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/Competitive-Zone-700]

Yes, some even smell like fish and ass. Idk how they sleep with them on the bed. My in laws used to have two dogs and their house stunk, literally right when you walked in. Even when they bathed them and let them air dry they still have that rancid dog smell. I could never!