I am not a fan of it, but admit that sometimes we do let her lick our plates. She sits by the table so well behaved and then looks up as we finish that it makes it hard to say no to her, but when I really think about it even though the plates are washed after I do wonder how hygienic it is and to be honest I would never ever let the dog lick the plates when we have company. Recently, we went cold turkey and stopped letting her lick the plates. The dog has been putting some weight on recently so we're trying to come up with a relatively painless way for her to lose the extra few pounds and no more plate licking is one of the steps we're putting into action. Additionally, I worry about all of the sodium she could be licking off of our plates. So far the dog isn't a fan of this plan, but I figure she'll get used to it after a week or two.
