Doghouse

hblock21

[FONT=&quot]Dog owners,

Do you not realize that your house stinks? Even if you say your dog is the cleanest dog in the world. Your house still stinks. Even if you stay its just a dog smell, it doesn't mean your house doesn't stink. Even if you stay your house doesn't smell, it does.

I love my dogs but would never have them in the house (even if it was a kip).

I think it's disgusting. Your dog should stay outside.

And as for people that have their dogs sleep on their bed!!!![/FONT]

Whispered

Yep, My dog stinks. he loves playing in the garden, mucky puddles and he adores the rain. As such, he always has that "wet dog" smell. I'm glad I can overlook this so I get cuddles on the couch every evening and I'm greeted by his little "wiggle" whenever I come down the stairs. It's worth it and I think I am blessed to not be as house proud as you, that I get to enjoy those things.

star-pants

So what's your 'issue' then? Otherwise this is being locked.

Discostuy

Mine doesnt

And if it does, its certainly not nearly as bad as a smokers house...

star-pants

In fairness, everyones house has a 'smell'.
When I come home from certain peoples houses, my mother can tell whose house I was in. (non animal/non smoker homes).

Roaster

hblock21 wrote: »

[FONT=&quot]Dog owners,

Do you not realize that your house stinks? Even if you say your dog is the cleanest dog in the world. Your house still stinks. Even if you stay its just a dog smell, it doesn't mean your house doesn't stink. Even if you stay your house doesn't smell, it does.

I love my dogs but would never have them in the house (even if it was a kip).

I think it's disgusting. Your dog should stay outside.

And as for people that have their dogs sleep on their bed!!!![/FONT]

Each to their own but I think if you were a 100% dog lover you wouldn't have the above view and I think you're just trolling...IMHO

dee o gee

I think your a troll, who would say that on an animal forum knowing what kind of a response they are going to get. Oh and by the way yes I have a dog and ya my kitchen does smell sometimes but its all part of dog ownership.

I work in a shop out in the country where you get farmers coming in after just spreading slurry or loads of old men that live alone and don't bother washing themselves, and you think that dogs smell. :eek::eek::eek:

Maggie.23

Do you believe that your home is bacteria and smell free? That your dog will 'contaminate' it? The first is a fantasy, the second is an irrational fear.
I'm off to give my dog a big cuddle, he's in the kitchen.

joyce2009

for god sake get a life ,,there are more things to worry about than, is there a doggy smell in my house,..i couldn't care less if there was, :pif you ever had a baby in your house you'd know what strong smells are like:rolleyes: i'd have a little doggy smell over a stinky nappy any day:D

Wolfsberg

I know its against the rules to call the OP an idiot but is it against the rules to think he/ she is an idiot?

joyce2009

Wolfsberg wrote: »

I know its against the rules to call the OP an idiot but is it against the rules to think he/ she is an idiot?

i for one wouldn't argue with you there:D

00112984

Yup, I have a dog and my house smells of dog.

My sister has two kids and you should smell the place after them. Ugh! It's a mix of grass, dirt, Milton, spat-up baby formula, general sticky smell, farts, nappies and vomit. Now, she cleans them constantly and she tidies the house all the time but there's just no getting away from it- the place stinks of children.

And as for having kids in your bed...! Ugh- animals!!

Wolfsberg

2 of our dogs are currently leppin around the sitting room at each other.... I wouldn't want it any other way of an evening.

00112984

Lucy has a tiny bread roll and she's trying to bury it under the couch cushions. She's so fecking entertaining. Wouldn't swap her for all the Febreze in the world.

hblock21

helena.ryan wrote: »

Yep, My dog stinks. :Dhe loves playing in the garden, mucky puddles and he adores the rain. As such, he always has that "wet dog" smell. I'm glad I can overlook this so I get cuddles on the couch every evening and I'm greeted by his little "wiggle" whenever I come down the stairs. It's worth it and I think I am blessed to not be as house proud as you, that I get to enjoy those things.

Wow your house must stink if your letting your dog run around it soaking wet. And as for hugging the dog after it rolled around in puddles?! O.k. Everyone to themselves!

star-pants wrote: »

So what's your 'issue' then? Otherwise this is being locked.

I just don’t get the whole dog in the house thingy. It equals an awful unnecessary smell.

Discostuy wrote: »

Mine doesnt

And if it does, its certainly not nearly as bad as a smokers house...

