Well, I guess anything could happen in theory. No cases have been reported though. Technically, anything food can have salmonella, kibble is no exception! Only because a dog eats kibble, does not mean that his mouth or poop is sterile or sanitary for that matter. Dogs are licking their privates when we may not be aware of it then go over and kiss them. Nobody in my family has ever gotten sick from our dogs licking us and I haven't heard of anybody getting sick from prey model fed dogs. After my dogs are done eating, sometimes there are meat remnants around the mouth and feet so I baby wipe them. I'm not french kissing any animals so I personally am not worried about it. If my dogs feel like planting one on me after feeding, I let them! After all, I have an immune system, too. LOL
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Originally Posted by tjdmom  This is what we've been doing....
In the morning, I give Zoe (yorkie) a small meal. Sometimes it's a gizzard or two, or a heart, or liver or just plain chicken that I have cut off of a boneless breast from our dinner (before I cooked it of course). This makes it a quick meal and not much for me to do and I'm able to have the time to watch her eat since that doesn't take near as long as when a bone is involved. Sometimes I give Sasha(the collie) the same but she's not a big morning eater and by the way, does not like liver at all. At dinner time, they both get something with bone in it and a bigger meal for both. Mostly that has been chicken but I have had 4 or 5 days of pork but after the first day of Sasha having a loose stool, I switched to more like 1/2 pork 1/2 chicken. I have some pork "hocks" no idea just what they are and don't really want to know but thought I would try more pork this week. I also got a really great deal on chicken quarters - only .59/lb. I was excited about that! And the last thing I wanted to mention is about the gizzards and hearts. It is without a doubt, both my dogs favorite thing - especially the hearts I think they would be awesome training treats except for the fact that they are slimey and I don't really like to touch them.  Any suggestions for me, am I doing this right so far?
All in all, this has not been nearly as difficult as I thought it would be and it makes me feel so good to see the improvements. One of these days, I will post photo's of Sasha's teeth which look better and better every day!
But I do have one question, someone asked me and I couldn't answer it and had to admit that it had crossed my mind..... If your dogs eats whatever, say chicken, and it has salmonella or something and they get it their hair or their mouth can it be transmitted to you when you kiss them? |
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