How many of you are this cautious with your pets in the house?

 ha ha ha ha haa!

and thats all I've got to say about that 

DumDog

wont touch public bathroom doors, puts paper on the seat before using the toilet in public

I won't touch bathroom doors either, paper towels come with to the door.  I have use at least two paper seat covers before I'll get anywhere near a public toilet seat.  And I had no idea that some places don't use paper seat covers until I had to to go Wisconsin for work and there were no seat covers in ANY bathroom, I just about freaked!  Must be a California thing. 

lol i dont disagree with that, using paper towels.. for some strange reason people think its ok to pee all over toilet seats and shed their pubic hairs and just leave them there for the next person to clean up... not to mention the fact that they DIDNT flush!! but i find it funny and annoying that my mom will freak out about public toilets but leaves month old caked on crud festering in her microwave - and yes she uses it daily -.... and dont get me started on the coffee maker and stove. its because of my mom that i LOATH coffee and grits...... LOATH i say!! 

I have one word for the author of this article...........LEXAPRO.

ROFL! Classic.

Er...maybe I don't get the joke? Lexapro is an antidepressant.... I sure as heck wasn't on it cause I was afraid of germs.

whtsthfrequency

Lexapro is an antidepressant....

It's also an anti-anxiety med. I think germaphobes qualify as "anxious".

Hmm I was unaware of that. Interesting. Explains why it knocked me out. However I think this author is in need of something heavier, like an elephant dose of Xanax. Time to go kiss me dog ;)

  When my son was teething he would take the dog's rawhide chew that was "started", you know, already getting softish, and chew on that.  Worked great and he never got sick.  Now I didn't just hand it to him.  He had crawled to the dog's toy box and helped himself while I was unloading the dryer.  I decided to let him since he seemed to be getting relief from teething pains.  He's a healthy 21 yr. old today. 

 I admit i dont touch public toilet doors or flushers,i have become quite adept at squatting over the toilet bowl as i will not sit down,covers available or not.Did anyone hold their kids over the public toilet when they were little,so they didnt have to touch it?

There is a certain type of writing on the internet, just like in print. Sensationalist, tabloid, what ever you want to call it.

Some people will write anything to get published. Things like this are written especially to get people worked up, get them to click on the links, respond, increase their web traffic.

The internet equivalent of the National Enquirer.

Edie

Did anyone hold their kids over the public toilet when they were little,so they didnt have to touch it?

I don't do that, but when I have to take my 4 y/o niece into a public bathroom, I wipe down the toilet, put a paper cover on it and let her sit, but she has to hold my hands, otherwise she tries to grab the toilet for stability.

I sit on the paper covers too. I can't squat over 90% of public toilets. I must have short legs. But I figure really all that touches the toilet seat is my upper legs and butt cheeks. Not like I'm rubbing..er..open parts on it.

Yeah... I just sit on public toilet seats. I usually wipe them briefly first, not always. I won't go in a toilet that smells - I would rather soil myself than use a nasty port-a-potty. But if it's a decent-looking public restroom, the butt hits the seat. I'm with Chelsea - there are no "open parts" involved, and it's not like I'm putting parts exposed to the toilet in my mouth. If for some reason I'm expecting someone to lick my buttocks I would certainly wash them beforehand anyways!!! And if someone were to do it without my permission and get sick from my public-toilet-butt germs, well shoot, serves them right! See, it's like a built in anti-butt-licking insurance policy. Um, sorry, did I go OT again?

Dogs have less germs in their mouths then humans for starters.

No, actually the concentration is about equal. I don't know how that tale started. But dogs certainly don't have any sort of great proportion more, as this article would have you believe.

i found this and automatically had to share it.. wonder if its worse for pet owners  

 http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=strange-but-true-humans-carry-more-bacterial-cells-than-human-ones&sc=WR_20071204

Cita

If for some reason I'm expecting someone to lick my buttocks I would certainly wash them beforehand anyways!!!

Hahahaha...you're like..unexpectedly kinky.