I agree. A smoker’s house is the pits

star-pants wrote: »

In fairness, everyone’s house has a 'smell'.
When I come home from certain peoples houses, my mother can tell whose house I was in. (non animal/non smoker homes).

Your mother has a great nose

Roaster wrote: »

Each to their own but I think if you were a 100% dog lover you wouldn't have the above view and I think you're just trolling...IMHO

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dee o gee wrote: »

I think your a troll, who would say that on an animal forum knowing what kind of a response they are going to get. Oh and by the way yes I have a dog and ya my kitchen does smell sometimes but its all part of dog ownership.

I work in a shop out in the country where you get farmers coming in after just spreading slurry or loads of old men that live alone and don't bother washing themselves, and you think that dogs smell. :eek::eek::eek:

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I know exactly how a dog smells. There’s 3 at home currently + 8 little puppies. There have been countless dogs at home during my lifetime. Dodger, Roy, Red, Peg, Captain, Major, Bighead, Speedy, Blackly, Spot, and many more that I cant think of at this very moment!

Maggie.23 wrote: »

Do you believe that your home is bacteria and smell free? That your dog will 'contaminate' it? The first is a fantasy, the second is an irrational fear.
I'm off to give my dog a big cuddle, he's in the kitchen.

Dog feces can transmit worms and other parasites, Campylobacter and Leptospira. Dog poop can lead to blindness in small children if exposed to too much of it. (And yes a child can just a easily pick something up in the garden but at least ‘the house’ is one less place)

I hope he enjoyed the cuddle.

Wolfsberg wrote: »

I know its against the rules to call the OP an idiot but is it against the rules to think he/ she is an idiot?

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joyce2009 wrote: »

i for one wouldn't argue with you there:D

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Wolfsberg wrote: »

2 of our dogs are currently leppin around the sitting room at each other.... I wouldn't want it any other way of an evening.

As long as your happy, am happy

[FONT=&quot]Im glad the thread wasn’t locked immediately as I think I have gotten some wordy replies apart from the troll and idiot calling ones! But you have not (and ofcourse will never) convinced me. A dog should not be in the house. Yes it’s a domestic animal (and is cleaner than ‘some’ humans around) but do you really think when someone visits (to eat, or other) that they like looking at a dog in the corner of the kitchen? I remember visiting cousins each year when younger and they had this little runt of a dog. It stayed under the table as we’re eating dinner, and the bloody smell off it. But anyway that’s just the way I would have it, everyone has his or her ways![/FONT]

00112984 wrote: »

Lucy has a tiny bread roll and she's trying to bury it under the couch cushions. She's so fecking entertaining. Wouldn't swap her for all the Febreze in the world.

Why would you? You can't play with Febreze. Maybe just spray it around abit, might help to get rid of the smell (if there is any)

star-pants

*sigh*
right people less of the idiot/troll and OP less of the backseat modding.

OP coming in to an animal/pet forum and going 'why have dogs in the house they smell awful' pretty much insults a lot of people who love their animals.
Our house doesn't smell - I will admit obv the dogs can smell at times, or their beds do.
As for my mother's nose, I can smell it too, you can smell it off your clothes and hair.

Each to their own indeed. Some people let their dogs lick their lips/tongue, I personally don't allow it, because I know where it's been. Some people don't wash their hands after being at their dog, I do. But we each have our own views on things.
What about other pets? Or is it just dogs you deem should stay outside?

hblock21

star-pants wrote: »

*sigh*
right people less of the idiot/troll and OP less of the backseat modding.

OP coming in to an animal/pet forum and going 'why have dogs in the house they smell awful' pretty much insults a lot of people who love their animals.
Our house doesn't smell - I will admit obv the dogs can smell at times, or their beds do.
As for my mother's nose, I can smell it too, you can smell it off your clothes and hair.

Each to their own indeed. Some people let their dogs lick their lips/tongue, I personally don't allow it, because I know where it's been. Some people don't wash their hands after being at their dog, I do. But we each have our own views on things.
What about other pets? Or is it just dogs you deem should stay outside?

oh believe me I knew the way I started off was was going to cause a few grrr's!

Yes I would be totally against the kissing and I wash my hands always after touching the dogs at home, even if only I brushed them slightly.

