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[GAThrawn]

My understanding has been that you cannot get or give STDs from sex with a dog (to an extent). Some diseases are zoonotic, meaning transmissible to people, with dogs the most common ones being rabies and leptospirosis, but HIV and the less invasive ones you mentioned are not compatible with dog biology. However, if you were to share your dog with someone else shortly after doing the deed, then yes, there will be a risk of a contagion to the second person.

Don't accept my explanation as infallible though as I don't have nearly as much experience in the veterinary profession. I'll let @Deagle113 set the record straight and correct what I'm sure was a statement full of inaccuracies!

 

[Sumpup]

What are the pic 5 lotto numbers this week?

 

[humananimal]

Hello! Apologies if this has already been asked, but I have some questions around STIs, transmissibility, and proper courses of action post-exposure. For common STIs such as Chlamydia and Gonorrhea, are these transmissible to potential male/female dog partners? I'd expect that they might be, but I'm not certain. If they are, I'd love to hear what your would recommend in a situation where I'm informed I've been exposed to an STI, and resultantly may have exposed a canine partner to one as well, and I worry about what that direct conversation with the vet might be like. I understand that part of keeping canine partners safe is to take precautions to make sure this doesn't happen, but I'd feel better knowing a safe plan of action for if it were to happen.

Edit: Also, if you have any recommendations for official resources to learn more about canine sexual health I'd be curious!

Not that I know off being exposed - but is there sexual diseases amongst cows and sows which can infect me ?

 

[Deagle113]

Hello! Apologies if this has already been asked, but I have some questions around STIs, transmissibility, and proper courses of action post-exposure. For common STIs such as Chlamydia and Gonorrhea, are these transmissible to potential male/female dog partners?

Like @GAThrawn mentioned, to our current veterinary scientific knowledge, no common human venereally transmitted diseases can infect dogs. Score for Inter species intimacy!

Gonorrhea is not contagious from people to dogs or the other way around—evolutionarily, it actually crossed over to humans from cattle, and now the bacteria is firmly species specific to humans alone.

To my knowledge, there has been no reported evidence in literature, or anecdotally, of transmission or even sub clinical infection in canines—the bacteria can’t even find the correct receptors to begin infection, and grows on mucous membranes (inside the urethra, for example) rather than on the surface of the penis.

For Chlamydia, dogs can still get a disease caused by the intra-cellular bacteria (of which there are at least 14 species) but it is primarily respiratory, caught from birds, and caused by Chlamydia psittaci. The human etiology of venereally transmitted chlamydia is Chlamydia trachomatis—which again is firmly species specific.

The sharing situation bears mentioning—theoretically you could transmit something like Gonorrhea with multiple human partners in the same dog, but that’s basically human to human transition with an extra step.

Chlamydia is a fascinating bacteria that causes a whole range of sometimes nasty disease in many species of animals, but you don’t have to worry about sexual contact!

Edit: Also, if you have any recommendations for official resources to learn more about canine sexual health I'd be curious!

The AKC and their allied organizations put out some splendid resources on all sorts of aspects of canine reproduction. I read mostly individual scientific papers on specific topics which won’t be the general information you’re looking for. (Unless it is, and I can send it along)

For veterinary specific stuff, add “theriogenology” to your search terms (the official science name for the study of animal reproduction)

 

[Deagle113]

What are the pic 5 lotto numbers this week?

5 dollars buys a treat for your dog instead and you don’t even have to stress about what the numbers are.

 

[Deagle113]

Not that I know of being exposed - but is there sexual diseases amongst cows and sows which can infect me ?

Bovines are the same species specific advice for dogs. None currently known! (Tritrichomonas, for example, is also two different species)

There are no major swine sexually transmitted diseases to humans, not counting Brucellosis (about which a lot of good info alresdy exists on this forum).

Pigs on the other hand are emerging models for many human sexually transmitted diseases in research, including Chlamydia, due to their anatomical and physiologic similarities (though their vaginal pH is a whole lot higher than a human). I don’t think this research is far enough along to answer the transmission back to humans question, but regardless you’d have to have a source of the infection in yourself or someone else to initially start things.

 

[humananimal]

Bovines are the same species specific advice for dogs. None currently known! (Tritrichomonas, for example, is also two different species)

There are no major swine sexually transmitted diseases to humans, not counting Brucellosis (about which a lot of good info alresdy exists on this forum).

Pigs on the other hand are emerging models for many human sexually transmitted diseases in research, including Chlamydia, due to their anatomical and physiologic similarities (though their vaginal pH is a whole lot higher than a human). I don’t think this research is far enough along to answer the transmission back to humans question, but regardless you’d have to have a source of the infection in yourself or someone else to initially start things.

True. If neither I nor the sow / cow / human is infected we can’t harm each other.
Could I harm the sow if I had Chlamydia ?
When I was young, a ‘boar-man’ was asked to bring a boar when a sow was in heat. Well, if possible I was on her in the evening before the boar came and mated her ?
A wonderful sight for me ?
I guess he could carry an infection around. Could he infect a sow and then me ?

