Dig licking plates before going into dishwasher - ick or not

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Have have hosted a lovely Easter BH Monday for all 7 GC, 3 step children, partners & children. We had an Easter egg hunt in garden, had breakfast in local farm shop & walked my lovely little dog around, petted animals etc.

For context I need to say that DSS & DIL are both British, but live in USA.

After a roast dinner I put the plates & general pots & pans down for the dog to lick. My DIL lost the plot saying that was so unhygienic I assured her that they would be going into the dishwasher on a high temperature - about 90c so would be sterilised. I always let the dog pre-wash my plates as consider it's going into the dishwasher at high temp to be sterilised so no problem.

DIL saying she will never let her children eat at my house again & gone-taken her DH & DC off in an huff.

DH has had a text from his son apologising but saying what can he do as has to support his wife. I totally get that. But....

My question is - is it OK to let dog lick out the plates etc when they are going into dishwasher at a high temp? WWUD?

Utterly disgusting. My mother in law (ex now) used to do it. Vile. Also when the dog got the Christmas joint of meat, she cut the chewed bits off it and served the rest to us, her guests, without mentioning it.

I have a feeling this may have been a ‘straw that broke the camels back’ situation

Oh grow up with the Ick nonsense

I would hesitates to eat anything you had cooked again. It's totally grim.

I have two and have taught them for 23 years .
I have yet to see one able to lick their own bottom.

TBH your dog doesn't 'need' to lick plates. If you're feeding them properly why would they need to lick a plate?

Reading your posts reminds me why I will never buy cakes from 'charity' cakes stalls etc, from people who don't have their premises inspected for hygiene, because I always fear that someone will have allowed their dogs to sniff the baking bowl, lick it out, and it's never thoroughly washed.

Ughh just no..
Yes thru get washed.. but it's the thought and knowing .. worst still seeing it.
Also lots of human food isn't kind to dogs especially gravy.
So think of your dogs health and stomach too.

It does also lead people to wonder what other things you do with food and hygiene they wouldn’t. It’s just a layer of hmmm.

No I put it on overnight at the highest setting as only dishwash every couple of days.

Not a good habit for dog to be used to so much human food and utterly disgusting. Especially in front of guests!

It's absolutely fine. Anyone who objects for hygiene reasons is crazy. What the heck do think is going to happen? Seriously please tell us.

My dog always licks the dish if there are nice surfaces to lick. I then either wash by hand or pop the dish in the dishwasher. I don’t see the difference between that and any other dish. How does she ever eat outside the home if she’s that fussy?

I do this sometimes for my dog.

I did a food science degree, honestly, 99.9% of bacteria will be killed by the washing machine. No one has ever got ill.

It's all germs. And human ones are more likeky to affect other humans.
small kids Dan also poke around their bottom / genitals then touch plates etc

Adult humans can give oral sex then eat, Saliva on the utensils along with traces of other fluids.

From a biological point of view I can't see why dishwasher would wash human germs but not dog ones

Doggy pre-wash here too - we never have to soak stuff or send it round again, the dogs remove the traces of food, the dishwasher removes any traces of dog. Perfect solution.

Don't like it, don't eat at my house.

Oh that's disgusting. And you did it in front of guests who had just eaten off your plates too?! 🤮

its ok, we were all sat here bored and now some of us have something to kick off about.....you have done a public service OP

While I know logically that the dishwasher would clean everything I would still be disgusted seeing someone do this if I was visiting their house

This reminds me of the time I saw a waitress pour a full ashtray onto a dirty plate and said "they're going in the dishwasher anyway". I never went back to that cafe. I wouldn't eat at yours either. Regardless of hygiene, I think some things just shouldn't mix in life. Cutlery and unnecessary germs are one of them.

Their fingers get everywhere. My friend had a little boy, and she would be asking him why his fingers smelt "like bums"... because he was having a fiddle.
Or they stick their fingers up their nose and touch everything.
Kids are gross. Parents get ill from their own kids. You don't get ill from dogs.

Whilst I agree that a 90c wash will kill the dog germs, I don’t understand your surprise that other people find this gross!

90 isn't boiling point so it isn't sterilising.

I mean, hygenically it's fine, as long as the dishes are getting washed properly.

But.... if I were a guest and saw you doing that... it is a bit grim, and it would certainly make me wonder what other grim stuff is going on that I haven't noticed.

You can be absolutely sure

I mean, yes, absolutely...

Have you had small children recently?!

Love them greatly but they are absolute, filthy plague carriers if allowed to have a proper childhood!

This is a great question to ask people to see if they lead with fact and reason or their feelz, in my view. Forewarned is forearmed!