Shoes-off homes with dogs make no sense.

I get taking shoes and even outside clothes off coming into a home. I don’t do it in my own home. But I get why people would want to. The world can be gross. Having home be a respite from that is a great idea. What I don’t get is the anecdotal overlap I see in that so many of these homes have dogs, who traipse through yards and cities with no such foot covering and come straight back home. One of my friends has a dog door- her dogs go in and out multiple times per day, then inside, right past the pile of people shoes at the door, all over the floors, the furniture the beds. None of these homes seem to wipe their dogs paws, and frankly even if they did, dogs are much more likely to be covered in all sorts of grossness- they like it more/seek it out and are bathed (significantly) more rarely.

Seems irrational to me to try to maintain any sort of shoes-off or outside/inside clothes hygiene standard when dogs are involved.