AIBU to think dog owners have low hygiene standards.

Yes, I think you have to have a reasonably laid back approach to mud, hair and germs to have a dog. As in, not be too anxious about it. In reality, I’m not sure people often get ill/catch diseases from their dogs regularly though so perhaps not unreasonably lax, just relaxed. Not fussy.

People (regardless of whether they have pets or not, or whether they have children or not) have different ideas about what hygiene practices are necessary or desirable.

In a commercial kitchen, these are standardised and legally enforced.
In someone else’s home…. If you don’t like it, you can leave. But it’s worth remembering there are probably lots of things that you do (or don’t do) in your home that many others could choose to judge you on.

No more gross than other humans, particularly at the mobile but not great at washing/covering mouths when coughing/wiping bums and noses stage.

You'll be at much more risk of catching stuff from a kid than from a dog.

Of course some people do a good job of keeping their charges clean, their homes clean despite the small muck spreading disease vector/s that live there and some do not.

I have never caught a disease or parasite from a dog.

I cannot say the same for children.

You sound a bit clenched OP.

I have a dog and yes, he’s pretty disgusting. But I adore him - he’s like my best mate. He’s allowed on the sofas and he sleeps on our bed. I don’t share my food with him though- I don’t share food with anyone. 😬

We hardly ever get coughs, colds or stomach upsets- it’s good for your immune system to live with pets. You don’t have to ever meet my dog or come to my house OP so no need to worry about it.

Tbh most peoples hygiene is repulsive.

Cats lick their fur and people stroke them as I would then eat. Maybe I'm gross.

I agree, I'm not keen on other peoples kids but I will let their dogs kiss me and try to pinch my food all day long!

Speak for yourself

LOL, op, you’ve been to my house? Not really, my house, despite having dogs is pretty pristine but I can sniff out judgy people like you a mile off and so you wouldn’t have been invited. I have very high standards for the people I allow in my house.

You know cats make their own rules in their home 😺

I’ve met some disgusting smelling humans in my time and been in some really manky houses. Some people don’t need to have animals to have poor hygiene standards.

I loathe people who take their dogs into country pubs and let them sit on the cushioned seats and curl up. Then the next person sits on the seat and is covered with dog hair.

Fine take your well behaved dog into a pub but they settle on the floor.

Last lunch out was dominated by a yapping dog constantly not wanting to be out at lunch. Why take it then.

Humans are far more grim

@JustGotToKeepOnKeepingOn
Like Billy Connolly says, " kids are like farts, you only like your own" 😂 same with pets I think.

@Eenymeanymineymo where the hell do you work?

Well I haven't sprouted a tail or started barking yet! Nor have I had an arm or leg suddenly drop off or coughed up a furball so I'll keep living with my dog and do what I normally do which is apologise for the dog hair and keep my German shepherd away from visitors unless they say they're ok with her ❤️
She's currently sprawled at the end of my bed snoring 🤣🤣🤣

I don't have or want any pets and my house definitely isn't pristine 🤣 We've got plenty of germs to keep our immune systems where they need to be 👍

But I do dislike the way that dogs have taken over since Covid. Everywhere you go there's dog hair, slobber and barking. I've been in pubs where dogs are licking the tables 🤢and licking people's faces and hands 🤢 dogs tongues going in people's mouths 🤮People walking along swinging bags of poo 🤢 Noooooo....

Apparently dogs are great. But it's a bit like other people's kids isn't it? No one likes them 🤣

If you feel this way about dog owners, you should see toddler owners. My house has never been so disgusting. Best not to allow anything under 5 near you.

warning toddlers may wee poo vomit or schmear without warning. And they won’t tell you. You just have to find it. Or sometimes they do it and you try to catch it.

The dog is the least of my worries.

You don't notice if your house smells of dog on a day to day basis.
You do notice when you come home from holiday for the first 10 seconds you smell it as others do.
My house smells of dog.
I don't care because I love him.

Agree. Our houses are often dirtier and smellier. And we are healthier and less allergic. Win some, lose some.

Yu my house is a hair infested mank palace, but I am nearly 60 and have had dogs and cats all my life and as far as I know I haven't gotten ill because of them so 🤷

I used to clean more when we had a dog because of the hair and mud she brought in. I would sweep and mop the floors every day whereas now I don’t. And hoover the sofas. So the house got dirtier definitely but I cleaned it more.

I miss the dog but I don’t miss the extra work.

Jesus! I mean, I know humans are disgusting but wow, I had no idea how disgusting some people really are! That is grim AF

Dogs don't count. I'm extremely clean and rather germ-phobic, I get horribly cracked hands as I wash them too much, I creep round supermarkets in the middle of the night in flu season so I don't have to get too close to people... but will happily sleep with my dogs, stroke them when preparing food, casually pick hair out of my mouth... I have no idea why it's different - I know exactly where they go and I know how disgusting they are... and I don't care. Good for the immune system! They are a lot less likely to make me ill though to be fair - humans have given me all sorts of diseases, never even caught a slight sniffle from a dog...

Many a night I’d much rather have the chicken

Exactly this, kids are waaaaaay more disgusting than dogs.