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Dogs Everywhere

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SusanandMidge · 17/09/2023 20:36

I don't live in the UK but am just back from a holiday in Cornwall. We were shocked at the amount of dogs allowed everywhere. They were in every restaurant, cafe, pub and hotel. Two or three people with dogs would all go into a small shop, blocking the aisles for everyone else. In Port Isaac on a lovely sunny Sunday afternoon the whole harbour and uphill area was disrupted by loud and continuous barking. Dogs were running around off leash on every beach. People were clogging the narrow pavements with two or three dogs on leads, wheeling dogs around in prams and buggies, stopping outside holiday cottages for ages chatting while their dogs barked, yapped and howled and ruined the peace for the people inside.

We were genuinely wondering if the next time we came back there would be dog and owner spaces in supermarket carparks and an expectation that you should stand up on public transport to let people with dogs sit down.

AIBU to think England has gone a bit mad when it comes to dogs?

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Carsarelife · 17/09/2023 21:49

@MatchyM where did I say I was too lazy to Train him?
If he's allowed/welcome to go somewhere why wouldn't I take him?
He's quite small and just lies under the table, not causing it being a nuisance.
However some of the so called adults.....

Abitofalark · 17/09/2023 21:49

Ireland is going to the dogs too or has already gone. I hadn't realised that dogs were such a thing there until a few years ago I went to a commemoration at a graveside where I was shocked to see that people brought their dogs which were clambering between headstones and walking on graves. In another place a popular seaside wall for people to sit on along the promenade was being used by dogs to walk on, making it unpleasant or unusable for people. As if dogs couldn't walk on the pavement.

Nevermind202020 · 17/09/2023 21:49

XenoBitch · 17/09/2023 21:47

Beaches in the summer are full of families and screaming kids too. That sound annoys me more than dogs barking. Why do kids have to scream when playing?

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Again, why are we comparing children and dogs?
As for screaming kids, I don't enjoy it much either, but it is how some younger children show emotion and most grow out of it.

Redlarge · 17/09/2023 21:49

XenoBitch · 17/09/2023 21:47

Beaches in the summer are full of families and screaming kids too. That sound annoys me more than dogs barking. Why do kids have to scream when playing?

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I 💯 agree with you. Dogs over kids anyday for me. I was being sarky ha ha.

Cosyblankets · 17/09/2023 21:48

Smokeythecat · 17/09/2023 21:46

So it’s all okay if a dog poos in a shopping centre ?

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Please quote the part where i said that

Redlarge · 17/09/2023 21:47

Comedycook · 17/09/2023 21:44

Oh and remember when they were trying to get the dogs out of Afghanistan? That really sickened me.

In case they arrived at your local pub or wanted to do a bit of shopping?

XenoBitch · 17/09/2023 21:47

Redlarge · 17/09/2023 21:42

Maybe you need to find a more secluded beach. The one you're going to sounds like an illegal rave at Crufts, which i would say is horrific.

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Beaches in the summer are full of families and screaming kids too. That sound annoys me more than dogs barking. Why do kids have to scream when playing?

MrsMarzetti · 17/09/2023 21:46

10 years from now most of the dogs bought in lockdown by the "jump on a band wagon crowd" will be dead and we can all get back to normal.

Smokeythecat · 17/09/2023 21:46

Cosyblankets · 17/09/2023 21:42

And that is vile and disgusting and owners should always clean up but nowhere does it say dog pooed in a restaurant and the owner refused to clean up.

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So it’s all okay if a dog poos in a shopping centre ?

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SusanandMidge · 17/09/2023 21:46

LimeCheesecake · 17/09/2023 21:43

But they are dog friendly - beaches that allow dogs on the beach throughout the day between April and October are in the minority! Most councils don’t allow dogs on beaches at all in the summer.

some only allow dogs on beaches not next to tourist towns (eg Margate beach doesn’t allow dogs april to October, but there’s a bay further along the coast Kent council does allow dogs on all year round, but there’s no town/shops above the beach , just row of houses)

a beach that allows dogs in summer is a dog friendly beach. Most don’t.

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This is a bit like people who thing a 'child friendly' restaurants means children can take over and annoy and irritate everyone else. Judgement, consideration and ensuring your dog is on a lead and not tearing around the beach kicking up sand, frightening and intimidating people, and making an unreasonable level of noise is surely basic manners?

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Butterkist8 · 17/09/2023 21:46

Dog threads always bring the twats out.

MatchyM · 17/09/2023 21:45

Screamingabdabz · 17/09/2023 21:43

Please feel free to leave then. Maybe bedtime for you if you keep yawning.

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Yes, I think it’s quite late enough for that poster. It’s school tomorrow.

Nevermind202020 · 17/09/2023 21:44

Dickheadseverywhere · 17/09/2023 21:42

This thread has not been interesting in the slightest. Boring, repetitive and completely exaggerated 🥱

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Yet you are still here with that silly little emoji that you and one other person seem to be enjoying. Also, you cannot comment on someone else's experiences being exaggerated, being as you were not the one who experienced it.

