Anonymous wrote:What? I feed my dogs off our plates sometimes. Sometimes I let them lick my plate. Sometimes I even (gasp) feed them off my fork. If this is horrifying feel free to think I’m a freak but it has literally never occurred to me to worry about it.
Anonymous wrote:Microbiologist here.
1. Pets can use human utensils, as long as the dishwasher cleans your dishes well enough and runs rather hot water. It also depends on the pet and what they might be exposed to: an indoor bird is unlikely to carry anything you might catch, a dog, most assuredly so. My dog has eaten off human dishes, but I wash them separately and carefully before putting them back in circulation.
2. Never use dishes/cutlery that your dog has used without washing it thoroughly first, with hot water. You are putting yourself at risk for annoying worm parasites, E coli, any number of other bacterial infections. It’s just not worth it.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I had a friend that when they had finished their coffee, put the cup on the floor so that their dog could finish it off. Whenever the friend offered me a drink I politely declined. Sorry, but I would never knowingly eat or drink off anything that a pet had used to eat or drink from. It seems unsanitary and let's be honest, not a good look.
Okay, but it’s not unsanitary, that’s just your mental illness talking.
Mental illness? No, it's just the way I was raised. The dog had its bowl and we humans had our own plates, bowls, cups etc. Sharing them with the dog was just something we never did.
Do you think something sticks around after they’ve been through the dishwasher? How can you stand to eat at a restaurant then?
I honestly don't think my thinking is out of the ordinary. As far as I know most people don't share their plates and bowls with dogs. If I thought for one minute that restaurants were serving up my food that a dog had eaten off I wouldn't eat there again. I don't know the humans that have eaten off the plates-bowls at a restaurants, but people are generally cleaner than dogs and animals, so I'll take my chances.
What if you were told that once -- just once, in the entire history of all restaurants on the planet -- a fork fell on the floor of the restaurant kitchen.
Mind you, I'm sure this has never happened. All restaurant kitchens in America at least (and certain European countries) are as clean surgical theaters, floors included. I'm always impressed that chefs can spend so long cooking wearing only their pristine indoor slippers.
And yet, imagine -- just imagine! -- that a fork fell on the floor of a restaurant kitchen. Would you ever eat out ever again?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I had a friend that when they had finished their coffee, put the cup on the floor so that their dog could finish it off. Whenever the friend offered me a drink I politely declined. Sorry, but I would never knowingly eat or drink off anything that a pet had used to eat or drink from. It seems unsanitary and let's be honest, not a good look.
Okay, but it’s not unsanitary, that’s just your mental illness talking.
Mental illness? No, it's just the way I was raised. The dog had its bowl and we humans had our own plates, bowls, cups etc. Sharing them with the dog was just something we never did.
Do you think something sticks around after they’ve been through the dishwasher? How can you stand to eat at a restaurant then?
I honestly don't think my thinking is out of the ordinary. As far as I know most people don't share their plates and bowls with dogs. If I thought for one minute that restaurants were serving up my food that a dog had eaten off I wouldn't eat there again. I don't know the humans that have eaten off the plates-bowls at a restaurants, but people are generally cleaner than dogs and animals, so I'll take my chances.
Anonymous wrote:Gross but good for you. Seeing as how they're washed together I guess that if you were short of bowls you would quite happily offer food in a washed dogs bowl to a guest?Anonymous wrote:In my house there are no dog utensils or human utensils. There are just utensils and plates. The dog has her own food bowl but sometimes she eats off regular plates too. They all get washed together and used again by whoever needs them first.
Gross but good for you. Seeing as how they're washed together I guess that if you were short of bowls you would quite happily offer food in a washed dogs bowl to a guest?Anonymous wrote:In my house there are no dog utensils or human utensils. There are just utensils and plates. The dog has her own food bowl but sometimes she eats off regular plates too. They all get washed together and used again by whoever needs them first.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I had a friend that when they had finished their coffee, put the cup on the floor so that their dog could finish it off. Whenever the friend offered me a drink I politely declined. Sorry, but I would never knowingly eat or drink off anything that a pet had used to eat or drink from. It seems unsanitary and let's be honest, not a good look.
Okay, but it’s not unsanitary, that’s just your mental illness talking.
Mental illness? No, it's just the way I was raised. The dog had its bowl and we humans had our own plates, bowls, cups etc. Sharing them with the dog was just something we never did.
Do you think something sticks around after they’ve been through the dishwasher? How can you stand to eat at a restaurant then?