Sure, right after it licks its butt.
I had two dogs who showered many doggy kisses. So naturally, I called them “Whiskey” and “Moonshine.” Ping me if you do not understand the correlation.
No.
A face lick means that the dog recognizes you as the “alpha”, the leader of the pack. That’s a good thing.
There might be some bacteria there, but has there been a case of a dog lick killing someone or making them sick?
The dog licks his butt. He licks his nuts. He licks another dog’s butt. He licks garbage on the ground. He licks where he pees, and licks his own poop.
Then people let dogs kiss them and they say: “A dog’s mouth is cleaner than a human’s!”
Ugh. No thanks.
One of the myriad of reasons I like the 6 generations of German Shorthair Pointers I’ve had is that they do NOT lick!
Note that they are very affectionate dogs. They just prefer to get in close.......
I have my dog gargle with vodka first
Someone once told me that a dog’s lick helps humans build immunity to diseases.
If that’s the case, then, we all should have Komodo dragons as pets.
My dogs lick my face, they eat off my fork, and we have all drank out of the same water bottle.
Those are my babies.
Our Aussie licks nonstop! 24/7.
Dog Germs !!!!!
~SNIP TO END OF JOKE~
FIRST GUY: “I wish I could do that.”
SECOND GUY: “Well you could try. But he might bite you.”
George Washington was known to kiss his Walker Hound, named her Sweetlips.
Good enough for him, good enough for me.
And the French have a saying, “langue de chien, langue de médecin” which translates to “a dog’s tongue, a doctor’s tongue.”
Our dogs lick my legs. Probably for the salt, but also “licking” by canines is a loving/respectful action. It has meaning for them.
I let them do it. If I didn’t, it would be as if your wife/husband, girlfriend/boyfriend, went to kiss you and you turned away on purpose.
I nuzzle them as well. Something they do to me and each other, another canine thing.
not on purpose! My golden gets in some licks though.
One of my college professors was attacked by sled dogs when she was 5 years old. They mauled her all over and even bit her nose off. She wrote that the doctor’s biggest concern was infection because a dog’s mouth is one of the dirtiest places on earth.
Before or after they raid the litter box? Cap’n Crunch bars!