Well if I wouldn't have dogs in the house neither would I have cats(I won't go into my opinion of cats!, im a dog man, lol) As for other pets, well im not sure. I've only ever classified dogs / cats as pets (in the sense of that you play with) but ofcourse there are snakes, birds, tortices etc etc

Look I love going home and seeing that 'dodger' and 'red' are happy to see me and i give them a patt and say hello. But it end outside...until I go out to them again ofcourse!

I actually also have this thing about patting other dogs. I only like to patt/touch my own dogs. Don't know if thats just me or not!

star-pants

That's fair enough and that's how you feel, and I know a lot of people who have their dogs as 'outside animals'. Each to their own, I'd love if dogs were cleaner, but as the youngest in the house is 16 we don't have issues with small children and if there were small children to come into the house,the dogs would go out. My mother's a Monica so the house is always as clean as it can be.

Birds and hamsters/gerbils etc can stink the place a bit (just their scent) but most people have them in the house, although some will keep them to the utility room or maybe the shed.

Whispered

hblock21 wrote: »

Wow your house must stink

You ignorant nasty person to actually quote someone and say that, How dare you assume to quote something I said and say my house stinks. It's one thing to say "dog owners houses stink" another to direct it at someone.

If I wanted to have a pristine home with no dog hair, no dog smell and the smell of bleach everywhere I'm sure I could. I'm too busy having a life to bother TBH. The house is a clean as any other persons who has a dog as a pet. (except for those "owners" whos dog spends it's life out the back watching family life from a distance)

tk123

hblock21 wrote: »

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And as for people that have their dogs sleep on their bed!!!![/FONT]

Ah I dream of the day when I can go to bed and the pup will be old enough to jump on then end of the bed and go asleep - no more midnight trips outisde or in the early hours of the morning for poo-patrol! :pac:

hblock21

helena.ryan wrote: »

Yep, My dog stinks.

helena.ryan wrote: »

he loves playing in the garden, mucky puddles and he adores the rain. As such, he always has that "wet dog" smell.

helena.ryan wrote: »

I get cuddles on the couch every evening

An intelligent assumption.

(Ofcourse I know you were being sarcastic....give me a stick and ill play with it...)

wexford202

OP what you aid about dog poo is not flly correct.

Cat poo is lethal for blindness in kids etc.

However human poo, rodents, cat pee and poo are far more harmful than dog poo.

It's my dog's farts which are the toxic ones

hblock21

helena.ryan wrote: »

You ignorant nasty person

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helena.ryan wrote: »

The house is a clean as any other persons who has a dog as a pet.

I'm sure it it. I was being sarcastic like you. Can't take it don't .......

hblock21

wexford202 wrote: »

OP what you aid about dog poo is not flly correct.

Cat poo is lethal for blindness in kids etc.

However human poo, rodents, cat pee and poo are far more harmful than dog poo.

It's my dog's farts which are the toxic ones

hblock21 wrote: »

Dog feces can transmit worms and other parasites, Campylobacter and Leptospira. Dog poop can lead to blindness in small children if exposed to too much of it. (And yes a child can just a easily pick something up in the garden but at least ‘the house’ is one less place)

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hblock21 wrote: »

Well if I wouldn't have dogs in the house neither would I have cats

[/FONT]Some of the ways a dog or cat can obtain parasities, viruses from their own poop include rolling in their feces, pawing at it or even eating. It doesn’t take a mental giant to see the link between contact with dog/cat poop and potential health compromises.

Whispered

hblock21 wrote: »

I'm sure it it. I was being sarcastic like you.

I wasn't being sarcastic! My dog does love to play outdoors, and I am glad that I can over look the wet dog smell that hangs around for a while after he's been out (or worse, the freshly baked wet dog smell when he comes in wet and sits under the rad). That wasn't sarcasm. Honestly.

However, I'm sorry for calling you nasty if you did mean that comment to be taken as sarcasm. I didn't read it like that, I just saw a poster, who came into an animal forum to tell most people that they have smelly houses, then quote me and say that MY house stinks. I'm sure you can see how that could be read as nasty and rude?

Every aspect of life brings with it elements that you would rather do without. For me, and most dog lovers, simply hoovering more often, washing floors and your dogs bedding and washing your hands 100 times a day, is well worth the love and companionship you get from a dog. (and a cat for that matter, I'm the lucky owner of both)

wexford202

OP I am somewhat surprised that you chose the dog to pick on.

