (like lotsa dogs do.) So we figured that Mucus Flavored dog chow was going to be the Next Big Marketing Campaign for the pet food companies.
This was my question as well. So I voted “no” because I didn’t know. I don’t think feeding it to him would be too disgusting for all the reasons cited above, but I wouldn’t want to give him my cold.
My brother used to have an adorable prank, where he would wrestle an unsuspecting relative to the ground, pin them, slather butter or hamburger all over their faces and call the dog. I mention this because, as someone who has experienced the wet fetid slathering of a dog’s tongue up my nose, I must repeat the question above. Do you really want the dog to develop a taste for this?
