No, it wasn't dirty socks, bad food or dog farts but...
The last few days when coming home from work I had a smell in the house I just couldn't quite pin down. It seemed like cross between burnt electrical and exhaust fumes, but I couldn't quite figure it out.
It turns out the pilot light on the stove top went out. Odd that it didn't really smell like gas to me. I went so far as to check the vent for the water heater, the blower for the AC unit, the main fuse panel, etc. The gas stove is 15 years old, might be time for a new one with electric ignition.
Just thought I'd put this out there as a public service message, apparently sometimes gas doesn't smell like gas. I couldn't imagine coming home to a burnt down home and dead dogs.