I try to avoid eating in sight of my rats, because they like to snatch and grab anything tasty, but when I do I'm pretty sure to end up with food that a rat bit a piece out of, while I wrestled the rest away from it. However they don't smell out of their mouths and they don't slobber, so it has little impact on the food (beyond the psychological). I probably wouldn't do the same with a dog.
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