Dogs Everywhere

I hardly every see badly behaved dogs. Or dogs that smell of anything other than dog. I live in an area full of dogs too.
It worse seeing lifeless fat animals being dragged around actually.

@MatchyM one is a Coffee shop situated inside a hardware store that doesn't sell food but has let dogs enter for years.

The cafe sells food with outside and inside seating

Well behaved dogs I have few issues with but the owners who put on their ickle wickle voice as they pretend to be in control of their mutt as they speak to it in soothing gentle tones, makes me seriously want to vomit.
Go and get properly trained you utter twat (owner not dog)

Look through the posts, there are lots of people comparing dogs to children.
Also, I wasn't 'super rude' to lots of posters, I decided to no longer engage with one poster.

Could have written this myself!

One café and one coffee shop (what’s the different out of interest I wonder) in the SE 😂

From my home in London I can walk to at least five places within fifteen minutes that take dogs. And sooo many more in central London etc.

SE here and that’s not my experience. Very limited to where you can go locally that’s not advertised as dog friendly. Different if it’s in the centre but I couldn’t pop out for lunch at a local cafe without a dog being there. I do check and I do vote with my feet.

A new cafe opened at the end of my street a few months ago and they were stopping people to give free samples to tempt them in. I declined as said I don’t like eating in dog friendly places. They were surprised at first but when I explained my thoughts they said they understood but that was their model. I wished them well and moved on.

I’m surprised at that as I am in the SE (a part of Sussex that seems to be dog central…)

@Nevermind202020 I haven't seen lots of posters say dogs are same as children.
You're bowing out (after you've been super rude to a lot of posters)

We are currently in Cornwall with our two dogs. I sympathise with those who don’t like dogs, as there are more of them around, I agree. Part of the problem is that , with so many more dogs being bought in lockdown etc, it is getting increasingly difficult to find places for them to be looked after whilst you go on holiday, as they get so booked up - it is always my top stress when we go away. And then, if you do take them with you and are in a hotel or a holiday let, you are not usually allowed to leave the dogs unattended in the room/ property whilst you go out for a meal, so they have to come with you. Therefore we need places that allow dogs in. We always make sure that ours lie quietly under the table and don’t bother anyone else, and they certainly don’t bark or make a mess inside.

@Alstroemeria123 not sure where you live but in the south east hardly anywhere is dog friendly apart from 1 cafe and 1 coffee shop.
If you don't like dogs then vote with your feet

I think if you don't want a dog where you're eating there are still many, many places that are not dog friendly to choose from. Why shouldn't both preferences be catered for.

But both preferences aren’t catered for in many places, that’s the problem. I actually have no issue with well-behaved dogs, but every time I’ve been into a cafe locally recently there has been at least one nuisance dog. There are literally no cafes etc in my local area that aren’t dog-friendly, so my choice is put up or not go. That seems as unfair as places where nowhere is dog-friendly.

The 'dogs (like children)' type of comments are so ridiculous, yet they keep coming and coming and coming and coming and coming....

I am going to bow out of this now.
@SusanandMidge YANBU (not sure the same can be said for a few other posters though, sad as it is).

I am allowed to disagree, I believe? 🙄

You crack on champ👍🏻

I am allowed to disagree, I believe? 🙄

I hate the children vs dogs thing. Young children can't be left at home. Dogs can

My bad, I re-entered that unusual universe you are in, it was an error).--

rude tbh

I bring my dog on holiday with me and on days out because we do a lot of walking holidays and it's unfair of me as an owner to leave him locked in all day while I'm doing something he would also enjoy.

Being able to go into a coffee shop or cafe with him means we don't need to eat in our car the entire time which is far nicer, contributes to the economy and small businesses and makes our holiday much more social and enjoyable. It also means we can actually stay out for the day or overnight without having to pay additional costs to kennel him which he finds stressful.

Our dog is super well behaved. Sits beside me when told and if we're eating in a dog friendly place he will lie under the table quietly until we're finished. People have frequently said they didn't even know he was there until we were leaving.

Somewhere being dog friendly would make me more likely to support that business even if i didn't have my dog with me. I think if you don't want a dog where you're eating there are still many, many places that are not dog friendly to choose from. Why shouldn't both preferences be catered for. I ring ahead to check why not do the same op.

I know what 'I don't buy into means'.
(My bad, I re-entered that unusual universe you are in, it was an error).

YANBU

I live in the UK and am sick of seeing dogs everywhere- pubs, cafes and shops

You are saying 'if dogs are welcome, they are welcome' - I am pointing out that they are not welcome to do as they like, as some owners seem to think.

I realise that. 👍🏻

@Nevermind202020

I don't buy into = I don't agree with the idea that

( you're allowed not to agree I believe )

You are saying 'if dogs are welcome, they are welcome' - I am pointing out that they are not welcome to do as they like, as some owners seem to think.

Reviews are there for everyone. Make your views known.

yep, I certainly will.