A dog lick can kill you
This Is Why You Should Never Let A Dog Lick Your Mouth (And Maybe Not Even Your Face)
Those kisses can carry some serious diseases.
Tricia Goss TRICIA GOSS ?1 YEAR AGO
Nobody loves you quite the way your dog does. Whether you have been gone on an extended trip or simply walked out to check the mail, your pooch is always excited to see you and ready to slather you with doggy kisses.
There?s no harm in letting your pup lick your mouth and face or even giving him smooches in return, right? After all, they say a dog?s mouth is cleaner than a human?s.
It turns out that old adage may be far from the truth. Although studies have shown that dog saliva may have slight antibacterial properties, which can aid in healing their own wounds and grooming puppies, other research confirms that you can contract numerous diseases from your beloved pet. Here are some of the nasty ailments you could catch from your four-legged furry friend that you?ll want to know about before deciding whether canine kisses are OK.
Salmonellosis
You knew you could get salmonella from eggs, meat or poultry, but did you know it could come from your dog? Salmonellosis is a bacterial infection that dogs can pass to people. It can cause fever, diarrhea, vomiting and more.
Capnocytophaga Canimorsus
This bacteria commonly found in a dog?s mouth has a reputation for causing dog bites to become infected. However, even a kiss can be dangerous. An elderly English woman became deathly ill because of it after her dog licked her.
Campylobacteriosis
Puppies are often a source of infection for this disease, which causes painful gastrointestinal issues. Dogs may even carry the organism that brings on the illness without showing signs of it themselves.
Canine Brucellosis
Although this one is actually a canine venereal disease, it is a zoonotic bacterial disease, which means it can be spread from animals to humans. People typically contract it while helping an infected dog deliver pups, but a person can become infected if the bacteria comes in contact with a cut or wound, as well.
Leptospirosis
This bacterial infection can cause a number of potentially fatal symptoms in dogs, and since it is zoonotic, people can catch it from them as well. Children are especially vulnerable to the disease, which can range from mild to severe in humans.
With proper hygiene, adequate veterinary care and common sense, you probably won?t catch any killer diseases from your pet. However, you still may want to avoid those full-on smacker smooches.
Those kisses can carry some serious diseases.
Tricia Goss TRICIA GOSS ?1 YEAR AGO
Nobody loves you quite the way your dog does. Whether you have been gone on an extended trip or simply walked out to check the mail, your pooch is always excited to see you and ready to slather you with doggy kisses.
There?s no harm in letting your pup lick your mouth and face or even giving him smooches in return, right? After all, they say a dog?s mouth is cleaner than a human?s.
It turns out that old adage may be far from the truth. Although studies have shown that dog saliva may have slight antibacterial properties, which can aid in healing their own wounds and grooming puppies, other research confirms that you can contract numerous diseases from your beloved pet. Here are some of the nasty ailments you could catch from your four-legged furry friend that you?ll want to know about before deciding whether canine kisses are OK.
Salmonellosis
You knew you could get salmonella from eggs, meat or poultry, but did you know it could come from your dog? Salmonellosis is a bacterial infection that dogs can pass to people. It can cause fever, diarrhea, vomiting and more.
Capnocytophaga Canimorsus
This bacteria commonly found in a dog?s mouth has a reputation for causing dog bites to become infected. However, even a kiss can be dangerous. An elderly English woman became deathly ill because of it after her dog licked her.
Campylobacteriosis
Puppies are often a source of infection for this disease, which causes painful gastrointestinal issues. Dogs may even carry the organism that brings on the illness without showing signs of it themselves.
Canine Brucellosis
Although this one is actually a canine venereal disease, it is a zoonotic bacterial disease, which means it can be spread from animals to humans. People typically contract it while helping an infected dog deliver pups, but a person can become infected if the bacteria comes in contact with a cut or wound, as well.
Leptospirosis
This bacterial infection can cause a number of potentially fatal symptoms in dogs, and since it is zoonotic, people can catch it from them as well. Children are especially vulnerable to the disease, which can range from mild to severe in humans.
With proper hygiene, adequate veterinary care and common sense, you probably won?t catch any killer diseases from your pet. However, you still may want to avoid those full-on smacker smooches.
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I would be long dead if that was the rule. 0 -
Yep. Besides, something?s got to kill you. You can?t die of nothing. 0 -
this was never a problem in pre-60s America, but since then i can see that it might be. and its our fault. we as a culture have been on a Anti-germ crusade that our bodies have been cleansed of the valuable antibodies that we had created against germs, we are now suseptible to every germ'de'jour. we have medicines for this bug, and that ailment, sprays and soaps to disinfect everything 20 times over. all which our very own bodies had made tolerable for free. the germs seldom change their spots, but our bodies have. 0 -
Bologna 0 -
discusdad is spot on. 0 -
select-fire wrote:Bologna
Information is power.
Cats can kill you too.
Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is a single-celled parasitic organism that can infect most animals and birds. Because T. gondii infectious organisms are excreted only in cat feces, wild and domestic cats are the parasite's ultimate host.
Although you can't "catch" toxoplasmosis from an infected child or adult, you can become infected if you:
Come into contact with cat feces that contain the parasite. You may accidentally ingest the parasites if you touch your mouth after gardening, cleaning a litter box or touching anything that has come in contact with infected cat feces. Cats who hunt or who are fed raw meat are most likely to harbor T. gondii.0 -
Heard about the cat's lick and a promise. This news will be disturbing to my wife... 0 -
Quick&Dead wrote:select-fire wrote:Bologna
Information is power.
Cats can kill you too.
Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is a single-celled parasitic organism that can infect most animals and birds. Because T. gondii infectious organisms are excreted only in cat feces, wild and domestic cats are the parasite's ultimate host.
