dog slobber

That is truly revolting to me. We used to break off the end of the cornet and scoop some of the ice cream into it. Voila, an ice cream for Gem/Chlo. Never like the idea of dog slobber. A few minutes back they were licking their bits. Not nice.

ugh, i know. it was a dog with a huge, wide, long tongue. not a small, delicate tongue. not that it really makes any difference

Oh yuk, and much more yuk. And indeed a bit more for luck.

Bleurgh!!! I saw someone do this once and I could scarcely believe what I was seeing. It made me want to vomit.

Oh yuk, I didn’t even do that with the children, I know a lot do, but I never did, we use to snap the bottom of and make a baby cone too !

I did this very thing as a toddler, I still remember the rows

I give him the end of it once I’ve had enough now.

Disgusting. I hope the dog doesn't catch anything.

SpringyChicken

ha ha chicken. that made me smile. i hadnt thought of the poor dog in all of this

Nooooo! I’ve been around dogs all my life. The dogs have always had their own bowls, etc, never licked human’s plates, etc, and never licked faces. I cringe when a dog is allowed to ‘kiss’ someone on the mouth. It may be natural in dog language but not in human. I mean - they lick their own bottoms!

Nice one springychicken ?

I certainly wouldn’t share with my dogs in that way, but people are free to do so if they wish. Their dog, their ice cream, their choice.

No that's definitely a yuk from me. My three dogs love yoghurt and are allowed to lick out the pot and lid when I have finished. No sharing of plates or food in my house.

This has to be a wind up--- surely????

That is so revolting ? I can not believe that people are so disgusting, they deserve to get tummy bugs.

Oh, goodness, how disgusting is that??

Not only do they lick and sniff their own bottoms, but other dog's bottoms too; and piles of dog shit!!

sorry travelsafar, sadly this was not a wind up. i watched the woman offer the icecream to the dog. i thought at first it was the dogs icecream. so i carried on watching the dog enjoy his treat. then the woman brought the icecream up to her mouth and ate it.
the woman caught my eye as she did this, there was a flicker of hesitation, then she looked away. so did i, we'd just had lunch

Lucky not many dogs are flexible enough to lick their own bottoms. They do lick their male parts. And dogs sniff other dogs bottoms but they don’t lick them, nor do they lick piles of dog shit as a rule, though the occasional dog might eat its own. Not nice I know.

Just thought I’d put the record straight as I’ve noticed your extreme dislike of dogs on recent threads. Dislike is your prerogative, spreading misinformation is not something I can let pass. Sorry.

What annoys me is people who walk into my house and don’t offer to remove shoes. I wouldn’t actually ask someone to do this but to my mind they are walking all sorts of germs into my house, and as soon as they leave I have to wash my floors. At least this woman was only sharing germs with her own pooch, though it’s not something I’d recommend ?

Well irrespective of the gymnastics of individual dogs licking their own parts would be enough for not to let any animal that does near my face let alone share an ice cream with.

My MIL had a lovely Labrador but I admit to really disliking the slobber (usually when food about or after exercise.).

Some find it adorable some find it deplorable I guess.

I love my dog to bits but if it’s down to her or me for an ice cream, I can ignore the big soulful eyes and say “Tough, you’re the dog, I’m the human and don’t forget that”
Sharing?
No way!

You are a hard woman Maw and I agree with you, no way am I sharing with my dogs unless its something I'm not keen on. Only child syndrome ?

Another reason to get a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, they certainly can't lick their nether regions.

Old Meg that would be me! Unless it's wet & muddy outside or I've been walking across fields I never think of removing my shoes. Why would I want to display my bunions or the holes in my socks to others when I've got a perfectly nice (and clean in my opinion) pair of shoes on!
It seems OTT to me to be cleaning the floor afterwards unless someone left muddy marks on your white carpet! You don't eat off the floor do you?
To go back to the OP I think the dog thing is revolting as is letting a dog lick your face, or kissing it on the mouth, both of which I've seen people do!

Brought back happy memories of "Corrie" cones! When children were growing up we had a beagle and whenever we had cones we all broke off the ends of our cones, filled them with quite a generous amount of our ice cream for him. He absolutely loved it. We would never have let him have a lick of our cones no matter how pleading those big eyes were!!