Did you ever stop to consider...
...how clean your dog's face is when you smooch or rub your face on it???
You know how sometimes the mail being sniffed on a bush or taller plant/grass is obviously recently deposited? I know that sometimes I'll think...at that moment...that the sniffer's face is picking up some of that mail. And then I forget all about that.
Well...this morning, as I nuzzled Dan's face while brushing them out, the light bulb went off. It took 66 years of life for me to realize that maybe my lips shouldn't be touching where there could be residue from other dogs. My light bulb, in general, must be on a dimmer switch.
I won't stop smooching (even though I don't think dogs especially like that)...but I think I'll take a wet rag/wipe to the faces more often. Maybe that'll be the first place I put the paw wipe/rag after walks when I notice wet mail having been sniffed.
:amuse: