If you live in an apartment, just don’t get one
Reasoning edit: pets, especially cats, will leave a smell all over furniture. Cleaning becomes an even worse chore due to the fur. They also require “house training” in order to not chew/claw/destroy most stuff that’s lying around the house.
I don’t think I’ve ever been to a cat owners house who’s furniture smells like cat, I would love to know what a cat even smells like.
Maybe if those owners don’t clean their cats litter properly or often enough, that causes a smell, and yeah, lots of shitty cat parents who don’t clean after them well enough.
Or maybe this is about un neutered cats that piss on stuff? That’s unfortunately somehow also a thing.
Cats also don’t require any training to do any of those things? Just pay attention to your cat, ensure you play with it and give it enough toys and attention and it won’t do shit to your stuff.
Your statements have me more confused than anything else.
Dogs smell, they have a weird metallic smell to them and they leave that smell on surfaces, maybe you got confused?
Is this unpopular opinion or just objectively wrong opinion?
I can assure you I can tell when I enter a house that has cats by smell alone, much like a smoker’s car has a distinctive smell