I let Scout, our German Shepard, in a minute ago and as usual, when she strolled past me she gave my dangling hand a big, wet, slobbery lick. She enjoys giving kisses. Don’t bend over to tie up your shoes with her around, she’ll lick your head, or if she can find a way, better yet, she will lick your face!
Big dogs have big tongues!
With so much talk of kisses, maybe this post is suitable for Valentine’s Day after all?
That’s not what her slobbery kiss reminded me of this morning though.
It reminded me of an article I read recently disputing feeding dogs raw.
In the article it mentioned how unsanitary and unsafe it is for a dog to eat raw, then lick their humans. I didn’t think much about that. We’ve been feeding raw for 14 years now, and not a single one of us 7 have gotten sick from a dog kiss. We have 6 dogs now. All of which have spent most of their winter days and nights in the house due to the prairie cold. We can’t really avoid slobbery kisses around here!
But as Scout came in this morning, after spending an hour or so outside busily chewing away on fresh buffalo bones, and then came in and gave me that big wet kiss on the hand… I remembered that article and it suddenly dawned on me how silly that argument had been.
Does the author have dogs?
If so… do they know how their dogs stay clean? Especially in… certain…’regions’ of their bodies?
Last I heard, fecal matter isn’t so sanitary. lol
But who could resist kisses from the overflow of cuteness around here!
haha! Good point! I didn’t know you had 6 dogs now…that’s a lot of doggie love! 🙂 Holly
Yup! We have Scout the GS, our two old shelties Shiloh & Levi, Bentley the corgi/chihuahua mix, Jasper the Papillon, and tiny Teagan.
Love it. We have one gorgeous Bernese/Shepherd mix and one cool cat and they have both been fed raw for several years. They have beautiful fur, healthy skin, great teeth and never get sick. I swear even the cat’s litter box doesn’t stink, haha, but maybe that’s because he prefers the woods and only uses it when he’s locked in.