A cats litter tray is by far more gross than any smell of dog in a house. A dog a least doesn't take a dump in the house (Once properly toilet trained) A cat using a litter tray is just disgusting at every level.

Yes a og may poo in some different areas of the garden but a bird poos everywhere, all wildlife will go to the toilet anywhere and everywhere so your concern about dog poo is a bit silly. A child couls stick its hand in bird ****e just as easily.

Some houses I will agree stink of dogs but others don't.

I am very much of the opinion that one is enough to be let into any house. My sister has 3 and her house stinks of dog.

hblock21

helena.ryan wrote: »

I wasn't being sarcastic! My dog does love to play outdoors, and I am glad that I can over look the wet dog smell that hangs around for a while after he's been out (or worse, the freshly baked wet dog smell when he comes in wet and sits under the rad). That wasn't sarcasm. Honestly.

However, I'm sorry for calling you nasty if you did mean that comment to be taken as sarcasm. I didn't read it like that, I just saw a poster, who came into an animal forum to tell most people that they have smelly houses, then quote me and say that MY house stinks. I'm sure you can see how that could be read as nasty and rude?

Every aspect of life brings with it elements that you would rather do without. For me, and most dog lovers, simply hoovering more often, washing floors and your dogs bedding and washing your hands 100 times a day, is well worth the love and companionship you get from a dog. (and a cat for that matter, I'm the lucky owner of both)

Happy times.

Finally I'm getting somewhere!

You have answered my query well. I suppose the under-lining question really was 'do they bloody know the dog is stinking up the house/do they have any cope on that the house stinks'. You obviously do and take measures to try and prevent this.

hblock21

wexford202 wrote: »

OP I am somewhat surprised that you chose the dog to pick on.

A cats litter tray is by far more gross than any smell of dog in a house. A dog a least doesn't take a dump in the house (Once properly toilet trained) A cat using a litter tray is just disgusting at every level.

Yes a og may poo in some different areas of the garden but a bird poos everywhere, all wildlife will go to the toilet anywhere and everywhere so your concern about dog poo is a bit silly. A child couls stick its hand in bird ****e just as easily.

Some houses I will agree stink of dogs but others don't.

I am very much of the opinion that one is enough to be let into any house. My sister has 3 and her house stinks of dog.

I have to confess I have never owned/being around cats. So I don't know what there like. nor do I want to get to know.

And yes id agree, if I did [FONT=&quot]succumb[/FONT], a max of one.

star-pants

hblock21 wrote: »

I have to confess I have never owned/being around cats. So I don't know what there like. nor do I want to get to know.

And yes id agree, if I did [FONT=&quot]succumb[/FONT], a max of one.

See... that's where I think it's a little unfair to target dogs.
Cats whilst somewhat cleaner, can get to more places than dogs can. Like your kitchen table, your grill, your counter tops, as for litter trays..
Now I've never owned a cat but a friend of over 14years has had cats all her life, and I've spent a lot of time in her house so I know what they're like. Nothing against cats whatsoever btw but I'd be more reluctant to let a cat into my kitchen than a dog because I know where they can get to.

There are lots of animals that can make a house smell.
There are lots of houses that smell without animals.

Each to their own, but most people (not all) do make extra care to keep their house clean, thus less animal smell.

I have two Lhasa Apso, one is almost 3 and the other is 8months old. Yes there are times when they themselves smell a little (usually before the groomers) or well the pup did when she was very young because she couldn't clean herself properly. But our house doesn't 'stink' , or even smell of dog I'd say. My room might smell a little in the morning, but that's because they sleep in their baskets in there. But I air it out, I put their baskets out to air and I hoover a lot.
They both love their cuddles too, and love to be played with.

wexford202

star-pants wrote: »

See... that's where I think it's a little unfair to target dogs.
Cats whilst somewhat cleaner, can get to more places than dogs can. Like your kitchen table, your grill, your counter tops, as for litter trays..
Now I've never owned a cat but a friend of over 14years has had cats all her life, and I've spent a lot of time in her house so I know what they're like. Nothing against cats whatsoever btw but I'd be more reluctant to let a cat into my kitchen than a dog because I know where they can get to.

There are lots of animals that can make a house smell.
There are lots of houses that smell without animals.

Each to their own, but most people (not all) do make extra care to keep their house clean, thus less animal smell.

