Sure, why not?
Posted on 07/11/2018 7:02:46 AM PDT by C19fan
Dog licks have been considered medically beneficial to humans for millennia. In ancient Egypt, dogs were used in healing practices since they believed that dog licks help heal injury or cure disease. Fijian fishermen also allowed their dogs to lick their wounds. And the French have a saying, “langue de chien, langue de médecin” which translates to “a dog’s tongue, a doctor’s tongue.”
It is also a common belief that it is beneficial for us to lick our wounds because the mouth is home to an abundance of disinfectants or antimicrobial compounds. And in fact, this common belief does have some truth to it. Wounds heal faster in the oral cavity than on the skin and research has shown that when human saliva is placed onto a wound, it heals more quickly. In addition to water and mucus, human saliva contains enzymes and antimicrobial compounds that ward off infections, and histatins that speed up would healing by promoting the migration of new skin cells to the wound site.
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Before or after they raid the litter box? Cap’n Crunch bars!
Neither of them eat their poop.
Although I did have a Shepherd who passed in 2013 who was bit of a poop eater earlier in his life. He also licked me on the face, on the lips etc. I love that dog, I would not turn down a kiss from him.
I got a buddy named Gunner. He’s a 2 year old 90 lbs male. Magnificent Shepherd, head the size of a Grizzly Bear. Gunner will lick the pee of my girl dogs when they pee in his yard. After he licks their pee, he pees on the spot where it was.
Gunner kisses me on the face all the time, although not directly after he licks pee if I can help it or I know about it.
It’s one of the benefits of being a dog lover. Wouldn’t trade it for anything in this world.
Yep, same.
Tonight we are eating Sockeye Salmon. They will split a filet and have it on their own plate, which are also my plates, and then they will lick my plate clean as well.
A dog bite can transmit infection, just as a human bite can.
On their own, dogs will lick their wounds endlessly until they heal.
I love when jokes work with just the punchline... even if you never heard the joke.
I love dogs, don’t get me wrong, but we had a border collie mix when we were kids, she would slip you the tongue when she could if you weren’t careful. Bleh! LOL!
“The cone of shame”
If you have a Pitt Bull ,I wouldn’t . First lick is to taste you the second is to eat your face.
My wife's sister comes up from California and spends a week or two with us every year or so. She has poor personal hygiene; does not pick up after herself with us or at home, has bad habits and seems to always be complaining about symptoms from type of contagious illness. We frequently come down with a cold or feel under the weather ourselves within a few days of her arrival. This is not to mention that she has half a dozen cats and seems to bring their fleas with her.
So, I don't mind when my wife lets our wiener dog lick something off of her spoon. But I get concerned when she shares silverware food and drinks with her sister. The article says “Only 16.4 percent of the microbes identified are shared between dogs and humans.” The same no doubt goes for most of the bacteria and viruses that make us sick. The fact is you are far less likely to pick up an illness from the dog that you live with than another human that you don't. When ever I see the dog licking her butt and my wife is around, I do point it out and say, “now go give your momma a big lick on the face.”
Sure, why not?
Well at least you had the _____ to tell the whole joke.
lol
That’s a Treeing Walker Coonhound. We have one. Tri-color with blue ticks amongst the white. This breed actually climbs trees. He’s working-dog size, weighing in at 90 and it’s all muscle. He doesn’t lick us, he just “noses” us with his monstrous black nose. He can sniff out a brown rabbit 25 yards away and be on point for it almost instantaneously. He is not allowed inside the house until we have removed every possible temptation from his reach, which is considerable, thanks to his ridiculously long legs and wide webbed paws, which he uses like hands. He is broad-chested and large-headed. When he charges, he can knock an adult down. Amazing speed and strength, with a low center of gravity, like a linebacker. He walks with me on neighborhood watch and is a great deterrent.
As long as you don’t all drink out of the same toilet!
I took in a female Walker a number of years ago, she’d been put out and was running around in traffic, no car sense at all, generally true of the breed as a whole smart as they are about other things cars just don’t register especially on a scent. Made a pet of her and she took to the indoor life like she was born to it. Loved me with all her heart, knew she’d gotten a second chance I think. She was a licker and I’d love to experience it again but she passed suddenly last year, aggressive cancer. Still hurts to think about it. I’ve had many dogs, all my life in fact, but never one who loved me so intensely.
I had a german shepherd who thought the cat litter box was an hors d’oeurves tray.
Nope. We have separate toilets.
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