To eat food my dog has got her teeth into

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I dropped a packet of sauce/paste on the floor. It’s a thick plastic packet.

My dog picked it up and ran off with it. By the time I chased her down and wrangled the packet out of her mouth, her teeth had made a small piercing in the packet (one or two piercings, but very tiny as she’s got very small teeth).

AIBU to use the sauce inside, or would you bin it and consider it too safe/unhygienic?

In all honesty I’d bin it. Dogs mouths are germ factories and I don’t think I would take the chance. Sorry.

Absolutely I’d use it, it’s a sauce so I assume it’ll be cooked and piping hot when served. Can’t see an issue personally.

I don’t think it’s that gross but could be dodgy. If that makes sense. So I wouldn’t eat it

Use it. I've shared an ice lolly with my dog 🤷‍♂️

Blitz it, you'll be fine.

I think it's fine if you cook until piping hot.

I would use it, it's going to be heated up pretty hot.

But then I would share an icecream/ice lolly with my dog too!

By “share an ice lolly with dog” do you mean you’ve given your dog what’s left of yours - or you and dog have had it in turns to lick the same lolly? So dog licks lolly - and then you lick the lolly too? Just wanted to check what exactly you meant by this

To clarify - this won’t be heated! It’s a sweet fruit sauce that would go over a chilled dessert/pudding.

Meh, still use it.

I'd use it, I'm also a firm believer in the 5 second rule.
Now I'm off to hide before the masses freak out.

I’d use it

No way would I use it, do you know how much bacteria us on your dogs gnashers? That bacteria will be multiplying inside the sauce. Bin

To the woman who's shared an ice lolly with her dog 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

Human mouths are dirtier than dog mouths. If you are unlucky enough to get bitten by a human you're much more likely to develop an infection.

So on the basis that I've used my teeth to get into sauce packets before, I'd probably use it.

Why am I laughing so hard at this?

I'd throw it away mainly because dogs lick their own arses.

Having had multiple dogs for many years that I share all sorts with, I wouldn’t give it a thought. I can say in absolute certainty, my dogs have never made me ill!

Some people have dogs luck their faces and eat off humans plates I guess if that's you eat it.

@SittingNextToIt

Icecreams - for those who lick with little licks and a pretty dry tongue - yep, one lick for you, one for me (but one is really all they get).

For those who bite or have drippy wet tongues, no, I scrape a bit off.

Ice lollies actually id save a bit or bite a bit off as its more likely to freeze their spit onto my icelolly.

With icecreams I figure what their tongue has touched, is now in their mouth, not still on my icelolly.

I did once have a huge row with one of my dogs, he swiped a slice of cold pizza and it was the last slice and the only food I had in at the time... Took it out of his mouth (he had the pointy end bit), cut off the bite marks and ate the rest myself whilst he looked HORRIFIED that I had broken all the rules of dogdom and theivery. I may have told him to go fuck himself too. They were dark times. (He did have dog food available!! and he certainly wasn't sharing that...)

If you're feeding other people, bin it. If it's just yourself, do what you want.

Bin it.

Bin. My vet told me that they'd encountered people who had apparently got helicobacter pylori from their dogs.

Ugh, I'd have to bin it.

I'd eat it because you've probably got the same amount of germs from picking up a toy she's played with

Having just watched my dog lick his bum and then move on to give his privates a good tonguing I would respectfully disagree !!

I would eat it, probably won't feed it to anyone outside the immediate family.