squeamish guests... The end cupboard in my kitchen, which is right above ZoE's glass canisters of kibble & treats, is where her bowls & dishes are. I have a set of 6 ceramic bowls and 6 correll sidekicks. These are specifically ZoE's. But, on occasion, if we're eating something I'd share with her, I'll grab whatevers handy & put food in it for her...meaning the same dishes we eat off. I've never thought it was a big deal. They get washed after she's done, just like all the dishes do. I don't run a separate load for her dishes in the dishwasher, I just wash everything together (after it's been rinsed, of course). I never thought how guests would view it. But I had a friend over the other evening who was amazed that I loaded ZoE's dishes right in the dishwasher with my own. My friend then asked in horror if ZoE eats of the dinnerware we'd just eaten off (we'd picked up a mostaccioli dinner from a local restaurant to split). I said that no she's never eaten off a dinner plate, cos it would be too be for her anyway, but that yes, she's probably eaten off the small bread plates we used. :eek: <--- that is the look I got!!! Am I the only one that does this? Is it really that :eek: worthy? Does anyone else let their dog(s) eat off dinnerware on occasion? What about loading the dishwasher...all together or separate runs? Come on...confess :D |
Max & Teddy have their own set of salad/bread plates because we bought a new set of dinnerware for the humans, so we probably have not eaten off the same ones. However, they do go in the dishwasher together. I don't have a problem with it, but I understand that non-crazy dog people would. |
Cali does have a set of little bowls however she has been known to eat off the bone china if we are sharing with her:D It all goes into the dishwasher together! Of course, folks who come to my house know it is Cali's house, too, so they never give it a thought :) |
I met some people like that. I thought 'Why even have a dog if you're that afraid of germs!' They lived on a farm though and worried about micro organisms in the stream water... plus that was years ago. I hope dishwashers do a better job nowadays. Truthfully, I'd be more worried about catching something from other humans, lol. I wash everyones dishes together... |
We have 2 other dogs besides Jasper and they have eaten out of cereal bowls or eaten off of bread and dinner plates on occassion. While we hand wash them first, they are then put in the disheasher with our other dishes. There certainly isn't a problem in this household. We are all family. :D |
Yeah our dogs have eaten off our plates. I've never really thought about it being gross, but I could see how others could..I guess haha :p |
Yes! lol I don't care what they eat off of as long as it goes through the dishwasher, and besides Joel doesn't have germs! DUH!! |
Haha, your friend sounds like my parents :D I personally don't have a problem with it and wash the doggy bowls when washing the dishes |
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And my dad goes even more :eek: :eek: if I'm over at theirs, and cut Harry's lunch up on their bone china....!!! :D Sally + Harry x |
yes, my dogs have eaten out of our dishes as well as their own.. doesn't bother me at all, they are washed in soap and hot water after all :) |
I wouldn't have any problem with it. When I was a toddler, my parents used to pour left-over coffee with milk into our cocker spaniel's water bowl (yes, I know it's bad, but Inky lived to a ripe old age), and I used to get on my hands and knees and drink the coffee right out of the dog's bowl. After they caught me doing this a couple of times, they started giving me my own small cup of coffee with milk and sugar just to keep me from drinking out of the dog's bowl. I actually remember doing it, LOL! |
LOL this is why I don't have any non dog loving friends. But seriously no one has ever asked me and I would not hesitate to let Lola eat or drink off one of my plates and then put it in the dishwasher with everything else. One of my friends said her mother would be horrified if she knew that she bathed her dog in the kitchen sink, I thought that was odd as well. |
Sometimes LOL:) |
My mother in law probably would have gone to pieces over something like that. I don't even think about it! Soap, hot water, and a steam sanitizer on the dishwasher make it a non-issue for me. If a guest is worried that my dishes aren't clean enough for them, they are welcome to bring their own - and take them home to wash themselves! |
Good grief, tell you friend that your dog does not have cooties. We eat off of Corelle dishes and sometimes I feed the puppies on a Corelle bread plate. I wash them all the same and put them in the cabinet. |
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