Dig licking plates before going into dishwasher - ick or not

I wouldn’t even want to eat from a plate that I witnessed a human licking, let alone a dog.

Absolutely gross. I never let my dog do this.

But as far as we know no one has contracted hepatitis from a microcrack in a plate. So it's not really scary at all, because it's not really a risk - because food gets cleaned. All sorts of things end up on plates that then get washed and re used and we've all managed not to die from it so far

'I make no apologies - my GC are very healthy & I maintain that my dishes are totally safe for them to eat from. There is a lot of evidence that children brought up in a house with pets are less likely to develop allergies.'

But you repulsed your guests, doesn't that bother you?

We can't change your poor hygiene standards but at least try to hide it just you know for basic social etiquette?

Maybe save the awful habits for when you don't have guests.

They do! I can confirm the presence of many non-tramps.

Lots of dog owners on this thread think it is rank too.

Absolutely rank. Dog owners have the lowest standards of hygiene, as proven by so many of them thinking this is ok. Filthy tramps.

It’s horrible.

I have a dog and adore dogs.

I caught my dog licking a playe once. It got thrown away. Its absolutely rancid.

Absolutely revolting. I would have exactly the same reaction than your DIL. I'd never set foot again in your house.

Yeah, that's grim. I do not like dogs to lick me in ANY way. If I pat or stoke them I only do so if I know I can wash my hands after.

Brits often drop the C (Celcius) and just say X degrees.

But why would you type out "degrees" when you could just type a single letter and it would give more not less information.

FYI British dishwashers definitely state temperatures in degrees Celcius.

This reminds me of a guy I really fancied. Until I saw him one day at the pub with his dog and he was letting it lick him on (and in) his mouth. Still makes me gip to this day, thank the lord I never got the chance to kiss him before I knew he did that.

In my rational mind, it's obviously not a big deal and your plates are perfectly fine to eat from. However, if I actually saw this it would make me gip (much like when I see a dog on the sofa with his butt hole all over the cushions). Everyone has different tolerances for these things.

I think she has overreacted, but maybe don't do that in front of house guests again. The only way you can salvage the situation is to tell her that although you see no issue with it, you don't want to make her uncomfortable in your house so you've stopped doing it. It's really not worth falling out over - do it for your son and grandchild, not her.

Before I got a dog, I always said they would never be allowed in the bedroom, would never be given tit-bits, would never eat off our plates.

Then I accidentally got a dog (I fostered it for seven days as an emergency, and he stayed for over thirteen years).

I had a stair-gate across my bedroom door to prevent the dog coming in. And it worked. I also had an ingrowing toe-nail and after what felt like the millionth time of tripping on the bottom of the gate and stubbing my very, very poorly toe, I ripped the stair-gate from the doorway and decided there was nothing I could catch from the dog that would match the pain in my foot. And added to which, the neighbours were complaining about my language.

I wash the cat dishes with mine (they have better food than me) and am also convinced the dishwasher, even on a short wash is hot enough to deal with it

what I don’t do though is feed them off any human plates or let people (mother) feed them off plates as I don’t want the begging and hanging around for the plates to be finished with

Uhm...no.

I'm not sure why you bothered asking in the first place 🤷‍♀️. You're clearly going to take absolutely no notice of anything, and carry on with your grotty habit.

I have ceolic's disease - we are told to get our own set of cooking pans so gluten has never touched our cooking equipment..... dishwashers are only as good as the person stacking them - sorry I would not eat at your house either.

These responses are unhinged. What on earth do you think is going to happen if a dog licks a plate which is then washed at a high temperature? Dogs lick all sorts of things in houses 😂Mine licks most plates and we are very rarely ill

I'm actually not too fussed about the whole hygiene thing - I'm sure the dishwasher would clean them sufficiently. In my table etiquette understanding it's rude for humans to lick their plates - just bad table manners. To lay pots and plates on the floor for animals to lick is just a big massive no.
If I saw someone do this I too would be horrified because it's not something I have ever seen nor would I believe that it was an acceptable thing to do.
But fine crack on but don't be surprised if other people disagree with it and think it's gross.

Exactly, it’s not right to let the dogs lick the plates in front of (before) the guests have a go…..😉 (Sorry, deliberate misconstruing of post)

My dishwasher washes at a higher temperature than the hot water heater delivers hot water to the sink so would get dog licked crockery cleaner than washing it ‘by hand’. I can’t be arsed to keep a separate set of washing and drying up equipment for our cats’ bowls, and make sure they don't 'contaminate' each other, so they go into the dishwasher.

The cats rarely manage to lick the crockery before it goes into the dishwasher but if they did I wouldn’t worry. I’ve managed to stay alive for 50+ years since having dirty arse licking cats in the house. 😉

I remember the mum was german. So little me assumed it was what german mums did 😆

Sorry @Happyspendingthedayinthegarden if it doesn’t run straight after the dog has licked the plates then that’s making something grim potentially even worse - even on hot wash sometimes dry stuff doesn’t get dissolved and fully clean.