AIBU to think dog owners have low hygiene standards.

Well yes, of course. But presumably most toddlers "may wee poo vomit or schmear without warning" for a limited period of time.

A dog may continue to wee, poo, etc. in or around your home for maybe 15 years or more.

I'm not trying to be anti-dog. I'm just pointing out that toileting for toddlers and for dogs are completely different things.

Ha ha reading this thread in bed with my dog sleeping on top of the duvet! I'm disgusting! You do you OP!

Not all dog owners are like that

One of my dearest and oldest friends allows her pets to eat from her plates, and her dog has cups of tea 😂😂
I don't tend to visit her tbh and I have a dog! He's not allowed upstairs or on any furniture

The works isn't sterile, I don't worry about it. I spend a lot of my time with animals, I don't think about hygiene and germs constantly and would hate if if I did.

Who cares. It's their life. Their house. You don't get a dog for decoration. It is a living creature. It is part of the family. Its presence is going to be known.

I have two dogs, but completely agree with you - that behaviour is disgusting and grosses me out. We don’t do those things. Ours dogs aren’t allowed on the sofas or carpet / upstairs. They are loved and fussed but hands are always cleaned after !!

I feel like a terrible owner after reading some of these replies. I also think most these things are disgusting. Our dogs don’t go upstairs, don’t get onto the furniture, don’t have any human food so don’t beg/interested in it. I don’t mind a little stroke and then eat but absolutely no licking 🤢 and always wash hands before making food! Our house is FAR from pristine and the dogs are treat like dogs - they’re very much loved but we have boundaries

All I can say on this matter is that pre-Covid I picked up every cough, snivel, bug etc that was doing the rounds. In 2018 I was sick for three months with some awful respiratory infection.

During the pandemic I got my first dog who trumps like a trooper, slobbers on me and is currently sharing my bed yet I’ve had just one very slight cold in four years.

Coincidence maybe but I do think he has helped to build up my immune system.

Me too. Used to do home visits where I’d have to sit in such houses for an hour at a time 🤮 Give me dogs any time.

I just wanted to share this photo as a contribution

Having grown up on a farm and having a good healthy grubby childhood for it, I love reading threads about people being horrified by animals in the house. You haven't lived until you've woken up to the fecking donkey sticking his head through your bedroom door and heeeee haaaaawing at ten million decibels at 5am because he's managed to open the back door again.

That’s such an interesting perspective. Dogs were domesticated and bred for certain characteristics. By that standard people wouldn’t exist without people. In this brave new world of fillers and trout pouts are they fake and did we invent them?

Not stronger. But rather more tolerant immune system.

Good for the immune system.

Cat owners on the other hand actively encourage their pets to shit in the house!

You’d hate our house…Ddog is allowed on the sofa, our beds, licks our plates etc 🤷🏻‍♀️
She’s a beautiful 11 year old rescue dog, saved from a bin as a puppy…she’s the nicest one in our family…

To the posters saying their dog's paws are wiped before entering their homes, is that all?
There are pathogens (that's micro cak) on the dog's undercarriage, and they are allowed to sit/lie on sofas where people sit? Ugh

Dogs as you know them wouldn’t exist without people. They’re fake and we invented them.

@Ablondiebutagoody
Yes, dogs would be a deal breaker for me in anything, the only time i would be glad to see one, would be on a mountain rescue.
Some homes with dogs look clean, if you didn't see the dog, you would not know there is one in the house, apart from the smell, especially if it's been raining and the dog has been out for a walk.
Dogs should not be allowed in cafes, they are not allowed in shops for a reason.

Actually they're beneficial to our good bacteria....

www.tinyhealth.com/blog/furry-friends-the-benefits-of-pet-exposure-on-gut-health-and-more#:~:text=The%20gut%20microbiome%20of%20children,Lachnospiraceae

I always feel sorry for families without dogs.

And many of my friends and family with dogs have pretty good standards of hygiene OP. Maybe it’s the circles you move in……

Could you have not just added this to one of the 672 other ‘I hate dogs’ posts. seems a bit attention seeking/boredom.

I love dogs. More than people. They’re loyal, uncomplicated and loving. Humans generally can be pretty crap. Look at the state of the world we live in - full of shitty people with shitty attitudes. In my opinion…..

We have a dog.

I never pet him when prepping or eating food.
At these points he's either in his bed or in the living room - goes there by choice now after being trained not to beg - even with a toddler dropping food left, right and centre.

Only comes on the sofa when invited onto his blanket on there, which is also washed weekly.

Don't have a coffee table but if we did he would be trained not to surf it.

He doesn't lick people, I hate licky dogs, I don't want washing every 5 mins!! Again, training!

House is hoovered/mopped regularly year round and he's trained to give his paws on coming into the house after a wet walk so we can dry them.

Doesn't take treats into the living room and doesn't have certain treats at all - think the greasy bone treats that leave a grim trail in their wake.

No, I don't think I have low hygiene standards, 🤷🏼‍♀️