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That is beyond disgusting.

I will let my cats have scraps of stuff from our plates sometimes. I fail to see how it’s disgusting.

I also wash their food dishes in the dish washer every day.

I don’t think it is gross, but I voted no. We don’t feed him people food so I don’t want him to get a taste for it.

I don't think I'm at the same level as myshelly when it comes to cleanliness rules, but in this case, I agree.

(And, myshelly, if you are not the one with the sex towel and take-off-the-clothes-before-you-go-in-the-house rules, I apologize. My spreadsheet skills are definitely not awesome.)

No. That is absolutely disgusting.

I said yes.  

It's not something we do regularly but once in a great while dd will give the dog a plate with a people food treat on it.  The dog eats the treat and then the plate goes in the dishwasher.  

I voted no.

My cats get wet cat food and a teaspoon of pumpkin in a dish that I wash in the dishwasher after every feeding.

They don’t get table scraps. I don’t want them getting a taste for “people” food and then think they can cruise the counter tops looking for a meal.

No, but mostly because there is so much food that is dangerous for them. It is more about pet safety then a ridiculous fear of cat cooties.
My husband does share his otter pops with one of our cats, she only gets a few licks because of sugar, but go ahead and judge all you want!
I do let them occasionally lick a yogurt spoon if one of the cats happen to be handy when I am eating plain yogurt.

haha!!  our dogs KNOW the sound of me tearing the foil top off of a yogurt cup, now...  they each get their own little lick of yogurt (off my finger). I've also let them have a lick or two of a popsicle while I'm eating a fruit pop, and sometimes, they get ONE piece of popcorn each-- gotta be fair, and give one to each dog.    I've also let the cats drink milk out of my glass before, too- more for the entertainment value of them trying to get their head into the glass, lol!  (but that's a bad habit to get into, because then whenever I have milk, I also have a cat sitting on the chair hanging over my shoulder like a vulture.)

I voted no. I do think it’s a tad gross, but also agree that the dishwasher cycle sanitizers the dishes.

Our dog passed away last year, but was never really into people food. Our cats don’t care for it either...they are the luckiest cats I’ve ever owner. None of them were/are lickers.

Yep, sure do depending on what is on the plate. Overall I don't give her the plate but I do give her little nibbles of some food. We do have a special spoon just for her that she gets peanut butter on. As for the licking of a plate, it goes in the dishwasher with the other dishes and if the dishwasher temp isn't clean enough to wash off the dog licks then it isn't hot enough to clean the other dishes either. That would be a larger concern for me. I myself don't see it much different than my dog giving me "kisses" or licking my leg and she loves to lick. I accept that everyone has to do what they are comfortable with.

We don't really as a habit, but we have if it's something the pups would like, like a little bit of cut up leftover steak.

I don't find it gross or even understand how it could be gross unless you don't properly clean your dishes. And then that's a whole other level of gross you should be concerned about.