I have two Lhasa Apso, one is almost 3 and the other is 8months old. Yes there are times when they themselves smell a little (usually before the groomers) or well the pup did when she was very young because she couldn't clean herself properly. But our house doesn't 'stink' , or even smell of dog I'd say. My room might smell a little in the morning, but that's because they sleep in their baskets in there. But I air it out, I put their baskets out to air and I hoover a lot.
They both love their cuddles too, and love to be played with.

To me I really am looking at this thread and thinking that I am grateful that I have a dog as they appear to me the most hygienic pet to have in the house. As you said they can't walk all over counters etc when they are inside. They don't poo or pee inside. Mine doesn't eat inside so it is really a sofa buddy.

Yes maybe a little smelly if not washed, groomed etc including their bed but generally the smell comes from the bed or blanket and not the dog. My sister has cats and they actually crawl everywhere. My mother has just one cat and that is enough to bear as it is easier to keep tabs on one than 4.

I think maybe at the end of the day one of any kind of animal is enough to have in th house unless you are a stay at home person or a clean freak like Monica off friends.

meisha

maybe my house stinks if it does i havnt noticed,and i dont care if it does..my dogs are my family(to me)and if anyone had a problem with it i would rather they stayed away,having dogs is a major part of my life my house is just where we all live,im not so house proud that i would punish the dogs by keeping them in the garden the house is just as much theirs,its a clean well kept house its in no way dirty!! i feel sorry for dogs who live in a garden whats the point in that?you cant enjoy your pet!!

00112984

Right, did a little test today- I have a very, very keen sense of smell.

Went out for an hour leaving my pets (a dog and a rabbit) in the livingroom. Came back and had a sniff and tried to be as unbiased as possible.

In chronological order, the smells that hit me were:
Bolognese sauce (made earlier today and sitting on the hob to cool before freezing)
Smell from the rabbit cage. Actually, this was bad enough. There's some broccoli in there that I gave her last night and she didn't finish so it smells stale, combined with a litter tray that needs to be cleaned.
An unlit lemon-scented candle
General hot/electric smell (TV was left on and the window was closed)
Toast (there's always a smell of toast in my house)
A Dentastix chew-type thing.

I genuinely could not smell dog. I tried. I even sniffed the cushion where the dog was sitting but nothing except the stench of a lingering doggy fart. Now, I have to say, I have a small dog and she hates getting wet so don't have to worry about the wet dog aroma and she's very prissy so doesn't go digging in mud or anything an she's groomed regularly and her toys and dishes are washed often too.

I guess the main acid(-tongued) test would be my critical mother who wouldn't be able to stop herself remarking on the place smelling of dog when she visits but she never has and that's not through politeness.

So, OP, in reponse to your first post, I can guarantee you that my home smells of various things, most of them pleasant but the dog isn't one of them.

QED.

cotton

I'm a smoker with 4 large dogs & 10 indoor only cats (who's litter trays or poo haven't caused us blindness yet :rolleyes:) so according to you, my house must reek. It doesn't.
My dogs are happy, my cats are happy, our friends don't complain so we're happy.
We're not disgusting, what I do think is disgusting is people that leave their dogs outside, apart from the family in case they might smell.

hblock21

cotton wrote: »

I'm a smoker with 4 large dogs & 10 indoor only cats (who's litter trays or poo haven't caused us blindness yet :rolleyes:) so according to you, my house must reek. It doesn't.
My dogs are happy, my cats are happy, our friends don't complain so we're happy.
We're not disgusting, what I do think is disgusting is people that leave their dogs outside, apart from the family in case they might smell.

Just to reiterate in case people don't know,

Dog poo can (in the unluckiest of family's) cause a form of blindness in children. It does so each year mainly picked up in parks, gardens etc. But as I said above a dog could roll in his poo or something then go into the house, rub off the couch, roll on the carpet.

Then your (or friends/sisters/brothers) baby crawls over to you crossing over the now stained carpet, then pawing at the now stained couch wanting to be picked up by mammy or daddy.

Then he/she sucks his thumb.

Saying all that I'm sure if you do live with your dog you worm it regularly, so then you won't have such tragedy. Only the stained carpet and couch which isn't a tragedy per say just an inconvenience?.

