House smells of wet dog. I don't own a dog. What can I do?

[CeliaFate]

I posted this in Chat too, but haven't had any replies yet.

I've hoovered and mopped everywhere this morning, went out. Came back a few hours later, the kids said it smells like a farm . More like wet dog to me .
What the hell has happened?!
How can I make my house smell nice again?

How long have you lived there for? If you've just moved could it be old dog hair being hoovered up?

Maybe clean out vacuum cleaner filters and stuff and see if that helps? And sprinkle bicarb before next vacuum?

Don't want to offend you, but is there a damp problem?

I have rented houses in the past with damp and that is how I would describe the smell.

If not damp then maybe from drying clothes inside etc, condensation building up.

I'm no expert so hopefully someone will have a better explanation!

We've lived here for 5 years! Never happened before, maybe I've overwet the floors?

Dishwasher or washing machine leaking or pipes blocked?

Ah right, that's strange then.. I agree it will probably be something water related, sorry I can't be more help.

I bet it's your mop head, mine made the place STINK of wet dogs and I have no pets... New mop head sorted it, and Rr-mopped with weak bleachy water to get rid of the smell

Agree re mop and i also had this problem when i wet cleaned my wool rug - have you any leaks / spill near carpet??

This may be way off the mark, but does anyone in your household have particularly sweaty feet and perhaps a new or recently acquired pair of shoes? I started noticing an awful wet dog smell in my house recently and tracked it down to some shoes which have now been suitably freshened up! Good luck tracking down the source of the smell...

We had this once and discovered we had a small leak from kitchen which was creating puddles under the lino and getting whiffy as going stale... is there any chance some water could have pooled somewhere stale? With weather being warm - smell making bacteria will multiply quite quickly.