• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      There’s the smell of dogs, then there’s the smell of infrequently bathed dogs.

      Cats and dogs are very much the same in that non-owners usually can walk into an owner’s house and know there’s a cat or dog there. It’s, not necessarily a bad smell, buts there.

      The same way that I can tell if a specific coworker was hoteling in the office. She gets her perfume from Claire’s (yes, the same strawberry-bliss or whatever it’s called from middle school…).

      Infrequently bathed dogs, however is another story.

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        5 days ago

        Maybe you do, I sat in that smell every day of that fucker’s life.

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      6 days ago

      I’d choose my dogs’ scent over the scent of most humans that I’ve met.

    • Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world
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      I’ve never had a smelly dog. I usually have spaniels and they smell pretty neutral. But I’ve encountered some pretty musky dogs or breeds.

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        5 days ago

        Spaniels can smell nasty if you live in a cold wet climate. They love rubbing themselves in the woods to go into contra hunting mode, smelling like the dead.

        Dogs that shed naturally smell less because they keep getting rid of the body oils. Again, doesn’t work if they like finding wet spots to relax.

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    5 days ago

    Tbh I don’t care much for the smell of dogs or cats either, but that doesn’t stop them from sleeping on my PJ’s or curling up with my socks. No human can compare to the unconditional love given by a pet.

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      5 days ago

      Wasn’t our idea.The rescue guys named him. The name has grown on me since we’ve had him tho 🙆‍♀️

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    5 days ago

    Reminds me of an early 2000s rumor, believed by many, that black people secretly thought white people smelled like wet dog.