Read the following link http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/ate/childrenshealth/200336.html

overmantle

I love dogs. Was thinking of getting one but after reading this, I'm thinking again!

overmantle

I HAD BEEN THINKING ALL ABAOUT THE WALKING, THE FEEDING, THE POSSIBLE BARKING THAT MAY DISTURB NEIGHBOURS, THE SHEDDING OF HAIR BUT DIDN'T THINK OF THE SMELL.

wexford202

cotton wrote: »

I'm a smoker with 4 large dogs & 10 indoor only cats (who's litter trays or poo haven't caused us blindness yet :rolleyes:) so according to you, my house must reek. It doesn't.
My dogs are happy, my cats are happy, our friends don't complain so we're happy.
We're not disgusting, what I do think is disgusting is people that leave their dogs outside, apart from the family in case they might smell.

You see it's the litter trays that really get to me.

I hate them with a passion. Why can't the cat go outside to poo.

I have to go in the front door of my sisters house as whenever I see the litter tray at the back door I start to heave.

I am a believer in letting your pet into the house though as there is no point in having something and shutting it out in the cold or the rain like we have at the minute.

10 Cats is a massive amount of cats. I am sure you are a very clean person with a well kept house but unfortunately the reality is they would be throwing bacteria all over your house. It's something you can't see and unless you bleach and mop everywhere every single day your house would be full of bacteria.

Blueprint

It's a well known and scientifically proven fact that children who grow up with pets are healthier and have a better immune system. Whereas children who grow up in overly clean sterile "don't let the child out in case it gets its hands dirty" type houses often end up with chronic health problems like asthma because their immune systems turn in on themselves due to a lack of exercise.

hblock21

overmantle wrote: »

I love dogs. Was thinking of getting one but after reading this, I'm thinking again!

That shouldn't stop you from getting a dog. As long as your able to look after one / have the space / worm it / and be aware of want it brings into the house, a dog can be a great companion.

Whispered

hblock21 wrote: »

That shouldn't stop you from getting a dog. As long as your able to look after one / have the space / worm it / and be aware of want it brings into the house, a dog can be a great companion.

Ah but in all fairness, if this thread made that poster decide not to get a dog, it's probably for the best.

cotton

wexford202 wrote: »

10 Cats is a massive amount of cats. I am sure you are a very clean person with a well kept house but unfortunately the reality is they would be throwing bacteria all over your house. It's something you can't see and unless you bleach and mop everywhere every single day your house would be full of bacteria.

What sort of bacteria?
If I was to bleach my house everyday, none of us would have an immune system left.

OP, we don't have carpet anywhere in the house as that would be unhygenic. Plus we don't have kids, nor do our friends.
All our pets are wormed regularly.

Alun

wexford202 wrote: »

It's something you can't see and unless you bleach and mop everywhere every single day your house would be full of bacteria.

So what?

Did you know that there are more bacteria in the average human body than there are normal human cells by a factor of approx. 10 to 1? Our bodies rely on bacteria in may complex ways to survive, if we didn't have them we'd die.

wexford202

All I am saying is the quantity of poo from 10 cats would be a large amount by any standards. It contains campylobacteriosis, streptococci, and staphylococci. The amount of bacteria from ten cats therefore would be a very great amount and would need to be killed properly using cleaning agents.

Exposure to the stools of one or two animals wouldn't require as much cleaning but ten is definitely a very large amount of aminals to have in a house at any given time.

I allow my pet in the house. A dog who rules the roost and I do believe that pets should be let in the house.

I am not saying to have the place clincally clean but you cannot deny that having ten or twelve animal in your house would mean that you would clean the same amount as having just one!

hblock21

cotton wrote: »

What sort of bacteria?
If I was to bleach my house everyday, none of us would have an immune system left.

OP, we don't have carpet anywhere in the house as that would be unhygenic. Plus we don't have kids, nor do our friends.
All our pets are wormed regularly.

I think in all honesty 14(!) pets in the one house is a tad on the unmanageable side. You cannot (in all [FONT=&quot]candidness[/FONT]) say a house with that many animals running around would not be tipping over the edge (to put it one way) hygienically wise. Ofcourse if you like it that way...

overmantle

hblock21 wrote: »

That shouldn't stop you from getting a dog. As long as your able to look after one / have the space / worm it / and be aware of want it brings into the house, a dog can be a great companion.

I know, thanks. But I suppose it reminded me of friends of mine when I was a child who always kept dogs in their house. There was always an awful smell around.

star-pants

overmantle wrote: »

I know, thanks. But I suppose it reminded me of friends of mine when I was a child who always kept dogs in their house. There was always an awful smell around.