As far as I know Chlamydia trachomatis is responsible for serious STI among koalas.

 

[pes]

Thanks.

 

[Freespiritman]

@Deagle113
Hello,
I would like to benefit your knowledge and experience about cold pressed Virgin coconut oil as lubrifiant for taking a dock cock anally ?
I read a lot about water based lub and j-lub only and the no oil policy and only a little few on the advantage of coconut oil (comestible and great benefit for dogs, neutral for human).

What do you think about it?

I adopted a young puppy (Golden) and want to be as prepared as possible when and if the time will come?

Thanks a lot for your reply?

 

[SovetskiyKozel]

Can you get sick or get parasites from kissing your canine friend on the mouth, were talking deep kissing tongues lashing and all that. I have never gotten sick from it, but my Room mate said you can get sick doing this.

 

[erphy]

@Deagle113
Hello,
I would like to benefit your knowledge and experience about cold pressed Virgin coconut oil as lubrifiant for taking a dock cock anally ?
I read a lot about water based lub and j-lub only and the no oil policy and only a little few on the advantage of coconut oil (comestible and great benefit for dogs, neutral for human).

What do you think about it?

I adopted a young puppy (Golden) and want to be as prepared as possible when and if the time will come?

Thanks a lot for your reply?

I believe organic oil based anything is not good for any kind of sexual penetration. There are so many reasons including the fact that especially organic oils in the presence of moisture will eventually turn rancid and microbes will begin living in it breaking it down for nutrients as they multiply. Combine that with the body not being effective at washing / flushing them away via normal biological processes. Nothing you want in your or your partner's body.

Stick with water based lubes designed for such things. The body will flush these out quickly and they are designed to do just that.

 

[erphy]

Can you get sick or get parasites from kissing your canine friend on the mouth, were talking deep kissing tongues lashing and all that. I have never gotten sick from it, but my Room mate said you can get sick doing this.

I don't believe there is anything specific to watch out for unless your dog partner was just into something nasty out in the yard or woods prior to your activities. That being said, just like humans, mouths are full of all kinds of bacteria and such, so some teeth brushing afterwards is probably a good practice.

 

[Freespiritman]

I believe organic oil based anything is not good for any kind of sexual penetration. There are so many reasons including the fact that especially organic oils in the presence of moisture will eventually turn rancid and microbes will begin living in it breaking it down for nutrients as they multiply. Combine that with the body not being effective at washing / flushing them away via normal biological processes. Nothing you want in your or your partner's body.

Stick with water based lubes designed for such things. The body will flush these out quickly and they are designed to do just that.

Thanks for your reply Erphy

 

[Deagle113]

@Deagle113
Hello,
I would like to benefit your knowledge and experience about cold pressed Virgin coconut oil as lubrifiant for taking a dock cock anally ?
I read a lot about water based lub and j-lub only and the no oil policy and only a little few on the advantage of coconut oil (comestible and great benefit for dogs, neutral for human).

What do you think about it?

I adopted a young puppy (Golden) and want to be as prepared as possible when and if the time will come?

Thanks a lot for your reply?

There’s not a lot of research about the use of coconut oil when it comes to canines, especially on delicate mucous membranes. Like @erphy mentioned, my biggest issue with it is potential bacterial contamination within the container itself. J lube is cheaper and easier to use.

 

[Deagle113]

Can you get sick or get parasites from kissing your canine friend on the mouth, were talking deep kissing tongues lashing and all that. I have never gotten sick from it, but my Room mate said you can get sick doing this.

Provided you are immunocompetent, you should be perfectly fine kissing however deeply you want. There are no parasites that I am aware of passed orally from dogs to humans, and the few bacterial culprits for causing issues in humans are primarily in severely immunocompromised individuals. Other than the occasional nastiness dogs can sometime get into.
Canine saliva contains lysozyme, which is an antibacterial substance which humans don’t have, one of the reasons why we can’t eat rotten meat with very few Ill effects.

In fact, Humans and dogs share a whole lot of the beneficial bacterial microbiome with each other—you already contain dog specific bacteria in and on you if living in close proximity to one, and vice versa!

 

[SovetskiyKozel]

Provided you are immunocompetent, you should be perfectly fine kissing however deeply you want. There are no parasites that I am aware of passed orally from dogs to humans, and the few bacterial culprits for causing issues in humans are primarily in severely immunocompromised individuals. Other than the occasional nastiness dogs can sometime get into.
Canine saliva contains lysozyme, which is an antibacterial substance which humans don’t have, one of the reasons why we can’t eat rotten meat with very few Ill effects.

In fact, Humans and dogs share a whole lot of the beneficial bacterial microbiome with each other—you already contain dog specific bacteria in and on you if living in close proximity to one, and vice versa!

Thank You

 

[Freespiritman]

There’s not a lot of research about the use of coconut oil when it comes to canines, especially on delicate mucous membranes. Like @erphy mentioned, my biggest issue with it is potential bacterial contamination within the container itself. J lube is cheaper and easier to use.

