Dogs and hygiene

Barriehie said:
The crocs!!!

My frontal lobe was vaporized in an accident when I was 15. Neurosurgeon said I couldn't smell. I asked how he knew if what I smelled was a memory or a real smell??? You're it!!! 🤫
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Ahh, that would be funny to see with half their feet hanging off the end. My DH can't fit into my crocs and neither can my son (he's the only kid that lives nearby--one daughter lives in Austin, TX). I know you were just joking, but...
 
TastyReuben said:
Over here, kids share their ice cream cones with Fido. 🍦 🐶 👅
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Really? 🤮
A naughty dog might whip in and get an ice cream off a toddler but apart from that nope.
Dogs are (as in America) very much loved here.
A lot of Brits (I’d put money on the vast majority of them) love their dogs more than any of their relatives and here it’s absolutely fine to say that.
Most husbands know they’re below the dog in their wife’s eyes, or vice versa, it’s often freely admitted and that’s ok 😂

But they are regardless of all that love and adoration considered fairly filthy animals. If you pet a dog you must remember to wash your hands after and certainly before you touch any food, sharing an ice cream would be totally out of the question and even small children know not to do that.

I think we have grown up over informed about toxocariasis.
A lot of people might not know the name but most people know - dogs can have worms that make you go blind. It’s in their poo and they lick their bums so you mustn’t let them lick you.
Leaving a dog poo somewhere is such a high offence now some areas have wardens that wear body cams to catch offenders who don’t pick up their dogs poo!

I find it so strange when I go to Spain and they don’t share our mania for picking up dog poo. You have to look down when you walk in Spain!
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
Dogs are (as in America) very much loved here.
A lot of Brits (I’d put money on the vast majority of them) love their dogs more than any of their relatives and here it’s absolutely fine to say that.
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Here’s a funny thing - when we lived there (and this is true also among many of MrsT’s travel clients now)…many of the other Americans thought the Brits were…rather dirty with their dog habits, based purely on letting dogs in pubs.

Mind you, some of them had dogs at home in their kitchens, but never let logic get in the way of some good ol’ outrage! :laugh:
 
TastyReuben said:
Here’s a funny thing - when we lived there (and this is true also among many of MrsT’s travel clients now)…many of the other Americans thought the Brits were…rather dirty with their dog habits, based purely on letting dogs in pubs.

Mind you, some of them had dogs at home in their kitchens, but never let logic get in the way of some good ol’ outrage! :laugh:
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I've seen people bring their small dogs into the grocery store and put them in the top where small children sit. I am thankful for the sanitizer wipes at the entrance (baby's diaper clad burns are enough reason alone).
 
TastyReuben said:
Here’s a funny thing - when we lived there (and this is true also among many of MrsT’s travel clients now)…many of the other Americans thought the Brits were…rather dirty with their dog habits, based purely on letting dogs in pubs.

Mind you, some of them had dogs at home in their kitchens, but never let logic get in the way of some good ol’ outrage! :laugh:
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The same people who let a dog lick their face and share an ice cream perchance? 😂

So tell me (and I can guess the answer) America never suffered from the public health messages that dogs can have worms that make you go blind?
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
So tell me (and I can guess the answer) America never suffered from the public health messages that dogs can have worms that make you go blind?
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We generally fall into the, “Yeah, yeah, everything’ll kill ya, we know…” :laugh:

I’ll point out, though, we don’t have a population of wormy, blind kids, so there’s the practical side to it, too - “Ya feelin’ lucky, kid?”

In all seriousness, we’re not all over here sharing ice cream with our dogs and kissing them, it’s mainly kids, and parents will look over and say, “Hey, don’t do that! That’s disgusting!” - then they’ll turn back around and say, “Whaddya gonna do, kids will be kids!”
 
JAS_OH1 said:
I've seen people bring their small dogs into the grocery store and put them in the top where small children sit. I am thankful for the sanitizer wipes at the entrance (baby's diaper clad burns are enough reason alone).
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Pippi has her own doggy carriage for everyone's safety...
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I need some clear plastic for something and found what I was looking for but the advert playing on the page has stopped me in my tracks!
Maybe there are cultural differences at play here but a little boy is making dough, the dog gets his paws on the table and licks it up, after which he feeds him some dough that the dog licks off his fingers and he goes straight back to kneading 🤮

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No video; just a pic. Also have to enter a valid UK postal code.
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
I need some clear plastic for something and found what I was looking for but the advert playing on this page has stopped me in my tracks!
Maybe there are cultural differences at play here but a little boy is making dough, the dog gets his paws on the table and licks it up, after which he feeds him some dough that the dog licks off his fingers and he goes straight back to kneading 🤮

Hope you get the same ad when you click on the link. You may as it’s for another plastic table covering, then again algorithms sometimes work in mysterious ways.

Amazon.co.uk
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