Dig licking plates before going into dishwasher - ick or not

frenchie?

I’m with you dil on this one - it’s gross.

i love dogs and when ours was alive he would occasionally lick a plate if it was left out but we didn’t do it routinely. It wasn’t al the time & was the “every day” plates which only me or my husband would have ate off of so not our kids or guests & that was my own dog so “our germs” which i know is a daft way to look at it but i wouldn’t let a random dog lick me!

i could go to someones house and they do this and be none the wiser but to actually witness it to that extent where it’s all plates etc then i wouldn’t be able to eat there again as i’d be so disgusted and i’d question other hygiene habits such as washing hands / food.

Personally, I think it’s gross and wouldn’t eat in your house. That’s a visceral reaction though and my rational brain says once they have been through the dishwasher they will be clean. I still think it’s vile though.

It's quite possible to understand (and practise) the concept of targeted hygiene and still find the thought of dogs licking human plates unpleasant. The human brain is pretty good at that kind of thing.

Forgive me, I can decide if you're agreeing with me or not. 😃

It's grim but I don't think it would bother me.

If I did this, which I don't (don't have a dog) I probably wouldn't do it in front of guest

I think you’ve forgotten on Mumsnet we don’t have toilet brushes because we don’t skid 😰

actually I don’t have a toilet brush. It’s dh job to clean the bathroom lucky me lol

I’m making a factual observation about dishwasher
I agree we need dirt and flora. Don’t need to see the fur baby slobbering the plates at a meal with guests
Plates cease to be sterile when handled, put in cupboards and stored

I don’t understand.

Doesn't everybody do that?

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This is one of those things that is logically fine but you're best not to do in front of other people unless you're sure they're fine with it. I am surprised you didn't already know she might be iffy with it. How long have they been together? Sons can be a bit useless at noticing and giving a heads up for potential friction spots, so you have my sympathy.
There are a lot of places I don't like dogs licking but none of them go in the dishwasher before I touch them again.

Personally, I think it’s grossly unhygienic.

My In-laws do this - all the leftover Sunday roast is scraped onto one of the plates and put down on the floor for their pooch to eat off off. Then the plates are washed in the sink in lukewarm water.

I got ill on a visit. It started with vomiting, then eggy-burps and finally eggy farts, by this point I realised that their pooch was also emitting eggy smells. I kept quiet about where I thought my illness came but the next time MIL or SIL make a snide comment about lack of dusting in my house or similar I’m going to tell them that at least I don’t make people ill because I feed the dog off dinner plates!

I dread to think what parasite or microbe is lurking in my gut that comes from their dog!

The plates will still be the cleanest thing in the house when they come out of the machine

This is just a rehash of the toilet brush thing. People aren't getting sick from this, people just don't like the idea of it.

Absolutely this ! We had a lab just like that. Wouldn’t deliberately give her a plate but she would hang around the dishwasher and take any opportunity!

Tended to keep her out of the kitchen when guests were around tbh.

Mine does 70 but I use 65. However, as I just mentioned in a message above, to have everything sterilized in a domestic environment would be very bad for our immune systems. Washing in a machine is way, way more hygienic than by hand, even more so than when washing up is dried with a cloth.

I don't get hung up about irradiating germs from my life, but I work hard to minimise the opportunities for transfer and growth. I'll trust in the 65'C setting on my dishwasher fully, but I will not have wet sponges, tea-towels, face-cloths etc hanging around the house to grow germs on, like many people do.

As a dog owner you should realise their butts and paws and slobber are everywhere and those plates will be the cleanest thing in your house when they come out of the dishwasher

The plates will be cleaner than pretty much everything else you come across in your day to day life. So you’d better start freaking out about existing.

I wouldn't let my dog lick the plates because human leftovers are generally not very good for dogs. She's also not very interested in what I eat either.
If I did, I'd swill them, then put them in the dishwasher.
DIL massively overreacted.

No, they don't.

As a dog lover and owner, I’m shocked that 33% think it’s not unreasonable to let the dog lick the plates 🤢

This wouldn’t bother me one tiny bit. I probably wouldn’t do it in front of visitors just in case they were illogical sanitary freaks, like some on here. I am very concerned that some who do have dishwashers don’t use them for pet bowls, these need to be cleaned to a high standard too and a quick swoosh under the tap isn’t good enough.
my two dogs total less than 8 kg between them and don’t shed hair. No doggy smells in my house.

No, because the minute you handled the items, put them on the counter, put them in the cupboard etc they would no longer be sterile.

I read this and will answer according to my first reaction which was EWW!!! so my answer is YABU. I have nothing against dogs, they are brilliant companions but the idea of a dog licking dinner plates is socially unacceptable & taking it too far.

I think YANBU to think there’s no actual hygiene issue but YABU to let the dog do this in front of guests.

Similarly I will admonish our cats for jumping on the table when we have visitors but when we don’t have company they have free rein.

Lol
rubbish
my dog cannot reach her arse
she’s not overweight, just a breed thing