When I was younger I let my dog lick me once

I created a new topic just before this one, but this one is entirely different.

One time around age 12, I was masterbating and my dog happened to walk by and thought. I ended up letting my dog lick me for a bit. I think I even like laid beside or on top of my dog.

It feels creepy that I could have done something like that and keeps me from moving on. I think of it and get disgusted, like why would I do that? Thankfully it only happened once. I feel quite awful.

Short answer? Adolescents are horny little idiots.

Been there, done it. You're far from alone, hon. Put it down to one of the crazy things young people do. It's my sincere hope you don't let this continue to bother you, I'm fairly confident you are very far from being the only person to have done that. It has no reflection on what you are as a person. You didn't hurt the dog, did you? Then no harm done. I don't think you should continue to feel bad. Kids do all sorts of things like that. You're not sick, or disgusting. It's ancient history, hon.

I honestly don't think that this is a big deal.
Kids do all kinds of weird stuff when they're young, horny and curious!
I still cringe at some of the things I done, but it doesn't play on my mind or anything. I almost shake my head and laugh as opposed to getting upset/dusgusted about it

Curiosity and the urge to experiment, is what it is. Everyone does silly things, I'm sure most have a few to share, no need to be disgusted or ashamed, it's history, in the past. we've all been there.

You were just a small child and there is no way your dog was traumatised/ hurt by this. Kids are weird. What you did wasn't malicious or cruel and is not something you should be feeling guilty for now you are a young adult

At around that age your hormones are all over the place. I did the same thing, sometimes I would get peanut butter for it when masturbating wasn't enough. It feels good and at that age especially while your masturbating you're going to enjoy it. Even now you'd probably enjoy the feeling. The thing to remember is that you aren't alone many people have done this and gone much farther to the point where they developed relationships with animals. All you did was get a few licks, it's something most kids do and isnt something to worry about.

Snaga wrote:You didn't hurt the dog, did you? Then no harm done.

Agreed.

Usually I'd add not to do it again, but I don't think that's necessary here. But in general, it's not normally a legal or socially acceptable practice to have sexual interactions with animals. Something to do with animals not being able to communicate and properly understand sex the same way people do, or just the fact that we're not sure if they do.

It's the same thing with kids.

My dog goes around licking my family's buttholes/crotches during their sleep on a regular basis. Multiple times over the years I would go to talk to my dad in the morning and he'd be asleep with the dog munching out. I've also woken up to the dog licking me in those types of places. I can't say i like tongue up the arse though so I will never sleep in the nude til the dog dies.

What I'm saying is I don't think the dog really cared. I mean, it would be a different thing if there was penetration and the dog was harmed or in distress. But it doesn't seem that way,

witchessabbath wrote:What I'm saying is I don't think the dog really cared. I mean, it would be a different thing if there was penetration and the dog was harmed or in distress. But it doesn't seem that way,

Yeah, but you do realize that it's inappropriate to encourage or seduce that type of behavior from animals, right?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoophilia_and_the_law

Even if animals can desire to have sexual contact with humans, that does not mean that they are “consenting” to that contact any more than does a child who can have sexual desires (or who even initiates sexual contact) can be said to consent to sex.

OP was a child though and understands that it's wrong now, so I doubt they'll be doing it again in the future.

Agreed. But though I don't think it is appropriate, I also don't think it should be a cause for much guilt, especially not in a society that treats animals as badly on a routine basis as ours. That is to say, humans' relationships with animals are very confused and often hypocritical.

When it comes to bestiality, if the animal hasn't come to harm, I think generally the only thing harmed is the individual's sense of self-worth/ integrity. If you ever see a zoophile interview they do not come across as happy individuals. But these are people who have deluded themselves into thinking they can have some kind of sexual relationship with an animal. It is not the same as an immature or confused child/ teen doing something stupid as a result of hormones once or twice. To be fair - as you say yourself - "OP was a child though and understands that it's wrong now, so I doubt they'll be doing it again in the future."

In short, I think it's not a good thing to do, but I don't think it makes sense or is morally right to make direct comparisons between child abuse and zoophilia since the trauma in the former does not equal trauma in the latter. Moreover, once one starts to think about animals in terms of consent, some of their own sexual practices must also be ethically questioned (I say this having lived alongside ducks for several years) ... plus, the stark fact that animals don't consent to be killed (or sometimes tortured) for humans' use/ consumption/ sport.

Basically, zoophilia is squicky and Not a Good Idea as it could potentially cause an animal physical harm and it seems to erode the self-respect of the human involved and their ability to form proper relationships. But it is its own separate thing and I really don't think comparisons, in this case, are useful.