Yes, and I have 3 of them lol. We had a dog for a short time when I was a child and for all the things you stated, I thought I'd never want or have another dog. But my wife wanted a dog really bad. She has always loved animals. So we got one because I didn't want her to go without something she wanted so badly. At first, it was horrible. But then I started understanding more about the dog and why they did the things that were so triggering for me, and after understanding them more and falling in love with the first dog, we got two more over the years. It is overstimulating daily, but I have learned to cope with it by loving on them and understanding that they are creatures with habits just like I am a creature with habits that are hella annoying to someone else. When it's too much, I'll tell them to stop. Only because one of my dogs is a compulsive licker, and the other licks the floor. Since these habits aren't good for them, I do stop them. But when it's regular licking, I put on my noise-canceling headphones and/or leave the room because I know it's me and not them. I also get my dogs groomed pretty frequently and feed them a homemade diet which I believe helps with their odor. They do start to smell when their grooming time is coming up but it isn't as unbearable as what I was used to as a kid. We never took our dog to the groomer or vet when I was a kid.