My suggestion was that I get rid of the animals
Two years ago, I was the proud owner of a baby cocker spaniel. My wife wasn’t sure if she liked the dog and asked if she could have a chihuahua. I figured that since I chose the dog of my choice, she should have one that she wanted. Over the next two years, those adoptions turned into the adoption of twelve more pets. We had a pot belly pig, a skunk, two raccoons, six cats, and our two dogs. Whenever a new rescue pet came into the rescue center, my wife had to bring it home and nurse it while waiting for it to be adopted. If it had been that easy, I wouldn’t have complained, but most of the animals never got adopted. I had to change the air filters every week, instead of once a month, and my house still smelled of animals. Our home was less than five years old, and it smelled like a barn. I called the HVAC company and inquired into a whole-home air purification system. I thought the air purifier would take care of all our problems. The HVAC technician told me the air purification system would help with some odors, but it wouldn’t eliminate them. He suggested I use an extra filter that was made just for families with animals. My suggestion was that I get rid of the animals. I think he thought I was kidding about the animals, but I wasn’t. Before the menagerie, I had a beautiful home that smelled as clean as it looked, and I wanted that back.