I was just letting my dog lick my face and my dad was disgusted. I told him that they have bactieria killing stuff in their mouths, but he looked at me like I was crazy. Arent their mouths cleaner than ours? Any information you have about how clean or dirty their mouths are would be pretty helpful. Thanks.
2007-02-21 07:37:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
Do this little test and you will know.
Get a few drops of the dogs saliva and get a few drops of your own. Drop one drop of hydrogen peroxide in each and see whos froths the most.
2007-02-21 07:43:28 · answer #1 · answered by bluebonnetgranny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People often become quite ill and even die from dog bites. If a dog's mouth is sterile, how could it transmit rabies, tetanus, pasteurella or any of the other types of infection associated with dog bites?
The precise question was: Is a dog's mouth cleaner than a human's? The answer to that is no, too, and basically for the reasons above. As we all know, dogs aren't particularly fussy about where they put their tongues or what goes into their mouths.
"A dog's mouth contains a lot of bacteria," says Dr. Gary "Ask the Vet" Clemons. "Remember, a dog's tongue is not only his wash cloth but also his toilet paper."
Not only accurate, but delicately put!
So, where did the notion that a dog's mouth is cleaner than a human's come from? Doctors, evidently. It has long been noted in the medical literature that human bites are more likely to become infected than those of other mammals, including dogs. Statistics to that effect were published in journals and repeated by medical professionals, and folk wisdom took off from there.
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/dogs/a/dog_breath.htm
Note: the reason that human bites become so infected, is not because of the bacteria as much as it is from the different blood or body fluids type of the person who bit, and the victim's body going through the strong rejection of the other's dna..much as in getting the wrong organ transplant..
2007-02-21 07:45:42 · answer #2 · answered by Chetco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They did a new study and found that a dogs mouth is NOT cleaner than ours and that they have traces of E-coli in their mouths... I would not let them lick your face or any wounds or anything like that if I were you =)
2007-02-21 07:42:21 · answer #3 · answered by csmutz2001 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've heard of the same thing when i was taking a course in college. my biology teacher told me that if i had a cut to have the dog lick it. something about the dog's saliva has a bacteria that can help wounds heal faster.
i'm not one to test it since i have skin irriations already.
2007-02-21 07:54:00 · answer #4 · answered by hydez2002 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did your room mate inform you that? that's the main ridiculous issues that i've got ever heard and sounds like an previous Wive's tale to me. i do no longer blame you for procuring your person paper plates.
2017-01-03 03:41:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes that is true, guess he dostn care for dogs too much
2007-02-21 09:50:40 · answer #6 · answered by cav 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