Dog germs may be good for you

U-T SanDiego.com ^ | March 17, 2015 | Bradley J. Fikes

[Daffynition]

When Fido drags his saliva-drenched tongue across your face, man's best friend may be doing you a microbial favor as well as showing affection.

People are being recruited for a study of whether living with a canine improves the human microbiome. The study is led by University of Arizona researchers along with other universities, including UC San Diego.

"We essentially want to find out, is a dog acting like yogurt in having a probiotic effect?" said Kim Kelly, one of the study leaders, in a press release. Kelly is also a principal research specialist at the University of Arizona in the Department of Psychiatry and program coordinator for the Human-Animal Interaction Research Initiative.

[Salamander]

Gah!

[Salamander]

I’ll be sorry I asked...what does that taste like?

[Salamander]

Pretty sure the dog feels quite safe, there.

[Salamander]

The local “yutes” who cruise the WalMart strip mall with their Pits have actually picked up their dogs and run when we’re out for a PetSmart trip.

Some guy at a red light with a Pit looked up at the Yukon window and saw Odin, looking down.

He screamed, grabbed his dog and ran into the alley.

We part them like the Red Sea.

Love it to death.

:)

[Salamander]

Odin and Seven

[Salamander]

[Salamander]

o.O

[Salamander]

Did he die?

/s

:)

[Salamander]

[Salamander]

Same thing happened to Lazarus.

As Lazarus lay there longing for scraps from the rich man’s table, the dogs would come and lick his open sores

[Salamander]

Dogs *and* snakes?

I’m immortal!

:D

[Slyfox]

Good point. Yeah, no one has found a dog to be the source of an e coli breakout.

[dfwgator]

“Ugh! I’ve been kissed by a dog! I have dog germs! Get hot water! Get some disinfectant! Get some Iodine!”

[golux]

I spent my childhood on a farm kissing horses, dogs (8), cows, and just about every other living thing you can imagine. I get sick with a cold maybe once every few years.