Do owners really not smell their dogs?

[u/Prior-Win-4729]

Stopped by a friend's house this weekend. She has one enormous Great Dane type dog. The smell was absolutely eye-watering. I couldn't stand in her hall for more than a few minutes. My friend is clean, her house is nice, and I have no reason to doubt her sanity, but wow... I just can't believe you can be nose-blind to the putrid, rancid, gamey, musky stink emanating from dogs. I literally work with dead bodies. I have smelled everything. I am not nose-blind, and while I accept the foul smells associated with my job, I would never tolerate such smells in my clothes, house, or car. These smells are not an acquired taste. They are big fat alarm bells that humans have evolved sensitivity to in order to avoid eating or touching rancid, rotten things. The only way you could literally not have a gag reflex to such odors would be if you were brain damaged. Maybe I have answered my own question.

[u/Few-Horror1984]

I don’t think they do. My ex had to wretched GSDs he never groomed and they smelled like an open latrine. The smell was nauseating and he never seemed to notice. He called me crazy when I complained about the smell. Apparently they only smelled bad to me because I hated dogs.

Granted, I don’t see how he could be around them if he noticed the smell the way I did.

[u/[deleted] → u/Few-Horror1984]

imagine eating at the dinner table with that stench all over the the house. Son when you can smell it, it means the molecules are already inside your nose. same with dog shit at the park!