can you love animals that much?

i think i've just witnessed one of the most disgusting display of human-animal interaction in my life.

i'm sitting outside of starbucks and this couple with a dog is sitting in front of me. a guy walks up to the dog and after greeting the dog, preceded to give the dog a few licks of his ice-cream. after the dog had a few licks, the guy then took a couple of licks of the ice-cream himself.

okay, is that really necessary? i mean seriously, isn't that just a bit disgusting? you don't know where the dog's tongue has been and you don't know these people. think about all the nasty germs and stuff that's been transmitted all around.

i don't care how clean people think their pets are, pets are pretty nasty. i can stand dogs licking my hands and feet, but when it starts licking my face, that's it. i'm outta there. dogs have been known to eat feces and drink out of the toilet. *yikes*

so anyway, that was pretty disturbing and hardly conducive to my studying.