Posted on 01/12/2014 7:12:00 PM PST by Slings and Arrows
There's a controversy in veterinary medicine that divides the profession, and it's over something that many pet owners never give a second thought: kissing your pets. As you might imagine, I have some thoughts on this topic. Because, yes, I kiss my pets, and yes, I know I probably shouldn't.
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But back to the risks. Shortly after the study about the transfer of oral bacteria from pets to people came out, I talked with Dr. Richard E. Besser, a pediatrician and the former acting head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the current ABC News chief health and medical editor.
"What do you think about this, Dr. Becker?" he asked me, to which I replied, "When's the last time you ever heard or read of a veterinarian dying of a zoonotic disease or having no teeth from dental disease?"
"Exactly," replied Dr. Besser. "I'm still kissing my dogs!"
And so am I.
(Excerpt) Read more at shine.yahoo.com ...
You asked me to stop sending you pictures of dead snakes now I am asking you not to send me pictures of live snakes.
My motto is “the only good snake is a dead snake!” I live by those words.
That looks a lot like my Apple kitty. Except she prefers the left shoulder.
Cats do the same with their kittens; apparently when the kittens are really young licking their rear ends stimulates them to go and they won’t do it on their own. So, no thanks, they’ll just have to settle for head rubs.
And the where also depends on how recently your pet cleaned his butt...
“Pucker up, buttercup.”
Definitely not! I know where those doggie tongues have been and also what they have eaten in the yard. I love my dogs dearly, but let’s face it, dogs are pretty gross. They are animals, they are what they are. They can lick my hand or neck, but not my mouth.
Gefn gets the credit for finding them; I just have good taste in theft.
LOL
Thank you, Gefn...just love 'em. How are you doing, friend?
Depends. If THEY initiate tongue, it's probably okay, but if YOU initiate tongue, you might get slapped and called "fresh!".
as long as my dogs are still able to lick their own butts, they’ll have to settle for the pat on the head.
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I don’t think French kissing is what the article has in mind.
One of our cats just pitched a sneezing fit in my wifes face this morning...she ran to the bathroom screaming Cat, snot, cat snot! Beats the alarm clock, I guess.
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How hard did you laugh, and how hard did you then get smacked?
Laughed as hard as I do when she steps in a warm combo of hairball and barf barefoot...I told her to wear slippers. Smacked? Never.
The 'gnaw your arm off' types..?
The Master has spoken.
I’m ok. Will PM you.
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