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Netflix has gone to great lengths to distance us from reality with its latest reality TV hit Love Is Blind. To recap, a group of conventionally hot singles get to know one another without ever seeing each other unless they agree to get engaged, of course. Then theyre forced to decide if they still think their new fianc, whom they have never seen, is hot once the curtain is drawn and they try to make their relationship work in the real world.

Its absurd, its pulpy, its sad, its funny but not really in a ha ha kind of way. Its everything you could ever ask for from reality television.

The chaotic energy of the show can also be summed up by one of the most bizarre moments of the series. Jessica who may or may not ruin the experiment by being more attracted to another attractive man than the attractive man she chose gives her dog a healthy sip of the wine shes drinking. Its a practice she appears to engage in with some regularity.

The incident occurs during the sixth episode. Jessica is speaking to her fianc, Mark, for perhaps the 10th time about their 10-year age difference, despite the fact that no one seems to care about it except her. She casually bends down and offers her golden retriever a helping of her glass.

She loves wine, she says to the man who, on top of everything else, is learning that his new fiance gives her dog alcohol.

This dog is clearly not very picky. She doesnt even smell for flavor notes before lapping it up!

Jessica let her dog drink wine OUT OF HER GLASS on Love Is Blind and I may truly never, ever recover pic.twitter.com/LMRCawhPst

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Jessica let her dog drink wine OUT OF HER GLASS on Love Is Blind and I may truly never, ever recover pic.twitter.com/LMRCawhPst
Netflix US (@netflix) February 21, 2020

Wine wisecracks aside, is this ... OK? In short:

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No! Its not. Not really, anyway.

A 1998 Chicago Tribune advice column called on veterinary nutritionist Dr. Jim Sokolowski, professional services manager at Pedigree, to soothe a pet owner who had taken to giving their crazy pup a bit of wine to calm him down . According to Sokolowski, a little bit is not dangerous. However, it can cause stomachaches and weight gain. Sokolowski also revealed that there wasnt enough research at the time to come to a long-term conclusion about its effects.

Whats more, while no long-term study has been done on the subject, it seems likely that hard alcohol can cause serious liver damage more quickly in dogs than in people, which can be fatal, he said.

Refinery29 dug its paws into this dilemma recently, finding further proof from dog-sitting site Rover that we shouldnt be allowing our pups to share our fondness for fermented grapes.

Dog livers arent built to process alcohol, and while some dogs may not show any overt signs of distress when imbibing the fruit of the vine, if too much is ingested, serious health problems could arise, its staff wrote on the Rover blog. Furthermore, grapes themselves are extremely toxic to some dogs.

For what its worth, Batten responded to some of the criticism and head-scratching that came as a result of the now viral moment in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, vowing to never do that again.

I definitely have never done that before; I wont do that again, she said. I love my dog more than anything and that was not something I would ever recommend anyone to do. I think I was just really uncomfortable. I dont even remember doing it. I dont know why I did that but it was definitely unnecessary for sure.

There you have it. If youre going to make one rash decision, make it deciding to marry someone without ever seeing them first not giving your dog wine.