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To not want to eat off plates licked by a dog?

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ShirtyGerty · 11/02/2011 17:49

I know a couple of people who let their dog lick the plates when they have finished eating - before they go in the dishwasher/washing up.

AIBU to find this really gross? Am I a clean freak?

DH thinks I am. MIL always does this and he gets upset that I now avoid having meals at her house. All meals there end with a few plates beings slung on the floor to be 'prewashed' by her beloved pets.

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Original poster
ShirtyGerty · 11/02/2011 18:15

Hmmm. So far it looks as if I'm outvoted on this one.

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LibraPoppyGirl · 11/02/2011 18:15

Larf @ ShirtyGerty

I just feel a bit sick when look at the dog chewing its bone and licking its bum and then have to share its crockery

Now that puts it into perspective imo Smile

Why not just scrape anything left over into the dog/cat bowl?

Have to be honest, I've never been in this situation but I wouldn't like it either, not after that imagery Wink

sheeplikessleep · 11/02/2011 18:17

mil also puts dog and cat food covered bowls in the dishwasher, with normal plates etc. i find that a bit grim. i know i know it's all washed, but idea of it all being washed in same water, i find a bit eugh.

Prolesworth · 11/02/2011 18:18

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LibraPoppyGirl · 11/02/2011 18:24

I'll never eat again, off of anything other than paper plates and with plastic cutlery at this rate Wink

Ephiny · 11/02/2011 18:25

I don't encourage the dog to lick plates, but he has occasionally done so when they've been left within his reach. Never occurred to me that it would be 'disgusting' to use the plates again after they've been washed Confused, surely the hot water and detergent would get rid of any bacteria or whatever you might be worried about?

We put dog bowls in the dishwasher with everything else too, why wouldn't you?

Original poster
ShirtyGerty · 11/02/2011 18:26

Or just take your own plate and cutlery with you wherever you go! Wink.

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LibraPoppyGirl · 11/02/2011 18:27

I'd be happy to put animal bowls in the dishwasher, that doesn't bother me.

LibraPoppyGirl · 11/02/2011 18:28

But I wouldn't wash the animal bowls by hand in the same washing up water as my normal washing up, because the water isn't as hot.

wildfig · 11/02/2011 18:33

i should add that I'm only speaking for my dog here. It's not so much that a lick of a plate would send her lunging for all human meals, but in her ideal world, she'd be allowed to eat at the table with us, making polite adult chit-chat about the situation in Egypt, while the puppy ate out of a metal bowl in a different 'dog' room.

She is, in many ways, a cat in dog's clothing.

AvonCallingBarksdale · 11/02/2011 18:34

I'm with you all the way, OP!! However, I do have some fairly extreme hygiene/ OCD issues. Grin

My Mil and Fil do this btw and it makes me feel v sweaty palmed.

verytellytubby · 11/02/2011 18:35

I'm pretty easygoing but the thought makes me feel ill.

dawntigga · 11/02/2011 18:36

Dog spit is cleaner than human spit but you drink out of cups somebody else has drunk out of.

Doesn'tGetBentOutOfShapeOverThisKindOfThingTiggaxx

SpringHeeledJack · 11/02/2011 18:39

my MIL let our dog lick the plates at her house

I find it leaves a slight film on the plate which only evil (ie not Ecover) washing up liquid can shift

my SIL puts the cat's bowls in the dishwasher. Even this makes me wince

ensure · 11/02/2011 18:40

My slobbery dog stuck his tongue and nose right into my glass of juice, he managed to slurp a drink. I told him off and finished what I was doing, then forgot what he had done and drank the juice. Then remembered.

Blek. :(

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ShirtyGerty · 11/02/2011 18:55

I think my old cat used to wait until I had fallen asleep before drinking out of the glass of water next to my bed.

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oldraver · 11/02/2011 18:58

I dont care if they are put in nuclear blast furnace.. its a disgusting habit

GeorgeEliot · 11/02/2011 19:41

Ok. So my dog licks the plates while they are in the dishwasher while its waiting to be filled and turned on.

The other day she had licked them so clean that I thought it was a clean load, took two plates out and served up the dcs supper on them.

Realised just in time and whisked away the plates, reheated the food to kill any dog germs and served up on a clean plate.

But I do remember when I was a kid being told that dogs had less germs in their mouths than humans. Or something like that.

ChunkyPickle · 11/02/2011 19:48

My head says as long as they go in the dishwasher it's fine, but the rest of me goes 'euwww' and I would have trouble not thinking about it as I ate.

Much as as much as I enjoy swimming, all I can think is that apparently the chlorine smell is strongest as it's 'cleaning' the pee out of the pool....

toddlerama · 11/02/2011 19:52

Dogs may have fewer germs in their mouth, but they are different germs and not good for you! E-Coli anyone? It's rank.

Adversecamber · 11/02/2011 19:55

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weasle · 11/02/2011 20:02

Oh god no! My MIL lets her dog do this too. It is disgusting. I hate it.

VivaLeBeaver · 11/02/2011 20:13

I used to live in a house where this was the norm - and the dogs drank out of the toilets. Made me feel ill.

hatwoman · 11/02/2011 20:17

as long as they go through the dishwasher I can't see the problem. and it shouldn;t be a disciplinary issue - if done right.

cumfy · 11/02/2011 20:31

What I'm curious about is how many dog-plate-lickers are anti-loobrush.