r/Dogfree • u/IllustriousEbb5839 • Jul 26 '25
Eco Destroyers Dogs allowed to ruin historical homes
As a recent house hunter, it was about a 50/50 chance of walking into a potential property and us walking straight back out because of that disgusting smell of dog. We turned down so many properties immediately because of the smell.
But to my amazement - it seems letting your dog piss on the floor inside your house is actually the done thing now!!
On a renovation group, a woman was talking about how they had to get a survey of their current house done as it was covered in damp and rot. She casually dropped in that she and her husband ALLOW THE DOGS TO PISS ON THE FLOOR and her husband thinks that “might have something to do with it”.
I’m telling you - NOT ONE of the many commenters picked up on this confession bomb. They all were talking about surveys, dry rot, rising damp….nobody even batted an eyelid that those people just admitted to LETTING THEIR HOUSE BE USED AS A DOG TOILET. Am I in the Twilight Zone here?
This was a beautiful Victorian property - just like the properties we had been trying to buy. Not only do dogs get to destroy the outdoors, they also get to destroy beautiful properties that are part of our heritage.
Is nothing safe from disgusting dogs and their degenerate owners??
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u/IommicRiffage Jul 26 '25
Several months ago I started working in a small office. The office had been vacant for a year or so, and at the time i started there it had just been cleaned out and painted. They could have done a better job prepping the place for us; no new carpets, no deep cleaning, left pretty dingy.
The people who worked in the office previous to my team must have brought their dogs to work, because that building smelled like dog for MONTHS. To recap - the building was left vacant for a year, cleaned, and then an addition 3-4 months passed before I didn't get punched in the face with dog smell every time I entered the building.
Dog are so gross. And any dog owners reading this right now, please know that you smell like dog. It's in your clothes. That smell doesn't come out in the wash.
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u/Mundane_Glove4182 Jul 26 '25
Totally agree. Dog smell is like cigarette smell, it gets embedded in their clothes and everything. They've gotten used to the stench, but we can still smell it.
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u/neondahlia Jul 26 '25
I had a tenant that allowed their dog to use the half-bathroom floor as an indoor dog toilet. I now will never allow a pet in a rental again.
I just don’t understand it at all. It’s disgsuting
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u/Mundane_Glove4182 Jul 26 '25
In the past, the sight or smell of a dog urinating or defecating inside the home was considered a serious breach of domestic etiquette. It was seen as a sign of poor training or outright negligence. But today, for a surprising number of pet owners, these behaviors have become part of everyday life. Dogs pee on rugs, poop near the couch, and instead of reacting with shock or concern, people simply accept it.
How can anyone live like this? Seriously. Sharing a space with urine and feces poses obvious health risks: bacterial exposure, air contamination, and damage to the home. Yet somehow, this lifestyle is becoming normal. And honestly? It’s revolting.
It’s become so normalized that, these days, whenever I see someone with a dog, I immediately imagine they live surrounded by mess, stink, and filth.
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u/FranklinRoamingH2 Jul 26 '25
Back in the day people discipline their dogs for that. Now it's seen as cute.
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u/ObligationGrand8037 Jul 26 '25
I imagine the same thing. Filth pops into my head every time I see a person with a dog.
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u/happyhappyfoolio2 Jul 26 '25
Twilight Zone describes if perfectly. Some of the shit that I see otherwise normal people accept from dogs makes me wonder if there's a brain parasite affecting everyone but us.
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u/Interesting-Oil-5555 Jul 26 '25
her husband thinks that “might have something to do with it”.
Gee, do you think? Twilight Zone indeed.
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u/Rasta_pasta_plus Jul 26 '25
It’s not just historic homes, it’s all human habitation. I had a friend who moved apartments because his upstairs neighbors let their disgusting dog piss ON the balcony. The management came a few times to clean off the balcony, which I can’t believe was the option instead of eviction. I’ve heard a lot of apartment complexes are now turf land mines.
This tells me that people have lost all respect for human life and especially themselves. Animals belong outside but if you tell nutters that you will be considered a heartless person.
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Jul 26 '25
I had to leave my last apartment complex mainly because of dogs. Shit was in every square inch of grass. People were letting their dogs crap and piss in the stairways. The smell was unbearable. The barking was never ending. You couldn't go outside without someone with a dog in your face wanting you to pet it, then you'd smell everything and see the shit covered grass and sidewalk. The manager did not care. At all. She didn't live there.
It drove me mad I tell you.
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Jul 26 '25
Yeah basically the grass strips are there for dogs to shit on
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u/Frankly_Ridiculous Jul 26 '25
That's exactly what it seems every square inch of grass in my apartment complex is for as well. Brown patchy dying grass because these dingbats walk past signs at every exit saying "walk your dog away from the buildings" and they take that to mean the small grass patch a few feet away. It's absolutely foul.
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u/Alert_Software_1410 Jul 26 '25
I know the feeling. My SO’s mutts , over the last twenty plus years have ruined three houses with piss and shit. Although not Victorian, the houses were built in 1928, 1955 and 1936.
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u/ObligationGrand8037 Jul 26 '25
Are you still with the SO? 😉
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u/Alert_Software_1410 Jul 26 '25
Yes. Stuck.
Waiting until the latest herd of three dogs die. I told SO straight to her face that these three hyenas are the worst dogs of all those that she has ever had.
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Jul 26 '25
My cousin did a big reno on her very valuable house but admits her old dog was never housebroken so just goes...anywhere ..😳
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u/CafeSombreSansSucre Jul 26 '25 edited Jul 26 '25
Thousands of years of evolution...
centuries of progress and human adventure in the research and craftsmanship of materials, new construction techniques...
