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r/Dogfree•
moonmodule1998

I'm so glad I don't have to clean after dogs.

Food Safety/Hygiene

Exactly what is says on the tin.

A couple of years ago I had to live in absolutely degradingly disgusting conditions due to my lazy roommate's huge, untrained dogs. That could be a whole post of its own. Very long story short, it was awful, but I got out of that situation eventually.

Ever since that time in my life though, I've noticed I've been a little obsessed with having a clean house. I'm not a neat freak by any means, but it's now a priority for me to have relatively clean and neat living conditions.

Things I'm so happy I don't have to worry about ever again, hopefully:

  • Dog shit
  • Dog piss
  • Dog fur (I'm SO GLAD I do not have to see dog fur everywhere or sweep it up constantly...)
  • Dogs bringing in dirt or grass (or worse)
  • Dog smell that will never leave even if you do somehow keep it clean with a dog
  • Dogs on furniture
  • Just huge asshole shitbeasts, in general

I'm so happy that period of my life is gone and I have some control over how I want to live.

Posted Jul 18, 2021, 11:47 PM UTC

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SmaugTangent•

Yep, don't allow any more roommates with dogs. And if you sublease, make sure your sublease agreement for future roommates has a clause allowing you to refuse entry to dogs and immediately evict them if they bring any.

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TVDinner360•

Fellow clean freak checking in. Here’s to a dogfree life!

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doink6182•

You are so lucky 🍀

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jzdelona•

I'm having to deal with that now doing private duty home health care for an elderly family. The dog stench is absolutely disgusting and their gross dog is so old it pisses itself constantly, so the odor is a mix of that permeating dog musk and urine.

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moonmodule1998OP•

Oh god, I'm so sorry. That sounds so foul. I hope your job pays well.

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jzdelona•

It does haha!

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poposplants•

Dog hair on me will throw me into a panic attack so fast! I just cannot with that shit.

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Any smell that is foreign to me, my home or my belongings immediately triggers me. Can't imagine smelling dog shit, piss and their seemingly impossible to remove B.O in my own house.

Do dog people know they smell like that ? It's really off putting.

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moonmodule1998OP•

I genuinely think they go nose blind to the smell.

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NeheilHumans > Dogs•

Can confirm. My dog would piss in the house multiple times a day and I became so used to the smell that sometimes I wouldn't even notice for hours until I accidentally stepped in it.

Once I had to be away from home for a couple of days, and I remember going back and thinking "oh god there's no way it smells like this all the time in here" but in a few hours I could barely notice it anymore.

Disgusting.

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moonmodule1998OP•

Nothing like realizing how bad your house really stinks after a long vacation lmao

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No_Lifeguard_6522•

Let’s not forget the drool everywhere and the fact that they step in piss and shit and walk through your domain.

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NeheilHumans > Dogs•

2+ years later, I'm still cleaning dog fur off my clothes, but that's it. No more piss to clean multiple times a day, shit, awful smells clinging onto everything. I feel your relief

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I had pets during years. What surprises me about fur, is that most if not any house animals, while they leave a bit of fur around like we can loose some hair, are nothing if compared to dogs. If one is a clean house lover, and has a cat, that works. If there's a dog, basically it's like having a stinky moquette for free in less than 2 hours

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AnxietyFunTime•

This. My cat sheds minimally and is a lovely boi

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Rabbits too, they shed so minimally that it's hard to notice. They need to be brushed sometimes but don't shed. They also learn how to use the litter and to not eat cables. Every animal can be polite.. but dogs.. lol

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