Thank you??

 

[humananimal]

Provided you are immunocompetent, you should be perfectly fine kissing however deeply you want. There are no parasites that I am aware of passed orally from dogs to humans, and the few bacterial culprits for causing issues in humans are primarily in severely immunocompromised individuals. Other than the occasional nastiness dogs can sometime get into.
Canine saliva contains lysozyme, which is an antibacterial substance which humans don’t have, one of the reasons why we can’t eat rotten meat with very few Ill effects.

In fact, Humans and dogs share a whole lot of the beneficial bacterial microbiome with each other—you already contain dog specific bacteria in and on you if living in close proximity to one, and vice versa!

I don’t know much about canine bacteria but humans do have lysozyme !
An example - high concentration in tears.

 

[Sfriend87]

@Deagle113 ,
Long time listener first time caller. I know house cats are way too small to accommodate a human. But what about a horny cougar obviously with some time working with larger and larger dildos to stretch her out a bit.
If she minded at any point I think you would read about it in the papers.
But during heat cougars are quite horny so I wonder if its possible.

 

[humananimal]

@Deagle113 ,
Long time listener first time caller. I know house cats are way too small to accommodate a human. But what about a horny cougar obviously with some time working with larger and larger dildos to stretch her out a bit.
If she minded at any point I think you would read about it in the papers.
But during heat cougars are quite horny so I wonder if its possible.

My first thought was women called ’cougars’ ?

 

[Deagle113]

I don’t know much about canine bacteria but humans do have lysozyme !
An example - high concentration in tears.

Cool! Learn something new every day!

 

[Deagle113]

@Deagle113 ,
Long time listener first time caller. I know house cats are way too small to accommodate a human. But what about a horny cougar obviously with some time working with larger and larger dildos to stretch her out a bit.

I have a membership to my local zoo and also know the head vet there, but the only thing I've done with cougars is bottle feed adorable kittens--speculation time!

I could find any good examples of collecting sperm from a male cougar, but there's an excellent techniques paper about Jaguars out of Sao Paulo with photos that goes into how to cryopreserve semen -- which is super important for saving our endangered species! When they pull things back you can see that the penis itself it roughly half the size of a gloved human finger. Feline vaginal canals are long and narrow to accommodate the unique shape of the male feline penis. (I learned a bunch about big cats in the course of reading a bunch of wildlife research for this question, including that pumas and jaguars have rather tiny barbs rather than the 180 or so impressive ones domestic cats have, and south American Margays have none at all -- the evolution of penile barbs varies across the cat families! Neat, huh?)

Female Jaguars weigh 110-180 pounds on average. Female cougars weight up to 120 pounds maximum. Although body size doesn't always predict penis size (looking at you, Chihuahuas), with Jaguars being the size they are, I'm thinking the math doesn't add up for accommodating humans in all but really big cats like lions or tigers.

 

[bacozoo]

Tenho uma dúvida: preciso esperar alguns dias para ter relações sexuais com meu cachorro depois que ele for vacinado contra a raiva?


I have a question: do I need to wait a few days to have sex with my dog after he has been vaccinated against rabies?

 

[humananimal]

Tenho uma dúvida: preciso esperar alguns dias para ter relações sexuais com meu cachorro depois que ele for vacinado contra a raiva?

Please write in english !

 

[Deagle113]

Tenho uma dúvida: preciso esperar alguns dias para ter relações sexuais com meu cachorro depois que ele for vacinado contra a raiva?

“Do I need to wait a few days to have sex with my dog after he has been vaccinated for rabies?”

Nope, rabies vaccination has no effect on inter species intimacy and no cautions on that front that I can give you other than have fun and keep your vaccinations up to date!

 

[bacozoo]

Por favor, escreva em inglês !

sorry?

 

[erphy]

In fact, Humans and dogs share a whole lot of the beneficial bacterial microbiome with each other—you already contain dog specific bacteria in and on you if living in close proximity to one, and vice versa!

Ooo, sharing beneficial bacteria with my dog is hot! (sorry couldn't resist!)?

 

[theblat]

Howdy zooville!

I work as a mixed animal veterinarian, and am willing to answer any and all animal health questions you may have to the best of my ability. Keep in mind that I’m only one person, and my medical opinion is just that—an opinion, however well informed it may be.

Anything you’re curious about?

Edit: feel free to Dm me if needed!

How many kilos does a bitch need to have to try to have a sexual act?, and what would be the minimum and maximum size that the person would have to be?

 

[Cookiecaretaker]

How many kilos does a bitch need to have to try to have a sexual act?, and what would be the minimum and maximum size that the person would have to be?

u cant make that on the kg - depends on how u are build and how the female is build in general labrador upwards, but i knew danes which are 1 finger tight and border collies where u can park ur car into xD

 

[erphy]

How many kilos does a bitch need to have to try to have a sexual act?, and what would be the minimum and maximum size that the person would have to be?

There's tons of posts like this already, check the how to section.