Oliver, Lucy and Booker T. have their own dishes for wet food. Little Bubba, the prince of the household, eats off my antique Wedgewood. I don’t keep track of which dishes he eats off versus which ones we eat with.
…I’ve let the cat’s eat something off my fork and then continued eating with that fork. :lol:
Everything gets washed together, no separate sponges. They do have their own bowls.
My cats sleep with me and I scoop their litter boxes with my bare hands (well, I use a scoop, of course, but not surgical gloves!), so why wouldn’t I wash their dishes with mine?
The cats have their own dishes. But I take no particular care in separating them for washing. No dishwasher. The cats do lick my plates. I have been known to reuse the plate after licking has occurred.
My dogs have their own bowls. When they get washed (which sounds so gross when I type it - when…hmm… I need to wash their bowls more often) they are either washed in the sink with the sponge or run thru the dishwasher. Mr. Trub lets one of the dogs lick his plate after every meal. That plate gets washed with the rest, be it with the sponge or in the dishwasher.
Bits get washed in the dishwasher too.
I figure hot water and soap kills things.
On this note, I wash dog laundry and horse laundry in the same washing machine I wash my clothes in.
Dogs and cats have their own dishes, but everything gets washed with people plates. Never even occurred to me to not use the dishwasher for pet stuff, or to use different sponges or whatever!
Wet cat food is about the most disgusting thing out there :dead: Thankfully the cats leave nothing!
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My dogs have their own bowls. When they get washed (which sounds so gross when I type it - when…hmm… I need to wash their bowls more often) they are either washed in the sink with the sponge or run thru the dishwasher. Mr. Trub lets one of the dogs lick his plate after every meal. That plate gets washed with the rest, be it with the sponge or in the dishwasher.
Bits get washed in the dishwasher too.
I figure hot water and soap kills things.
On this note, I wash dog laundry and horse laundry in the same washing machine I wash my clothes in.[/QUOTE]
I do too. Usually wait til Mr. OR isn’t around to do the horse stuff, but he knows I do.
I always used disposable dishes for the cats. We no longer have cats because Dobermans and cats are too difficult. Prey drive. It’s not fair to the cats. We feed high quality food to the dogs and wash their bowls daily in the dishwasher. They are licked clean/prewashed. Never thought that it was a bad thing to wash their bowls with our dishes.
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The cats have their own dishes. I don’t have a dishwasher and the cats eat at different times than I do so their dishes do get washed separately. Nothing in my house gets washed with a sponge because they kind of ick me out. I use a clean dish cloth every day, that then goes into the wash, and do wash all dishes with it.[/QUOTE]
I’m with you, Louise.
The cats and dog have their own dishes, and they are always washed separately from our dishes, using a different cloth/scrubby.
I use separate spoon/knives to cut, scoop, stir their food too.
The horses, on the other hand? Horses have no germs. I’ve eaten a mint Fred spit out 
(waste not, want not)
LOL! So basically the consensus is that our standards of cleanliness are personal and arbitrary! :lol:
Paula
I’ll run the dog dishes through the dishwasher about once a week. I do not wash them on a daily basis. If for some reason I do wash them, I use the one kitchen sponge and/or scrub brush on them that I use for everything.
Just goes to show my mental state tonight…my first thought was:
"Who is Bits? :eek:
:eek: "
LOL. Oh, you mean like for riding. Haha. I thought it was a cat’s name or something. 
I also wash dog collars, leashes, and halters in the dishwasher, although I don’t put dishes in it at the same time.
Pets have their own bowls but they get washed with same sponge we use on everything else. I have spent my life eating food with my unwashed hands after playing with ponies all day, so I am not at all squeamish about animal germs. Humans, on the other hand, gross me out.
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LOL! So basically the consensus is that our standards of cleanliness are personal and arbitrary! :lol:
Paula[/QUOTE]
:lol: totally.
I inseminate mares, foal them out, clean poop out of foals’ bums, clean a stallion’s parts…and have had a nice cup of tea with birth goo all over my arms… horse germs don’t count.
Human germs on the other hand? (shudder)
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I wash dog bowls in the dishwasher, but have a separate sponge for washing done at the sink.
I put all dog dishes and Kongs in scalding hot bleach-water in the sink to soak overnight one night a week, to help kill any grossness. The Kongs trap food bits and gross me out the most.
I wouldn’t let the dog lick the saute pan, but more because I feel that’s setting a bad precedent (hey, you let them lick it out today after dinner and tomorrow they’re that much more sure you were cool with them licking it out before dinner) than for sanitation. As for washing them separately and using different sponges - I’m just not that organized. Dog dishes go into sink, get washed, get put on the floor to dry.
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Just goes to show my mental state tonight…my first thought was:
"Who is Bits? :eek::eek: "
LOL. Oh, you mean like for riding. Haha. I thought it was a cat’s name or something. :D[/QUOTE]
Hehehe it gave ME pause
We usually have 15-20 dogs in our care (foster farm). The dogs eat kibble and the metal bowls get wiped out with damp cloths after every use and set back on top of their crates upside down. They get washed (by hand, no dishwasher here) whenever the cloth isn’t enough and there’s a bit of crud on the bowls. Our personal dogs have “special” ceramic bowls which get washed more frequently because they seem to gunk up more easily.
Growing up we always did the puppy prewash for our dinner plates (with the dishwasher after), I think I was in my 20’s before I heard someone, not a dog person, say that was gross. News to me!
I’ve had a few instances where my Australian Shepherd has most likely stolen a sip of my coffee (only when I make hazelnut) but I’ve not been certain so I’ve decided to believe he didn’t
My weimaraner is also WAY too full contact for me to be worried about his mouth touching mine. Almost nightly around 9pm he gets needy and walks right up to me and rubs his face all over mine. I’ll be watching TV and his nose will be smashed against my cheek as he watches and breathes on me. Subtlety is not in the weimaraner’s repertoire.
So UN-Eco, but I converted to paper plates years ago.
Hmmm I should have made a poll. Is it possible to add one to an existing thread:confused:? There is quite the spread of opinions. Fun!
For those icked out by sponges or those who say they use a dish cloth…er is that a washcloth? Is a dish towel (like a thin hand towel) different from a dish cloth? You can tell I grew up in a sponge household.
Loofas were (still are ) quite the trend. I used em. Then went to college. There were some nasty, ratty loofas hanging on mildewy, grungy shower walls. Forever more I use washcloths, so maybe I am truly a dish cloth girl and just don’t know it yet.
