OMG, I Smell DOG in Here!
First, full disclosure. I am the proud parent of five "fur kids." I have three dogs and two cats, and I love them. Period. My friends often joke that they want to come back in their next life as one of my dogs. They are also amazed that my house (while often cluttered), never smelled of the animals.
So, this is not an anti-dog post. But it IS a testimonial of a recent, eye-opening experience.
We recently moved. Filled at 28' trailer with all of our worldly possessions and moved. And guess what? My perfectly house-trained dogs, who have not had an "accident" in the house for YEARS, were so stressed during the process that I woke up to a puddle in the basement every other morning until we left.
Ugh.
So as much as I cleaned, enzymed, and deoderized, my basement now needs industrial level deoderizing so people don't walk in and say, "OMG, I smell DOG in here!"
I don't have the answer on preventing pet anxiety when packing to move, but I have new compassion when I show vacant homes that smell like dog.
We are now in our new house, waiting for the truck with our stuff. My canines are once again the happy, well adjusted pups that keep the house clean....and I am unbelievably grateful!
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