01-31-2016, 04:15 AM
Well....I never caught a thing from my Misty, and she sometimes licked me on the mouth, and slept in my bed. There was a small amount of mud and some rocks in my bed on the odd occasion....but no fleas either! And no 'bed mites' (I think they scarpered! LOL!) I surely would have known if there were as biting insects just LOVE to bite me!
Our best friend, Jet, was the dirtiest, scruffiest entity you ever did see. He was dirty by his own volition. His people tried to keep him as clean as possible, and undo the tangles in his fur, but he was a farm dog. His preferred 'aftershave' was fox muck. (or dead things.)
I DID always scrub my hands quite well after massaging his legs (he had arthritis in latter years) or stroking him. The cleanest places were the top of his head, his face and his ears.
I never caught ONE bug off him either!
I have caught many nasty viruses and germs over the years from people who were clean, but who insisted on going out and mingling when they had colds and flu!
And no. Dogs and cats can't catch colds from us.
Our best friend, Jet, was the dirtiest, scruffiest entity you ever did see. He was dirty by his own volition. His people tried to keep him as clean as possible, and undo the tangles in his fur, but he was a farm dog. His preferred 'aftershave' was fox muck. (or dead things.)
I DID always scrub my hands quite well after massaging his legs (he had arthritis in latter years) or stroking him. The cleanest places were the top of his head, his face and his ears.
I never caught ONE bug off him either!
I have caught many nasty viruses and germs over the years from people who were clean, but who insisted on going out and mingling when they had colds and flu!
And no. Dogs and cats can't catch colds from us.
