Animals are great, dogs are great and we all love them, but we all don’t showcase that love in the same way…

The British reality TV star has certainly shown some appreciation for her dog in a way that doesn’t sit right with her fans.

Sharing a joint Instagram post with Butternut Box, a pet food company, on August 22, she introduced the brand’s new YouTube series, Walkies, but that isn’t what had people so concerned.

Pattison was also joined by her dogs Max and Milo and a woman called Aisha.

But it was the moment when one of the dogs started licking the inside of Pattison’s mouth, and then she opened her mouth wider, that turned the stomach of viewers.

Probably the nastiest thing you will see today (Butternut Box/YouTube)

Aisha also admitted to doing it after calling Pattison ‘gammy’ for the act.

Pattison then said: “I’m so sorry. Like, you know, it makes them happy,” before opening her mouth wide to let the dog go in for another lick.

People on social media were a whole lot less forgiving and understanding and many people voiced their shock and horror at hearing the pair do this regularly.

As you can imagine, despite having many fans, Pattison didn’t have a lot of defenders, including those who love their own dog a whole lot.

Writing on her Instagram post, many made it clear where they stood on the TV star tonguing her dog.

One user wrote: “Omg Vicki no!!! I loved my dog more than life itself, I wouldn’t mind her liking my nose/face or hands etc. I’d also kiss her above her nose & her head, but there’s no way I would ever let her kiss me by licking my lips & definitely not by licking inside my mouth.”

Another wrote: “I love my dogs more than anything but after seeing them licking their bits I couldn’t.”

With a third adding: “This is so disgusting. Then you kiss your partner and kids after that, spreading bacteria.”

And another writing: “I think u r great and love your stories but for god sake why would u do this, dogs carry so many parasites from eating all sorts while out on walks let alone licking their own backsides, just wrong.”

With another simply commenting: “That is actually so disgusting and unhygienic. It’s so wrong on so many levels.”

Pattison’s husband Ercan Ramdan also showed up in the comments, writing: “The dogs get better kisses than me.”

Time to erase that from my brain…