AIBU to think dog owners have low hygiene standards.

[ThisQuirkyPeachHare]

I'm not a pet owner, although have had pets in my childhood.

Many of my friends and family members have dogs... And I'm just always so surprised to see how their hygiene standards change when they get a pet....
No dogs on the sofa/bed... But how is it suddenly acceptable?
Dogs around the table and sniffing around food that's low eg coffee table.
And then the owners stroking the pets and letting it sniff/lick hands and then eating without washing first??
My sister in law is awful for it... Her and her children are all petting the dog while eating and then taking more food from the plates which are for everyone. In-between this, the dogs led licking it's nethers before coming back for another sniff around the food 🤢
I can't be the only person to think this is disgusting? 😂🤦🏾‍♀️

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…

Good for the immune system.

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

Not stronger. But rather more tolerant immune system.

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?

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.

I just wanted to share this photo as a contribution

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.

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.

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

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 !!

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.

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.

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

Not all dog owners are like that

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

I find it odd that some don't let their dogs upstairs or sit on the couch. When we first got a dog, we thought it was disgusting letting a dog sleep in your bed etc. But it's honestly the best thing. My dog is so happy in the bed, he'll snuggly up to you, lay upside down in happiness. If you've not let your dog in your bed, just do it once!

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.

Dogs are allowed in lots of shops, but there isn't a particular reason when they're not, beyond 'its more hassle for us, we don't want to'. Its just a store policy and might not even be a national store policy for some chains.

Dogs aren't allowed in food prep areas and sterile areas in hospitals for actual reasons, and thats about it.

Any house with a dog living in it smells. Many dog owners are also completely blind to the fact that not everyone loves their smelly pooch.

Ohh goody yet another dog hating thread. FFS, give it a rest, yawn.

I prefer how my dog smells to how people smell. Do peeps not realise that houses with people living in them smell? 🤮

Absolutely not OP! I have a lovely doggo and my house is immaculate, you wouldn't even know I have a dog! So to answer your question, no. I know a lot of people who do not have pets, whose house is filthy.

Also just to add, we let our dog on the sofa and upstairs, my immune system has got so much better since. I've not had a cold or been unwell in over a year, whereas before, I'd be ill twice maybe three times a year. So coincidence maybe.

You're probably nose blind to it. Houses with dogs always smell. I'd rather have a slightly lower immune system than dog genitalia on my sofa.

You won’t be keeping your shoes on in my home.
Dog has his feet washed after going outside, rugs are washed regularly, his bedding is changed weekly, I vacuum daily. I wash my hands after smoothing him, he’s not a licker. Doesn’t go on the furniture or upstairs, pretty much his own choice.

Basically some people are clean, some aren’t. Some of you don’t wash your hands after using the toilet, some of you pick your nose and flick the contents. Probably most of you have snotty, dribbling kids at home, teenagers with dirty plates in their bedrooms, grotty hand towels, dirty toilets, filthy sheets, men who say they wash their hands after the loo but don’t!

A work colleague came back from the loo once with period blood on her finger- which I pointed out to her, absolutely vile. I’ve been in homes where you wipe your feet on the way out, and they haven’t owned a single animal.

Humans are basically crawling with bacteria, viruses and fungi. @cuckooooooo your house will smell, all houses do.