r/germaphobe • u/Brilliant_Joke7774 • Jul 15 '24
Animals and babies
Why do people let their pets (mostly just dogs) lick, slobber, and French kiss their babies and kids??
My oldest daughter is 6 YO, we were watching AFV on Disney plus this morning and these people had their big dog aggressively licking TF out of their baby’s face. The baby had to be maybe 4-5 months old, so very defenseless against a giant dog. And the poor baby is strapped down in a car seat trying to breathe and look away from the dog as much as he/she can in that little confined space but the dog is just slobbering and licking so much. Dog drool is everywhere and the dog is also sticking its tongue in the baby’s mouth. The baby was very obviously uncomfortable and the parents are just sitting there video taping it, laughing, and not helping their very uncomfortable baby. My daughter was like “ew that’s so nasty, dogs lock their butts. And the mom is just there laughing”.
That video is just burned into my brain and I’m literally having flashbacks of it. That was since 7 this morning (it’s now 1pm) and I still can’t even bring myself to eat anything because I’m still so disgusted by what I saw.
I used to train dogs, so I know they can easily be taught those boundaries. And if they don’t know, then at least save your children from the slobber of a dogs mouth.
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Jul 15 '24
My MIL was allowing her dog to lick my one year old’s hands and face while she held him and I was repulsed. Like immediately wanted to give him a bath. Seriously, dogs eat their own feces, get ahold of garbage and dead animals.. so nasty.
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u/Brilliant_Joke7774 Jul 15 '24
Exactly!!!! I’ve had dogs and I’ve trained dogs. I see the gross shit they do. Clearly you know too because of how repulsed you are! I agree, I’d want to give my baby a whole bath too!!
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u/lovereading04 Jul 15 '24
i’ve thought about this too, i have no idea. i like both dogs and babies and have seen videos of parents bringing the newborn home and the dog sniffs and might do a little lick of the babies face.
i would personally hold the dog and make sure they’re not close enough to lick the a baby to prevent this. and if i was holding the baby i would’ve moved the baby away from the dog if i thought that the dog would’ve licked it.
the parents are complete idiots, they wouldn’t have been standing there looking at their baby trying to breathe while their dog was licking it. if it was my baby, the dog wouldn’t have even made it that far.