Ever encounter a person who smelled like a dog? I just did at my workplace.

[raccoon]

I don't know if she bathes dogs for a living, or what.

[Myrina]

1. I have friends who are crazy cat people & they smell like litter box.

Everything about them -- their house, furniture, clothes, the inside of their car -- everything reeks of cat piss/poo.

And they're oblivious.

[narnian60]

5. I have never understood this.

I have always had several cats (&dogs) & people cannot believe my house doesn't smell. Hello!! Cats don't smell. They are very clean unless they are ill & can't clean themselves. It is the dirty litter box their owners don't keep clean that stinks up the house, and then the cats will start going on the dirty clothes (or wherever) you never pick up because their litter box is dirty. Pardon my highjacking, but man this is something that really gets to me.

[nomorenomore08]

8. But past a certain number of cats, a lingering piss smell in the house is probably inevitable.

I'm talking like a dozen or more. A high school friend of mine's parents owned about that many at any one time - with frequent replacements for the ones who got run over - and while I never saw a dirty litter box in that house, the stink of cat urine was unmistakable.

[sammytko]

12. They must have been peeing on furniture or something

I have seven cats and I keep them restricted to certain parts of the house.

I mop their areas with mr. Clean and bleach on a daily basis. I'm retired, so cleaning daily isn't a problem. Vacuum daily also. Amount of fur I pick up is amazing.

Litter boxes cleaned out daily and fresh litter added. You have to remove the old litter every couple of weeks and not just add or it will stink. Might look clean, but it can smell.

[nomorenomore08]

16. Still, I couldn't imagine having 12+ cats. 2 was plenty for our household - especially

since one (female) hated the other (male). Sadly the male - surprisingly, since he was several years younger - dropped dead (of a heart attack most likely) a few months ago. The other one, who was adopted as an older cat, is 16 with a bad thyroid, but for now she's still going.

[sammytko]

17. Yeah, never planned on having SEVEN cats

I only had ONE! But a colony of ferals invaded my area and I kept some of the babies.

Managed to catch and spay all feral females. Started with about 20 feral cats, now down to three.

Then picked up a newborn from the driveway, bottle raised it. Got another one from someone that was going to throw it out, and so it goes.

You end up with seven cats....indoors. Well two go back and forth.

[narnian60]

21. Thank you for doing what you did. nt

[Myrina]

18. No pardon necessary, I completely agree.

I'm a dog foster & have anywhere from 3-6 dogs in my house at any time. It DOES NOT smell. Dogs, blankets, curtains, rugs etc get washed regularly. Floors get scrubbed.

There's no excuse for the stench.

[sammytko]

19. Yes, very important to wash your bedding regularly

Don't understand why ones clothes would smell of dog or cat?

Do the animals lounge in the clothes before they are worn?

[Myrina]

22. Presumably because they have litter boxes in the laundry room & walk-in closets

.... and those boxes don't get changed out (or, not very often) so the aroma ... disperses.

In addition to being cat-hoarders they are also clothes-hoarders. I'm sure there are at least a couple litters of kittens among the piles of clothes laying around that house.

[sammytko]

25. That is gross. My cats are not allowed in my closet!

They have a "cat room" - lol.

Lots of windows. They do go back and forth through some other parts of the house, but the cat room is where they eat and have their boxes.

[PinfeathersEagle]

2. Ever been to a Walmart? That's all you can smell.

[In_The_Wind]

4. Hello ~ PinfeathersEagle

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Next time you visit Wally-World take a tissue with something sweet smelling on it.

[hunter]

3. Since you said "she" it probably wasn't me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_you're_a_dog

Sometimes I'm covered with dog hair. Even when I'm trying to pass as human there will still be a few dog hairs on me.

[nomorenomore08]

7. Only "sometimes" covered with dog hair? Are you a werewolf, then?

[Myrina]

23. I have pet-lint rollers EVERYWHERE.

1 in the kitchen, 1 in my car, a mini in my purse, 1 in my desk drawer at work ...

[Populist_Prole]

6. No, but some who have dog breath

There's also one guy at work who many of us snicker as we refer to him as 'Alpo Breath'. His breath smells exactly like canned dog food.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. I once taught a child who was being rasied by dogs -

His parents were meth heads and locked him in a room with the dogs.

He acted like one of pack. He crawled on the floor and licked my hand. so yeah, he kinda had a dog smell to him.

It was sad to watch.

The only meals he got were the ones he got at school.

He was six years old.

[Brigid]

10. Sounds like a job for Child Protective Services.

What happened to the child?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. He was taken out of the home and was being fostered by the

assistant principal. That is the last I heard and that was about 7 years ago. He must be about thirteen by now. All the available services were involved in he and his sister's case. She, too was locked in the room with the dogs but, was let out more ... not sure if it was to allow for sexual abuse by meth customers or not ... but, would not doubt it. She, the sister, was sent to live with a grandparent. The elderly single grandmother could not handle both, especially since the boy was prone to anger issues and violent outbursts.

[lastlib]

13. Several years ago, I took a trip from St. Louis to Albuquerque......

There were two Amish families on the train--they smelled HORRIBLE!! they absolutely REEKED--body odor/sweat, I could barely stay in the car with them! (and I have the sense of smell of a brick!) They only bathed on Saturday, and my trip was on Thursday, so they had several days' accumulated sweat and dirt (in July!) Yucck! Hope I never run into them again!

[femmocrat]

14. No, but I can always tell the kids who live in a house with cats.

Their clothing has a lingering odor. Same with kids of smokers.

[bluedigger]

15. Did she come up to you and sniff your butt?

That's how my dog does it.

[mrmpa]

20. No I haven't but..........

I had a co-worker who smelled like piss. I don't think she ever bathed & continually wore the same pants & shirt (football jersey actually) and she must have kept the same underwear on.

I finally talked to my boss, who had a talk with the co-worker. The co-worker was in tears the rest of the day & quit about 2 weeks later (still smelling like piss).

BTW we shared the same office, and this was like in January here in PA and I would open the windows as wide as possible for as long as possible.

[riderinthestorm]

24. I confess, I smell like horses 24/7 because its my job so I'm guessing dog lady's the same

Its just my life.

Honestly, more than a few people actually LIKE the smell of a reasonably well kept barn and horses - the combination of the hay, wood construction, shavings or straw, horses and yes, even a small reasonable amount of manure - for a lot of folks that is the most excellent combo.

I actually like the smell of my dogs so I wouldn't be too fussed if I were accused of that.

Be that as it may, its been decades since I worried about going out in the middle of a workday smelling like horses. Its what I do. I take reasonable precautions and change out of my barn shoes and coat to head out into public but other than that?

Nope. I'm gonna smell I presume.