A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

“Why puppies and piercings don’t mix!”

So… does this mean that puppies like lip piercings a lot, or really dislike them? (Photo: shutupwhore)

Comments

42 responses to ““Why puppies and piercings don’t mix!””

  1. Winterborn Avatar
    Winterborn

    it is the cutest thing i ever saw!

  2. mimibeth Avatar
    mimibeth

    haha, when my rats were babies, they would nibble on my various facial piercings.

  3. Shutterbug Avatar

    Awww! My dog just LOVES to hit my septum retainer, usually right after a stretch. : /

  4. SARAHPANIC Avatar

    this is the cutest picture

  5. Amy Avatar
    Amy

    Awww what a cute puppy! But ow though,lol!

  6. Erszabet Avatar

    haha.. wow — i just got a new jack russell puppy that looks just like this one in the pic.. she’s a fan of biting my lip piercing as well.. it’s just not as easy for her since i wear a labret stud instead. jack russells must hate labret piercings haha.

  7. Noadi Avatar

    Awwww so cute. I think the puppy thinks it’s a new kind of chew toy.

  8. K Avatar
    K

    argh! that usually hurts like a mother humper!

  9. moi Avatar
    moi

    this totally made me remember when my jrt was a puppy! soooo cute.

  10. wolvie Avatar
    wolvie

    it’s not just puppies… i LOVE to do the same at my gf lip piercing ;D

  11. Lilee Avatar
    Lilee

    Awwwwwwww, the puppy is so cute. But that might hurt a bit, lol.

  12. Basophobic_angel Avatar
    Basophobic_angel

    I must say my puppy is oddly fascinated with all of my piercings…he loves to lick my lip ring and when i wore my plugs in he loved to bite on them…i was constantly losing jewerly because of him playing with them.

  13. Basophobic_angel Avatar
    Basophobic_angel

    which i might add is a rat terrier 😛

  14. kt Avatar
    kt

    so, i’ll be the first to say: ew. gross.

    not a big fan of the human mouth + dog mouth combo.

  15. quinnn Avatar
    quinnn

    my kitten likes ear cheese. don’t know if it is the smell or what, but he loves to sniff and lick at my lobes.

  16. Caen Avatar
    Caen

    i see why people think it’s cute but that squicks me out.

    i’ve grown up with dogs and various other pets and farm animals and was always taught that no animal should ever be licking your face. Seeing a dog’s mouth so close to a piercing makes me shiver a bit. Dogs eat shit! literally!

    and a cute ‘safe’ little puppy will soon grow up into a big,. potentially dirty dog. bet’cha won’t be so happy when your full-grown alsation comes in from rolling around in cowshit in the fields and joyfully nips at your fresh facial piercing….

    anyways, i don’t mean to lecture, i get that this is just a cute fun picture. just making a general comment.
    supercute puppy too.

  17. Noadi Avatar

    I let my dogs, cats, and goats lick my face, never caused me any trouble. As I understand it very few germs carried by animals are transmissible to humans so in general it’s fairly safe to let them lick your face, the biggest problem is typically the comfort level of the humans. Besides that dog full grown will be like 10lbs, not really a big dangerous animal.

  18. Flip_Star Avatar
    Flip_Star

    Adorable!!!

  19. Jess Avatar
    Jess

    i’m squicked out too…animals don’t have clean mouths (humans included) and germs aren’t really species specific. Viruses, yes…germs not so much. The puppy is cute, but for the sake of the piercing and the girl’s health that sort of thing should probably not be encouraged.

  20. MaidenDisaster Avatar

    Our Jack Russell definitely pulled that stunt when she was tiny.

  21. Glen Avatar
    Glen

    AWwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

  22. Sarah Avatar

    my puppy did that too. and would fall asleep and try to chew on my earrings [and loves to try and eat o-rings]

    cute little stinkers!

  23. sam Avatar
    sam

    That’s still one of the cutest things I’ve seen, regardless of whether or not you should let an animal lick your face.

  24. JaizonX Avatar

    hahaha cute,,, it’s our version of the Coppertone Baby…

  25. scissorygirl Avatar
    scissorygirl

    aww! that is teh cuteness!

  26. Laurie Avatar
    Laurie

    On Mythbusters, they confirmed that a dog’s mouth is cleaner than a human’s.

  27. dazy Avatar

    When I worked at an animal hospital the shelter kittens would grab onto my cbr’s and I had a cockatiel grab my septum retainer once.

  28. celeste Avatar

    that’s so cute!!

  29. viergeame Avatar
    viergeame

    I’ve never had one of my dogs try to nibble any piercings, they don’t really seem attracted to shiny things. When I play with my firends’ birds or ones at the pet store though, I usually end up leaving with bird bites all over my face.

  30. Esmerelda Avatar

    The thing about the human body that many people forget is that it’s built to resist germs. If we succumbed to any virus that was hanging around, it would mean tha

  31. Esmerelda Avatar

    The thing about the human body that many people forget is that it’s built to resist germs. If we succumbed to any virus that was hanging around, it would mean that we had no immunity whatsoever. It’s ridiculous to try and seal ourselves away from dirt, it will only make us more susceptible when we are finally exposed to bacteria… We built immunity from exposure, not the contrary.

    I’d think a lot of people on BME would be acutely aware that what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger…

  32. crash Avatar
    crash

    I spend alot of time at my roommates girlfriends apartment and she has a bird that grabs onto my facial piercings. She sometimes preens my lobes, its a hell of a feelinging.

  33. Halo Avatar
    Halo

    I’ve had my dog do that as well, and I’ve also had my tarantula get a leg or two stuck in my flesh tunnels. Animals are all alike. That is quite adorable, but it must have hurt.

  34. subliminal Avatar

    The bird preening lobes comment reminded me… my friends cat would be sitting on my chest washing her face, and would then lick her paws and groom my face for me.. lol.

  35. Wonderland Avatar

    Subliminal – Supercute. My friends cat did that to my arm. I was trying to type while lying down, and the kitty came along and laid on top of my arm and started licking it.

  36. bleedinghearts Avatar
    bleedinghearts

    seriously, all these people all think its a good idea to let animals lick your face (regardless of whether they are pierced are not) squicks me out more than a lot of the extreme mods pics that get put on modblog, i know a dogs mouth has less bacteria than a human but still ewwwww, haven’t you seen the way dogs sniff eachothers butts and eat their own poo! I’m all for people doing what they want to their body but personally i find not being clean one of the grossest things. Esmerelda i get what you’re saying about needing to build up a resistance to germs but don’t you think letting animals lick your face is crossing the line!
    ok rant over now ….

  37. shutupwhore Avatar
    shutupwhore

    hahah omg, i just saw this. i rulllllllle.

    and its an old piercing, and my face hasnt fallen off yet, so were all good on the germy front

  38. Anonumous Avatar

    hey that puppy is the cutest puppy. He looks like a jack russel terrier but I am not for sure welp I have piercings in my ears but my jack russel don’t mess with them probably cuz I alwayz have my hair in my face I am emo so that is usually how I go looking like in public bii and biie you cute lil puppy

  39. niNanube Avatar
    niNanube

    my kitten does that with my belly ring!! she also tries to with my nape piercing but thats still new so i have to be careful she doenst get near it!

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