Would you still view the house?

Your house probably has dog smell and so it puts off a lot of people.
Ds bought a house that a huge dog had lived in, it stunk of dog even though it was very clean when we viewed with him. The family had taken the dog out while we viewed. He got it for less than others with same floor plan in the same road. It was priced a bit lower too.
Once he got it, we had to rip out all the carpets and wash/scrub away all the dog smell.

It’s more the smell that would put me off. I think even when people think their dogs “don’t smell” they do smell to people who don’t have them

I’d still view the house as long as the dog wasn’t there.

The dog wouldn’t put me off but I would be cautious about possible dirty carpets and dog smell which can be hard to get rid of.

Oh, doubt it. Most people look on google street view, not drive bys. As long as the dog isn’t around for the viewing and the house doesn’t stink of dog (or have stains and hair everywhere) then it’s all good.

Im sure it’s something else putting people off.

I won’t view houses if I know a dog lives there anyway. You can smell it for years afterwards. Only getting new carpets and underlay got rid of it in our last property

Of course it would! People are spending hundreds of thousands of pounds so they need time to look at the house in peace and process what they’re viewing. Having a yapping dog around would be a major distraction.

You need to take it out for walks whilst the viewings take place.

By one logic, yes. But as someone who moved into a house where the previous owner had owned an untrained, distressed, barky (and, judging by the carpet, neglected) dog, when I thought the neighbours would be delighted with us (no pets, one eight year old, quiet) in fact they were hyper-vigilant about the slightest thing to the point of hostility, presumably primed by years of noise and difficult humans.

100% would put me off. I am afraid of dogs and I hate the smell of dogs in a house so I would be out.

Yes id cancel

By that logic the neighbours should be delighted to see new owners

If I'd driven or walked passed and saw a dog bouncing around/barking, and I wanted to view the property. I would call the estate agent and ask if the dog would be there during viewings. I don't dislike dogs but my husband is wary, and if there was any chance the dog was there during the viewing, he wouldn't view the property.

I went with my parents to view a property, the owners had 2 large dogs. In fairness, they were with the dogs in the conservatory, so they were out of the way. The entire house smelt of dog. It was horrible, and put my parents off completely. I did tell the estate agent, that the owners needed to clean the carpets and upholstery, to try and get rid of the awful dog smell.

We took ours out for all viewings...I still associate a certain Starbucks at a petrol station near our old home with house viewings!

Some people really don't like dogs and even if they do, they may not want the dog in the way.

I'd assume you were planning to take the dog with you when you moved out, not sell it as part of the house; therefore, it wouldn't put me off. If you were selling the dog with the house, that would change things. I'm too old and lazy to look after a collie.

I'm now house hunting, and the dog wouldn't put me off if I walked past to look. I would be put off if he was there at the viewing - I mostly like dogs but a reactive or bouncy one would scare me.

I would turn down a viewing if there was any evidence of dog. I appreciate you can’t always tell, but when we were looking, if I saw a dog bed or dog paraphernalia I turned down the house. No thanks. I accept that this is an extreme perspective of course.

But the dog isn't being sold with the house so I'm not sure why any of those reasons would be issues. Presumably the house would be cleaned and your own furniture etc put in there after the owners and their dog moves out. Not sure what pissed off neighbours means? You mean they're pissed off with the neighbours dog/ Surely that means they will be happy neighbours once he/she moves out!

Yes. Remove the dog for viewings.

It's usually price. Did you get multiple quotes? Did they agree and are you taking the agents' advice on price? Is it priced ambitiously or proved to sell?

90% of the time I wouldn't drive by first so the chances of me doing so and seeing a dog and deciding not to view for that reason are tiny. If you have made sure the dogginess can't be guessed at from the pics, I don't think that'll be the problem.

If you post a link you'll get dozens of people telling you what's wrong with it, but you have to have a thick skin because some will be quite rude about completely normal houses and tell you no one will buy it unless you burn it down first to make it look less dingy or pokey, or do an £100k refurb because a house without a massive living-kitchen-diner and separate living space is unsellable. But there are often some genuinely helpful posts in there too.

It wouldn't put me off viewing but I'd be sniffing really hard to see if the house smelled doggy. We once viewed a house where, when we asked to see the back garden, they said no, because their dog was locked out there because it was vicious with strangers. We didn't go back!

No I wouldn’t view any house that had a dog. The smell takes ages to go away.
Collies are working dogs. Great on farms. They need lots of exercise and stimulation. Poor dog. Poor neighbours.

I have 4 dogs myself and would love your dog being there as long as I could make a fuss of them 🤣

If I drove past and saw it in window barking it wouldn't bother me either. How odd for anyone to think that it would!?

If I saw a dog next door who kept barking it wouldn't bother me either as my dogs are just as bad 🙃

YES I know im a bad dog owner...

It wouldn't bother me in the slightest. The dog is not gonna be living there when the house is sold, so I can't see a problem.

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It’s a working dog.
They need a LOT of exercise.
Your poor neighbours. Trust me it will get on their nerves.