mind blag!

You may. I can only speak from personal experience, but whenever a dog has licked my cut, it heals faster. Cher, are you questioning my Grandmum?!

If you're asking if she was one of "Hell's Grannies", I would definitely say Ni! I snuck the lads in twice there.

Auditory imagery.

Often times I say to myself . . . "Self?". I hear myself think in dreams though.

I can do pictures, in my head, they are easy.....

I can actually see myself walking away from people or events, and from the rear.......

I can also reflect on those pictures, even years later.

Animals can be quite awesome.

Here’s the myth that makes dogs sound like a dental miracle: Despite all the leftover macaroni, rubber bands and dead squirrels they chew, our canine friends still maintain better oral hygiene than human beings do, no matter how studiously we floss and how often we visit our dentists.

Could this really be true?

Well, sadly, no. In short, a dog’s mouth is besieged by its own legions of germs, roughly as huge in population as those living in the human mouth and causing a similar array of dental illnesses.

“It’s like comparing apples and oranges,” says Colin Harvey, a professor of surgery and dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine. He is also the executive secretary at the American Veterinary Dental College.

Although there’s a vast overlap of bacteria in the mouths of both species, Harvey considers the question of which one is cleaner to be irrelevant because a) both are teeming with microbes, and b) in many cases, a dog’s dental bacteria differ from their human counterparts.

One example is the Porphyromonas, a family of rod-shaped bacteria known for causing periodontal disease, a serious gum infection that leads to the loosening and, eventually, detachment of teeth in both humans and animals. Scientists have spotted two distinct species within the family: P. gingivalis was found in the human dental plaque, while its sibling, P. gulae, was found in dogs. Both bacteria thrive on periodontal tissues, eating up the gums and reducing well-rooted teeth to shaky cavities.

One of the rumors related to the cleanliness of a dog’s mouth is the idea that human bites are more infectious than dog bites. However, this too doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. According to Jeein Chung, a veterinarian at Hoboken Animal Hospital in New Jersey, the danger of both human and dog bites depends on the kinds of bacteria in the mouth and the depth of the wound. The bottom line: Cleanse as thoroughly as possible after getting bit, and go to an emergency room if you feel the wound go anywhere beyond the muscles.

Still, this doesn't really answer Jen's question directly.
But I'm thinking NO!

www.livescience.com/32342-is-a-dogs-mouth-cleaner-than-a-humans.html


 

How's the dog doing?

Zoey died last evening . . .

I hate when mine does that. ewwww