why do we always like the smell of our own pets and not other peoples?

Question

my dog smells like gingerbread!

Answer 1

Love! its that simple!

Answer 2

My dogs stink but I love the way they smell because it makes me think of playing with them outside. Smell is closely linked to memory.

Answer 3

Because we are around our own pets all the time, we are accustomed to their scent. Someone coming into your home only occasionally will notice your pet's smell much more than you do, just as you smell other peoples' pets much more strongly than their owners do. Have you ever noticed how everyone's house has its own scent? Yours does too, but you don't notice it because you've become immune to it.

Answer 4

You live with your pet 24/7, so you recognize their smell and it doesn't smell bad to you. When you meet new pets, they always smell not-so-good, because your nose hasen't gotten used to their smell.

Answer 5

Because we love them sooo much.

It's the same way we feel about our babies/children. The smell, look and feel of my baby surpasses any other baby.

My dog smells like a forest. My baby smells of Johnson's Bathtime.

Answer 6

because you have got used to the smell and you dont think it smells so bad then like ive thougt my mates dog smealt like cheese lol xx

Answer 7

We are more used to our own pets and their own smells.

Answer 8

what, we you mean you i definatly dont like the smell of my pet mine suffers from wind and its not 2 pleasent. Maybe it depends what you feed them. if this is the case maybe i should stop giving my cat fish

Answer 9

I think we get so used to the smell of our animals that we think they don't smell. So when you smell another animal they honk!!!!

Answer 10

My dog, at the moment, stinks to high heaven of fox sh*t. And no, I don't like it.
Can I have yours?

Answer 11

All dogs stink of dirty old dishcloths