Hey so your dog opinion is so valid. My family had a dog but he stayed Outside. He was a very good, very lovely dog and his job was to be a guard dog and he was very good at it, but under no circumstances was he allowed in. He was NEVER allowed to lick our faces (thats so disgusting when I see people let their dogs do that) and we trained him not to jump and rub all over us because yeah, dogs are not clean. If we did play with him where he did get on us more, you can bet we changed our clothes when we came inside. I really dont get people who let their dogs all over everything and i also dont feel comfortable visiting houses where people let their dogs run all over. Its so unhygenic. Anyway just thought i would chime in, and also there are so many other people who would agree. Im Muslim and basically that whole population would agree with you lol. Dogs are wonderful companions for people and have been trained to do amazing things but they are not clean creatures and unless you need the dog for service animal reasons i just dont get having them in your house like that.
Yeah I honestly like to pet other peoples dogs! I've met some dogs that are super funny and cool (and trained)! Guard dogs, seeing eye dogs, bomb dogs, sheepdogs, etc. are awesome. But I do think there's undeniable "dog blindness" that lots of people who've had dogs their whole life develop where something that's disgusting to me is just normal to them. Like smokers who think they don't stink, because they're so used to it.
My family also had outside pets and we kept a sticky roller and hand sanitizer in a basket by the door so we could immediately clean off after playing with them. I had a special hoodie that I would put on for that exact purpose to protect my other clothes lol. Which sounds fully INSANE to most people I have talked to, so I get that there's a spectrum of pet mess tolerance and my experience has been extremely far to one side of it.
The cultural part is pretty interesting. Do most Muslims feel differently about other animals like cats? Or is it pretty across the board? I also wonder if there's any general differences between the "we wear our shoes inside the house" cultures and the "take your shoes off at the door" cultures and their expectations for pets.