Doggie licks

Lol. I don't let my dog lick my food at all. She occasionally sneaks in a lick on the lips if I'm not careful. I too have heard that dogs saliva is an antiseptic but i'll just stick with other medicines.

ooooh I don't believe it is a good thing to let your dog lick you but I did have a friend who told me when she was young she used to let her dog lick her face to get rid of her acne...yuk, I guess there could be truth to the saying cats and dogs have antiseptic saliva but i will give it a miss I think....

I love kisses from my dog. I don't think there's anything wrong with them. I also don't mind sharing food with my dog. He loves to take a lick of an ice cream cone or a bite of a sandwich. My son shared numerous ice creams and popsicles with him this summer and it was so cute. He's even done the Lady and the Tramp spaghetti thing with the dog a few times.

I don't see anything wrong in allowing my dog to lick me and give me kisses as long as I know he hasn't been 'cleaning himself' or something, and he's always following me around so I know what he is up to. I do share my food with him too, but only after I'm done eating or on his own plate. I wouldn't eat icecream after he has started licking it so he gets the last of it instead.

LOL YUCK! Can you tell which one I belong too? I have heard their mouths are rather clean, from an old friend who used to let her dog lick just about anything she had in her hand, the dishes, her mouth, face, feet......I could go on and on. I was so disturbed by this. lol I guess this is where the old saying about a dog licking his wounds come from, I cant remember the exact phrase now as luck would have it. Bay Lay Gray xx

Dogs mouths do have more enzymes in there then human mouths, meaning there mouths are cleaner. However I'm not down with letting my dog, who loves to "clean himself" constantly go anywhere near my food. And I have to agree with you about the litter box, my dog does that all the time, I can't see how he enjoys a mouth full of cat poop... YUM

Dog's tongues are not clean! I think that is a common misconception. Look at all the stuff they will put in their mouths! They can carry giardia, salmonella, E. coli and other bacteria and pass them on to humans. I don't mind if my dog gives me a small lick on the face, but that's it! I don't let them lick my infant grandchildren, although when my granddaughter was a toddler she thought it was hilarious when the dog licked her in the mouth! Yuck! I had to discourage her from doing that.

i think its utterly disgusting. there was a show on awhile back about dog that constantly ate its poop. when the family was gone, it would try and get things off the counter. they put a video camera and they saw him licking the counters...they did a test and found ecoli everywhere! it was because he was eating his poop and then licking the counters and spreading the ecoli! how disgusting!!!! they were often sick too...wonder why!!! i would NEVER let my dog lick me in the face or share my food. that is so nasty.

I don't let all the dogs lick me - just mine which I know is a very clean dog and doesn't do any of the horrible things you mentioned! I hate it when I'm enjoying my ice-cream and she sticks her nose in but if it's really good I continue eating. However if I'm eating and want to give her any leftovers I dont put it on the floor, like others do, but give her from my plate and then wash it.

My dog licks me, but never my lips. Scientists have proved (and I want to know why they wasted their time) that dog's tongues are cleaner than a human tongue. Well, some might say, a human doesn't lick us. Well, what do they call French kissing?

I doubt if doggie's saliva actually works as antiseptic. Licking a human being is OK, but sharing food with a dog...I think...is not good.

Well I don't have doggie licks but kitty ones..LOL...and no don't mind if they lick my face or give a nibble/lick of my food--hey they're my kids--I'm by no means a germphobic

There is no way that I will let a dog lick my food and then eat it. I will share my food but it goes in his dish. Our dog loves to lick faces and noses and I noticed that we've all been sick more since he came. I instituted a no lick policy and we haven't been sick since. So for his mouth being cleaner I don't agree at all. Honestly when I see the pink tongue coming toward my face I want to run in the other direction. We had such horrible illnesses when he was allowed to lick us and there is no way that I will let him do it anymore. I'd rather be healthy. I have a friend who shares every bite of her food with her dogs. She will take a lick of an ice cream cone then let multiple dogs lick it and then lick it again herself. I just can't do that. I know it's her choice but I would rather have bamboo under my fingernails than let a dog do that. YUCK!!!! Sorry I know some people think otherwise but from the recent experiences we've had this is where I stand on this one.

I allow my dog to lick me. Of course, I have my no-go areas (my mouth and food). The theory that dogs' lick heal wounds is true, though I am yet to find any scientific prove to that (I've experienced the healing powers of dogs' licks several times, though).

well .i dont let ma doggie lick me .. or ma food . coz i dont have a pet dog :D lol .. well . if i had a pet dog . then i would have let him lick me . but not ma food or ice creams .. :) :) ..

I am definately in the same boat as you. I cannot stand for a dog to lick me in any fashion anywhere, and licking my food is definately out of the question. They lick their butts, bite at itches, drink out of the toilet, chew on everything, EWW!!! I am not a dog owner, but if I was that dog would be trained to keep his tongue to himself and his belongings!