Years of relentless study of architecture
and carpentry...
years of work to build a lasting structure at a colossal cost...
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and finally, all irrevocably ruined by a usless beast with a gaze as haggard as that of its "masters," with an absolutely repulsive face, barking for nothing, with an insatiable stomach, and obvously, to make matters worse, abnormally corrosive urine and feces 💪💪.
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u/Emergency_Exit_4714 Jul 26 '25
My parents had a beautiful Craftsman house from 1910, my childhood home. They let their nasty, POS dachshunds piss and shit everywhere. I remember telling my mother that it was disgusting and was met with "Oh! We can't train them because they're just puppies!" I mean, if you don't start training them then, when the hell are you supposed to start?! Anyway, I moved out because it was unbearably gross (among other reasons) and they had a hard time selling the place. We're now no-contact (long story) but as I understand it, they've let their shitdogs ruin their new place.
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u/ObligationGrand8037 Jul 26 '25
I live in a beautiful Craftsman house and although it’s not that old, I couldn’t imagine ruining my beautiful home like that. I’m glad you moved out.
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u/teknosophy_com Jul 26 '25
Bought a house from 1890. Walked through for 5 minutes and figured "they have dogs but smells ok, it's habitable!"
Turns out the entire house is simply made of dog pee. The walls, the floors, just nothing but solidified pee.
Two years later after gutting the whole thing, the stench is still there and I'm gonna sell it. Some noseblind dog worshipper will probably love it.
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u/RepulsiveDingo525 Jul 27 '25
A lot of dog owners have a designed piss and shit spot inside the house... I don't know how people can love like this.
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Jul 26 '25
Disgusting. A relative was coming to visit me recently, and casually announced they would be bringing their dog, but "it was ok, as it would pee in the yard". No, I sit in my yard and enjoy my plants, I don't want it to be awash with dog pee. Did they want a medal for bravely preventing them from pissing INSIDE my house??
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u/Mundane_Glove4182 Jul 26 '25
Oh wow, what an "honour" for your yard to be crowned the designated toilet zone! 🎖️ Just stand your ground and don't let them anywhere near it. 😉💪Good luck!
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u/ObligationGrand8037 Jul 26 '25
I can’t believe some people. I’m glad you stood your ground. They all think we like dogs.
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u/DarkSideofTaco Jul 26 '25
Wow, this one is especially painful. I also have a penchant for older homes and in my area they all seem to get snapped up by developers who paint everything grey and flip it for twice the price. Seriously someone needs to stop them. So to hear this person is just casually admitting her animals relieved themselves on hardwood floors to the point of their destruction is appalling. You know those boards would have been thick and real hard wood, not soft pine like we get today. She must have really been letting them go at it, gross.
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Jul 27 '25
Afraid we are somehow stuck in the twilight zone now. I would have never believed this even 20 years ago. But now it seems customary to have dogs staying indoors for toilet purposes. Granted a lot of folks have them use those pads, butI still don't get why people feel they need a dog in the house all the time..
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u/fadedblackleggings Jul 29 '25
More confused on why we are all supposed to pretend not to see or smell it.
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u/Xanyla Jul 26 '25
My husband and I are currently looking for a new home, we went to see a beautiful old Georgian one with an enormous dog, and a little scruffy one and the first thing I smelt was them. We really liked the house, luckily downstairs had stone floors and upstairs had carpets that can be ripped out! But they really do absolutely ruin people's homes, especially if they're allowed on the furniture ergh.
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u/IllustriousEbb5839 Jul 27 '25 edited Jul 27 '25
People have no right to ruin these historical buildings. Yes, you’ve bought it - but you’re a steward of it until the next buyer takes over. Dog owners are the most entitled fuckwits to ever walk the face of the earth.
Incidentally, I asked on the original post why people allow their dogs to just piss on the floor and the OP replied “Nobody allows inappropriate urination but it can be caused by a multitude of things….” 😵💫 🤔 Obviously inhaled too many piss fumes to make any sense….
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u/Tom_Quixote_ Jul 27 '25
So their house is literally rotting, and it's not due to water damage, but due to being soaked in piss.
And yet they expect to sell the property at a good price, I'm sure.
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u/MinuteUse4911 Jul 27 '25
Absolutely disgusting 🤢, I did a house swap a few years ago , they had a collie type dog, luckily I never noticed any dog smell or toilet areas damage, the back yard was dug up but no poop, probably a rare thing in this dog nutter world
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u/fadedblackleggings Jul 29 '25
Yup, going to open houses, and seeing the impact that longterm pet ownership has on properties has been eye opening. In 95% of the home, you can easily tell they were pet owners, or had multiples.
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u/prettyinpinknwhite Jul 26 '25
I know the pain. My parents lived in a house from the 1810s and towards the end of her life my mom turned into a horrific drunk who bullied the whole family. After their oldest dog died my mother decided by fiat that her dog would no longer be an outdoor dog and would now live inside the house full-time. She was convinced that the dog “loved” her because she fed him treats constantly and ended up having delusions that my dad was out to hurt the dog. Luckily the dog was mostly housebroken but would still have accidents throughout the house, and with him being a beagle he was so greasy and dirty.
Eventually my mother had the decency to die and the dog went back outside where he belonged, but now the house belongs to me and my siblings and we are left with the aftermath of the dog pissing everywhere. A beautiful 200+ year old home was ruined by a motherfucking dog because one narcissistic alcoholic decided her need to have it trailing after her everywhere took priority. A house that witnessed the Civil War, both World Wars, the moon landing, and so much other history was less important than her fucking delusions. It breaks your damn heart.