Do you put your cat and/or dog bowls in the dishwasher?

[platinumsage]

Our dishwasher always runs at 70C, what's the problem?

 

[Epona]

The boyfriend I had in my late teens his family had a dog and they used to put the dog bowls in their dishwasher and I swear everything that came out of it smelled of dog mouth.

Maybe dishwashers/detergents are better these days and that doesn't happen, but it was a bit off-putting. I don't think they noticed because the dog used to lick their faces a lot anyway.

 

[cesare]

There's no option for "no pets" but if there was, that's how I'd vote.

If I had pets, it would depend on the pet as to whether I'd put its bowl in the dishwasher.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

i don't know about putting your dog bowls in the dishwasher, but i'd say putting a cat in the dishwasher is not a good idea

 

[Saunders]

Why wouldnt you?

 

[locomotive]

My Nana's dog didn't have a bowl, they just gave him his food in a normal bowl then washed it up. It turned my stomach.

But in answer. I don't. But I would for my pets. The nuggets the guinea pigs eat are effectively grass, vitamins and nice smelling flavourings.

 

[Saunders]

My mother-in-law has a special fork and washing up brush she uses for the dog food and bowl because ‘Hygeine’.

 

[Elpenor]

Misread bowls as bowels

 

[The39thStep]

I don’t but if they fitted the racks probably why not ?

 

[weltweit]

I don't think they noticed because the dog used to lick their faces a lot anyway.

Larry seems to have been very well trained, he never licks, which I appreciate.

 

[weepiper]

I have neither a dog nor a dishwasher but instinctively would answer 'ew no'. When I lived at home and we had dogs and cats we always washed their bowls last after all the humans' stuff then poured the water away.

 

[cesare]

I'm now wondering which pets would have a nasty bowl that couldn't be properly cleaned by a dishwasher. Do any pets have a dirty mouth that could spread infection if not cleaned at a high enough temperature? (Sorry weepiper, my post wasn't in relation to what you posted above)

 

[Elpenor]

I suppose the next question is do you wash the dogs towel in the washing machine?

 

[Numbers]

We have 4 cats and wash the bowls separately to everything else twice a week.

 

[weltweit]

And, no dishwasher

 

[cesare]

I suppose the next question is do you watch the dogs towel in the washing machine?

For some momentary suspense from the everyday stress, I probably would watch it, yes.

 

[cesare]

We have 4 cats and wash the bowls separately to everything else twice a week.

How did you arrive at twice a week rather than after each nomming?

 

[moomoo]

We usually wash the dogs bowls in the dishwasher. I’ve never given it a thought tbh. His towels go in the washing machine with our stuff as well.

 

[bimble]

More interested in whether you put your toilet brushes in the washing machine.

 

[Elpenor]

For some momentary suspense from the everyday stress, I probably would watch it, yes.

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[maomao]

I have neither pets nor dishwasher but you're rigged poll doesn't let me express this.

 

[komodo]

The cat eats biscuits only from a bowl which we never wash. Nor do we wash his water bowl. He’s 12 and very healthy. I wouldn’t fancy washing his bowls in the dishwasher or by hand if he ate wet food! The smell makes me retch.

 

[King Biscuit Time]

I put the cats bowl in every morning. It's never more than a day old and it feels to me like a hot thorough wash in the dishwasher is more hygienic than slopping it around the sink and draining board even after everything else.

I once saw someone let a slobbery big dog lick out the dish of a fish pie before putting it in the dishwasher. Pre wash they called it. Fucking rank more like.

 

[aqua]

I have a cat and yes his food bowl goes in the dishwasher. I have 2 and change them every day. So they get changed over in the morning and washed that day. He only has biscuits though.
Surely a dishwasher is more hygienic than using the same dishcloth?
When he does have wet food (only very occasionally, he's on a special diet and the wet food version is cripplingly expensive) I rinse it first but he loves it so much is usually incredibly clean from him anyway.
I don't like using the same fork for pet food, and I don't put his water bowl in the dishwasher.

 

[Sasaferrato]

My bet bowls? I didn't even know they played cricket.

They get washed in the sink, always have. Never even thought about putting them in the dishwasher.

 

[Thora]

Yes, cat bowls go on the dishwasher and sometimes the cat eats from human bowls.

What's the worry about pet bowls? That the pet food is particularly dirty or that the pet has licked the bowl?

The cat has licked many things in my house so maybe I just don't care any more.

 

[weltweit]

Sometimes I let Larry clean a plate, if it looks appetising. He cleans them very thoroughly and I wash them up in the sink with hot water! Still they are pretty slobbery which isn't very pleasant.

/dog slobber

 

[Dr. Furface]

No, because we keep our dog’s food in the dishwasher

 

[weltweit]

To be fair, it does look clean!

 

[High Voltage]

Sometimes the cats lick my plate so clean I can put it straight away in the cupboard thus saving on all washing