is it wrong to kiss my dog on the mouth ?? my husband says i can get a disease from her is it true ?

Answer 1

I would go frenching the dog, but kisses are fine. Dogs carry less germs than humans do. If anything, I'd be more worried about the dog catching a cold from you, not vice versa!

My grandma's friend used to let her dog drink out of the same glass as her, which squicked me out, but both the woman and the dog were perfectly healthy.

Answer 2

Well first off that first answer was just stupid. It is a complete myth that dogs have cleaner mouths than people and anybody who believes so is ignorant and probably believes you can get warts from toads too. I suppose you could catch salmonilla or rabies from your dog if it had either of those but chances are you dog is healthy so you wont catch a disease. It is a bit gross though since they are discriminatory about what they lick and i cant say i would want to kiss a girl right after frenching her dog.

Answer 3

It isn't likely that you would get a disease, but if it bothers your husband perhaps you should just kiss your dog on the top of the head and avoid the mouth. While it is obvious that you love your pets, your husband should be 'top dog.' If you love him you should respect the fact that he is uncomfortable with you kissing your dog on the mouth. Getting licked on the cheek is one thing but it is a fact that dogs will put a lot of things in their mouth that we would not and that image is probably in your husbands head when he kisses you.

Answer 4

Usually, you will not get a disease from kissing your dog on the mouth. The exception would be if your dog had worms, THEN you might get them, too. Personally, I think your husband is jealous that you are kissing the dog and not him.

Answer 5

Technically yes you can but the odds of it are very low. This is because generally the diseases that affect them will not affect us. This being said, if your dog is on a raw diet, you can get salmonella and e. coli from them. If they have access to the litter box or a part of the yard where cats frequently 'visit' you will be getting all the bacteria from the feces. I personally don't like dogs licking faces but that is my own preference. If your husband doesn't like it I have a couple of solutions. One is to just wash your face before kissing him. The other is to brush your dog's teeth daily with a doggie tooth paste. It is fairly cheap (about three dollars a tube) and easy to get. Wal-Mart has it as do most pet stores. They get used to it fairly easily. I have five dogs and all come to me every morning after their breakfast for their teeth to get brushed. They never have any gum irritation and have EXTREMELY white clean teeth. We need our teeth brushed regularly and so do our pets. Look at it this way, what is cheaper? A three hundred dollar dental cleaning at the vet's office or about ten dollars in doggie toothpaste a year?

Answer 6

aside from the bird flu, diseases are usually species specific, as in no you won't get a disease from the dog. (Ringworm is not a disease, folks..) If he's bothered by it, have the dog's teeth cleaned at the dentist (day long procedure) and use a water supplement for the breath which should take care of bacteria in the mouth.

Answer 7

A dogs mouth is actually cleaner than a humans. My dog licks my brother on the mouth all the time and he hasn't gotten sick from it. Hope it helps. Good luck.

Answer 8

You know I have kissed my dog on his nose for about 14 years and we have both been just fine..the human mouth has so many more germs than a dog it's amazing..of course my dog is better cared for than most humans..its a matter of choice...

Answer 9

a question back: Do you mean let her lick you, or do you mean a smooch on the lips, say? I'm not into dogs that lick the face, but I kiss my dog DAILY about 30x at least. This is on the muzzle mostly, but occasionally on his black lips. Dry kisses only. But really! If you got sick or even died from kissing your dog, I can think of worse things.

Answer 10

no i dont think so. in fact a dogs mouth is cleaner than a human's. i was debated about this by a girl who said that instead of a dog's mouth being cleaner, it actually has enzymes that prevent germs from making it dirty, and stops the gum disease, GINGIVITIS.