Owners who don't regularly wash their dog's food bowl could be putting both their pet and themselves at serious health risk, according to a new study.
The Food and Drug Association (FDA) carried out the research to find out more about dog owners' feeding habits and consider the impact of hygiene recommendations on food dish contamination.
According to the government agency, only 12 percent of the 417 dog owners questioned cleaned out their pooch's bowl daily, with 22 per cent washing it once a week and a worrying 18 per cent only cleaning it every three months - or not at all.