Comedycook · 17/09/2023 21:44

Oh and remember when they were trying to get the dogs out of Afghanistan? That really sickened me.

Screamingabdabz · 17/09/2023 21:43

Dickheadseverywhere · 17/09/2023 21:42

This thread has not been interesting in the slightest. Boring, repetitive and completely exaggerated 🥱

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Please feel free to leave then. Maybe bedtime for you if you keep yawning.

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SusanandMidge · 17/09/2023 21:43

Dickheadseverywhere · 17/09/2023 21:42

This thread has not been interesting in the slightest. Boring, repetitive and completely exaggerated 🥱

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It's been very interesting, apart from your silly, repetitive and childish posts.

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MatchyM · 17/09/2023 21:43

Dickheadseverywhere · 17/09/2023 21:42

This thread has not been interesting in the slightest. Boring, repetitive and completely exaggerated 🥱

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What’s wrong with you?! Hanging round a thread to keep saying how boring it is. Odd and embarrassing behaviour!

LimeCheesecake · 17/09/2023 21:43

SusanandMidge · 17/09/2023 21:36

They're not 'dog friendly'. They're being taken over by rude and inconsiderate dog owners,

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But they are dog friendly - beaches that allow dogs on the beach throughout the day between April and October are in the minority! Most councils don’t allow dogs on beaches at all in the summer.

some only allow dogs on beaches not next to tourist towns (eg Margate beach doesn’t allow dogs april to October, but there’s a bay further along the coast Kent council does allow dogs on all year round, but there’s no town/shops above the beach , just row of houses)

a beach that allows dogs in summer is a dog friendly beach. Most don’t.

Comedycook · 17/09/2023 21:43

People do use them as a substitute for humans....that's why they constantly try to apply human emotions and feelings to them and suggesting that its nice for them to have a holiday, or celebrating their birthday etc.

Cosyblankets · 17/09/2023 21:42

Nevermind202020 · 17/09/2023 21:37

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-64566448

This happened in a shopping centre on the south side of Glasgow.
The post above also refers to a shopping centre.
You wouldn't believe how entitled some dog owners act nowadays, and they are giving the rest a bad name (just like the pooping campers that someone mentioned back there).

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And that is vile and disgusting and owners should always clean up but nowhere does it say dog pooed in a restaurant and the owner refused to clean up.

Redlarge · 17/09/2023 21:42

SusanandMidge · 17/09/2023 21:34

Where did anyone say it was horrific? It's annoying and irritating to have the constant noise of dogs everywhere and to have them running around beaches barking and yapping.

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Maybe you need to find a more secluded beach. The one you're going to sounds like an illegal rave at Crufts, which i would say is horrific.

Dickheadseverywhere · 17/09/2023 21:42

SusanandMidge · 17/09/2023 21:39

This thread has been an interesting insight into the minds of the kind of dog owners who can't understand why their dogs aren't welcome everywhere, poo poo the concerns or discomfort of other people around their dogs, insist that a beach that doesn't explicitly ban dogs mean they can let their dogs take over the beach, and refuse to accept that smelly slobbering dogs are unpleasant for other people in restaurants and pubs.

This thread has not been interesting in the slightest. Boring, repetitive and completely exaggerated 🥱

TeenLifeMum · 17/09/2023 21:41

Well, as mn thinks you can’t leave a dog home alone for 5 minutes you can understand why people take them everywhere.

I live in the West Country and love how dog friendly it is… and just generally chilled and friendly overall. I rarely see a badly behaved dog.

reallyunderstandsometimes · 17/09/2023 21:41

Ilikewinter · 17/09/2023 20:50

I agree and I have a dog!. Hes a nervous boy and we activley seek out quieter places, or places with lots of space, to take him, but the amount of out of control off lead dogs is insane....and don't get me started on people who leave their dogs unattended barking and yapping in caravans etc.

Same! We have large breed dogs have for yonks and now we don't bother taking the to the beer garden as it's full of cocker somethings off lead running round being dicks.

Even humping my large dog, we luckily ignored them, but the owners do nothing to control these brown fluffy things.

littlebopeepp234 · 17/09/2023 21:41

I hear you op! We stayed in Newquay near porth and there was even dog shit on the beach near where my children were playing!!

We got the bus into Newquay town centre and almost every person had a dog with them! Literally almost everyone we passed in the streets had one! Not easy when my autistic 4 year old is scared of dogs and was constantly running circles around me, almost tripping me over every time she saw a dog (which was literally every 2 seconds)! Not only that, there was dog shit all over the pavements which we had to keep dodging!
It’s bad enough the streets are packed as it is during holiday season in a popular tourist resort but for everyone to also bring their dogs with them is getting ridiculous! It just completely ruined our day in the town centre!

What happened to people just leaving their dogs at a boarding kennels or with a relative while they go on holiday!

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