Doesn't mean there'll be an awful smell in your house. Depends on the dogs/ the owners / how they keep their house.

FunkyMissMonkey

I must admit I am very confused by some of the posts in this thread.

Why bother having a dog at all, if it is left outside, never allowed in the house, and the only contact you have with it is when you go out to visit it? Dogs are sociable animals, they like to be around their pack (which means you, and your family).

Do you go and sit outside with the dog of an evening when it's pouring with rain? Do you spend quality time with your dog every day, playing with it, entertaining it, or is it a quick 5 minutes to see the dog then in to watch the tv.

If I got a pet, I'd want it indoors with me, as part of the family. I would get an animal as a companion, not a lawn ornament to take out on walks occasionally.

cotton

wexford202 wrote: »

All I am saying is the quantity of poo from 10 cats would be a large amount by any standards. It contains campylobacteriosis, streptococci, and staphylococci. The amount of bacteria from ten cats therefore would be a very great amount and would need to be killed properly using cleaning agents.

Exposure to the stools of one or two animals wouldn't require as much cleaning but ten is definitely a very large amount of aminals to have in a house at any given time.

I allow my pet in the house. A dog who rules the roost and I do believe that pets should be let in the house.

I am not saying to have the place clincally clean but you cannot deny that having ten or twelve animal in your house would mean that you would clean the same amount as having just one!

There is a very good case that as my cats don't get out, pick up allsorts, kill other animals etc, they have far less bacteria than outdoor cats.
Also, as I feed them designated indoor food, their stools have 60% less odour & the amount of stools is far less. We don't have overflowing litter trays here, they are cleaned out 3 times a day. They don't smell.
If you heave at your sisters cats tray, then mabey it's something she's not doing, but don't assume everyone elses trays are going to be like that. Having this amount of cats, we've researched both food & litter throughly & applied what we feel is the best option to make our cats & us happy.
I have never said nor denied that having this amount of animals "would mean that you would clean the same amount as having just one!" That was you, not me.
Yes, I clean more than the average person, but I'm happy to, I would never have my cats or dogs living in conditions that weren't good for them.

I think in all honesty 14(!) pets in the one house is a tad on the unmanageable side. You cannot (in all candidness) say a house with that many animals running around would not be tipping over the edge (to put it one way) hygienically wise. Ofcourse if you like it that way...

Mabey the standards you have might not be able to deal with it, but mine can. We manage perfectly thanks. As can everyone else I know with more animals than I have.
And yes, we do like it this way, clean.
Trick is this, (it's not rocket science, just good husbandry.) We have someone home all day to care for the animals, over 2,500 sq.ft indoors, they're not exactly cramped in, a bloody good routine & 2 even better dysons, plus a massive catrun & a half an acre for the dogs to wander in. If you don't believe me, come visit.
Ask yourself this - how do people in rescue cope? Are they all not managing too?

Sigma Force

Can vouch for Cottons gaf her pets are gorgeous you could eat yer dinner off the floor put me to shame and I've less pets lol.

We had a lot of garlic tonight my pets smell like a field of flowers compared to us lot at the moment.

wexford202

Cotton

You said this in one of your posts
'What sort of bacteria?
If I was to bleach my house everyday, none of us would have an immune system left.

OP, we don't have carpet anywhere in the house as that would be unhygenic. Plus we don't have kids, nor do our friends.
All our pets are wormed regularly. '

You then go on to say in your next post that you have two dysons. Yes the dyson is great for getting rid of pet hair. I wouldn't live without mine but how does a dyson kill bacteria that has hit the floor from the thousands of falling hair.

Yes your house is tidy but tidy doesn't mean clean. There is no point in putting up a defence for the fact that you hoover more and that someone.

The size of the house is fairly irrelevant too. I have a house which is very large and I have one dog who is restricted on which rooms he goes into as unless he will let me attach a dyson to his backside to pick up the hairs everywhere he goes I am not going to spend my life hoovering and cleaning after him.

Rosie13

Actually some toy breeds are suppossed to live indoors!! for e.g the maltese has only one layer of silky fur with no undercoat. one of these would not survive if left outside at all times, same with most toy breeds. I have a small maltese and my house doesnt smell any different to before I got her. she is washed very regularly and hence always smells of baby powder.