Disgusting or Not Disgusting?

[catcrazylady]

Not disgusting at all! I always have a Leroy nose in my dinner and a Pepper Jack paw seems to always reach in to snatch something off of my plate. I let them have my bowl or plate after I'm done if there is some soup broth left or something like that. The only reason we don't all share the same plate is because I try to keep them from getting too much table food but they always manage to get a bite if they want it.

I figure if I'm going to schmoozle their bellies, kiss their nasty little noses and paws, cut dingleberries from their behinds and all that stuff then eating behind them can't be that bad!!

[kimlovescats]

I've seen that story before, Jen ... too funny!

Well, yes, I let my babies help clean my plate ... occasionally! But generally they are locked out of the kitchen while we eat ... or we would get no peace!

My main spoiled one, is Grace! She loves to lick the buttery syrup left on my plate after I finish my waffles! Heck .... the dishwasher kills any germs! Plus, I feel safer eating after a kitty than I would most humans!!!

[Cinder & Smoke]

Originally posted by sirrahbed
... I let them taste my ice cream cone too.

Cinder & Smokey wunder...

Don'cha LIKE Ize Kreme??

Dad haz his "slow moments" ...

But *Sharin* an Ize Kreme Kone izint wunna them!

Wudint be NUFFIN LEFT -
cept maybe da part of da Kone he had his finners on!

Dishes ??

Yep, we DO dishes, fur sure!

Soooo Gud - Dad hasta Dubbel-Check iffin HE washed em
affore he puts em away!
(Don't TELL him; but we KNOW he's put wun or two DOG-warshed plates
onna counter; den *furgot* an used em again da next day!)


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[Mandy-Lee]

While my husband and I eat supper, Thor will sit up behind us on the bar stool and do the "Forrest Gump" (is what I call it). He will tilt his head from side to side..watching every portion of food go into our mouths. He won't say a word, he'll just tilt....tilt.... it is very funny.
My father and step-mother were up visiting for a week and saw it first hand and couldn't stop laughing at him. He was between them both..in the background, on the stool. Everytime my father would turn around to look at him, Thor would tilt his head side ways...further each time.
I need a picture of it.

[catnapper]

All the time! Allen dips his paws into my iced tea, and Nicki eats ice-cream from my spoon. I figure that its the same as having their fur flying everywhere!

[Logan]

Mine (cats and dogs and birds) do it too, Lisa! Not often, but they do. It all goes in the dishwasher and gets washed at a very high temperature, so I really don't worry about it!!!!

[Felicia's Mom]

I use my saucers for cat plates. I don't even use the cups that they go with.

[Kfamr]

My dogs no longer get table scraps as it's very bad for them, but when we used to feed them table scrabs they ate from our platesall the time. I used to even feed them with my fork.



BTW, I just got finished sharing my popcicle with Nala and Kiara. ( Simba isn't a popcicle kind of guy) and I always share my ice pops with them!

[Edwina's Secretary]

Eddie and Edwina both have been known to "help" with dinner. Last week Eddie was "helping" me eat some peaches.... My husband will give them tuna when he has it and, of course.... serves it to them on a plate.

One of my favorite stories is one my mother tells of visiting my borther and his new wife (they are both veternarians.) My mother watched my SIL finish up the kitchen and see a plate on the floor which a dog had licked clean. My SIL looked around for my brother (the fussier of the two) and, when she didn't see him...put the dish away.

Didn't bother my mother either!

[AbbyMom]

Shhh! No one's supposed to know... My SIL would be HORRIFIED to know that the bowl she was using is also a (dum da dum dum ) cat bowl.

Of course, she's never been happy to be kissed by a cat. (her loss)

Hubby and I share dinnerware with the cats and run them (the dishes, not the cats) through the dishwasher as necessary. But honestly, my SIL could get physically ill if she knew. My mother would also be disgusted, but wouldn't get ill.

So this is just a little secret in the immediate family. And now with Pet Talk. Don't tell!

[leslie]

Too, too funny! The pepperoni pizza story, the ice cream cone, and edwina's sil cracked me up (laughing out loud in an apt alone- what will the neighbor's think?) I have no problem with dishes. We share and share alike. I was brought up with, "Cat's spit is cleaner than ours". (my mom had 16 cats, her mom had cats, her mom too...) I don't eat off the plates licked clean, I wash them, but to me- that's clean. And of course I share food. How can one not? THEY insist! Scamp loves milk and if i didn't tilt the glass for him to have some lickins', he would put his foot in and knock it over. So better to just let him have it. After several drinks, he's done and goes away! I don't mind tossing blobs of meat at them when they are being pests. When I'm done, leftovers are for everyone, plate goes on the floor!

[slick]

Originally posted by Mandy-Lee
While my husband and I eat supper, Thor will sit up behind us on the bar stool and do the "Forrest Gump" (is what I call it).

Oh, that should go into the Furminology Dictionary!!

Jen, I hadn't heard that one before. ROFLMAO!!!

[Ally Cat's Mommy]

Hubby is VERY fussy so the cats only eat off my plate (and sleep in the bed) when he is away on business!

[sirrahved]

SO disgusting!

*Marsha and I even share popsicles!*

[Uabassoon]

LOL I remember once I was cooking dinner for a friend and I had left open the container of sour cream. I turned around for a second to grab a plate and the next thing I knew Corkscrew had this innocent look on his face and his whiskers were covered in sour cream! Thankfully my friend was an animal lover and she had no problem placing a spoonful of Corkscrew's sour cream on her plate!

So to answer the question, I have no problem sharing dishes with the kitties