Although you can't "catch" toxoplasmosis from an infected child or adult, you can become infected if you:
Come into contact with cat feces that contain the parasite. You may accidentally ingest the parasites if you touch your mouth after gardening, cleaning a litter box or touching anything that has come in contact with infected cat feces. Cats who hunt or who are fed raw meat are most likely to harbor T. gondii.
We don't do Cats. I in fact dislike them.0 -
If that was true I would have died 20 years ago. 0 -
OMG, I'm probably Terminal. :roll: 0 -
For the dog people going over the edge, the key word is "CAN" ~ there is no statement that it WILL!
Common sense means it COULD HAPPEN ......... not that it WILL HAPPEN.
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Quick&Dead wrote:For the dog people going over the edge, the key word is "CAN" ~ there is no statement that it WILL!
Common sense means it COULD HAPPEN ......... not that it WILL HAPPEN.
Whose thread is it? (Your concern?) Oh, that's right, Nevermind.0 -
just about any thing any time can kill you ( or me )
we have dogs, cats, chickens ,ducks and so on , cats I never trusted completely they crap and then scratch to cover it up and contaminate there paws
now dogs my other concern love to eat cat droppings then want to lick on you ..
I guess thousands of people a day would be dying if not for our immune systems
true story, as a kid the old folks would say if you get cut let the dog lick it it will heal faster ( no I never did ) but I am sure it was not something they just made up and was folk lore for some reason . possible from dogs licking there own wounds and healing up with no human intervention ?0 -
To be fair, walking across the street can get you killed as well and it's probably more likely to happen. I think the info in the OP is just dumb scare-nonsense. 0 -
jimdeere wrote:Yep. Besides, something?s got to kill you. You can?t die of nothing.
So you would have no problem with me shooting you in the head with a .45? Or jumping off a 200-foot cliff?
Not to say that I really buy into the fact that it's all that common to get sick from a dog lick. But I still don't let my dog lick me. A lot of people don't like it, and I don't want any of my guess to be grossed out when they visit me so I just discourage him from licking people completely including myself, that way he doesn't think it's okay to lick everybody0 -
For those who humanize animals, YOU ARE CRAZY.
Letting an animal lick your face is a disgusting show of ignorance. Animals lick their butt's constantly and then you let them lick your face. Why not skip a couple of steps and lick their butt, too?0 -
Mobuck wrote:For those who humanize animals, YOU ARE CRAZY.
Letting an animal lick your face is a disgusting show of ignorance. Animals lick their butt's constantly and then you let them lick your face. Why not skip a couple of steps and lick their butt, too?
SOOOOOOOO. you never engaged in oral sex and taken to big of a bite0 -
Mobuck wrote:For those who humanize animals, YOU ARE CRAZY.
Letting an animal lick your face is a disgusting show of ignorance. Animals lick their butt's constantly and then you let them lick your face. Why not skip a couple of steps and lick their butt, too?
I've educated my Dog to not lick his butt. It tastes too much like Mobuck.0 -
Pffffffffffffffftttttttttttttt. :roll: 0 -
Marc1301 wrote:Pffffffffffffffftttttttttttttt. :roll:
Sshhhh...........................................................the Goat Lovers, are at play here.0 -
I don't know if a lick in the face by a dog could kill you or not but I can't tell you one thing there's not going to be anything lick me in the face that can lick it's own ass! 0 -
Smitty500mag wrote:I don't know if a lick in the face by a dog could kill you or not but I can't tell you one thing there's not going to be anything lick me in the face that can lick it's own ass!
Ohh, Smitty.
I'm sure you have been Butt Licked in the face before.0 -
Kind a like folks kissing kids. If the kids only knew where them lips has been. 0 -
Really?
A animal that licks it's ass hole and other parts in the area then licks and slobers on a human, especially a baby's face might be unhealthy.
As Gomer says, well gall leee!!!!!!!!gosh.0 -
Mobuck wrote:For those who humanize animals, YOU ARE CRAZY.
Letting an animal lick your face is a disgusting show of ignorance. Animals lick their butt's constantly and then you let them lick your face. Why not skip a couple of steps and lick their butt, too?
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You Anti-Dog posters are too funny. :roll:
Carry on.0 -
KenK/84Bravo wrote:Quick&Dead wrote:For the dog people going over the edge, the key word is "CAN" ~ there is no statement that it WILL!
Common sense means it COULD HAPPEN ......... not that it WILL HAPPEN.
Whose thread is it? (Your concern?) Oh, that's right, Nevermind.
No concern of mine 'cause I have the information i've shared with others so they are aware too.
I have neither dogs nor cats. :!:
However, I am aware when in the area of others who do.0 -
What a surprise.
You have "neither dogs nor cats."
Your huge loss my Brother.
Your loss.
I am sure, you do not see it that way though. Which is understandable, not owning one or the other.
As said before,
Your Loss.0 -
Barzillia wrote:discusdad wrote:this was never a problem in pre-60s America, but since then i can see that it might be. and its our fault. we as a culture have been on a Anti-germ crusade that our bodies have been cleansed of the valuable antibodies that we had created against germs, we are now suseptible to every germ'de'jour. we have medicines for this bug, and that ailment, sprays and soaps to disinfect everything 20 times over. all which our very own bodies had made tolerable for free. the germs seldom change their spots, but our bodies have.
Ummmmmmmmm.....no.
Antibiotics do not change your body, nor do they reduce your antibodies.
To suggest that pre-60's America had no problems with infectious disease is patent nonsense.
"Its not what you don't know, but what you know that ain't so, that is the problem." Josh Billings
Yeah that's why we have super bugs now with the logic you spill out here! Just hope your endoscope probe does not find one on it! It's a death sentence.
serf0 -
A good solid Kick in the Ass, could probably Kill you also.
Just saying.0
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