Dogs on tables in Cafes !!

Cafe not cage

Went to a cage yesterday and the family next to us changed their babies pooey nappy on the table and left the nappy on the table when they were asked to leave

I’m a dog lover although don’t have one.

I’m finding the trend of bringing dogs everywhere v odd. Yes they shouldn’t be on the table but more broadly I see so many in busy shops being weaved through crowds, in noisy restaurants squeezing into tiny spaces to sit, and expected to just sit there.

Awful for them and I judge the owners.

@HighHeelsOnCobblestones of course there should be dog free places. That’s not what I’m saying.

I’m just a bit confused by dog haters getting grumpy about dogs being in dog-friendly cafes. (And I repeat, I have never seen a dog on a table.)

Last time DS2 was in a room with a dog, he ended up wheezing, blue and needing an ambulance for severe breathing difficulties.

Dog free places mean my son gets to enjoy life without risking death by asthma attack. Nothing grumpy, unsociable and joyless about such places for us. Quite the opposite, in fact.

I'd rather unknowingly sit in a baby's paddle of urine than a dog's! I really don't understand the obsession with dogs being in eateries ! Why? Just why?

sounds like a very weird cafe. The only dog I've ever seen on a table is my own, at home (and he was a chihuahua....I have no idea how he managed it!).

I did once see somebody put their baby on a supermarket conveyor belt with a wet nappy.......if we are talking gross things people do with non verbal family members.

@FoundNecklace oh I quite like humans too, but only if they’ve got a dog with them!

Dog-lovers are more sociable? I am not sure about the social skills of people who can’t leave the house without an animal in tow! I love going out. Just with humans ;-)

Yes, obviously. But that’s a little more extreme than a dog drinking a cappuccino at the table…

@Tutorpuzzle I agree, if you can't beat us dog lovers, you clearly need to join join us with acquiring a pooch or 2....

No thank you. After being attacked, having my entire scalp ripped off and surgically reattached as a child, I’m understandably somewhat wary of them.

@Anonym00se you are absolutely right, dog unfriendly places are very few and far between because we dog lovers are more sociable, spend more money and don’t leave grumpy reviews on Trip Advisor!

You all need to get a dog and let a little joy into your hygienic, anti-septic lives!

I only go to dog-friendly places and I have NEVER seen a dog on a table..

I read “Dogs on tablets in cafes”. Crikey, if it’s not bad enough that parents are giving iPads to toddlers to keep them quiet, now the dogs are all screen addicts too!

I try and avoid dog friendly places but unfortunately dog-free places are few and far between these days where I live. Dogs are everywhere, cafes, pubs, even at the supermarket. It’s really weird.

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Yeah I'd notice if there was a dog on the table or a chair because that's gross

I don't assume everyone loves dogs

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@FoundNecklace , that is truly disgusting.

There is a poster here who lets her dog sit on train tables because he likes the view 🙄 She claims to wipe up after, as if that makes it all ok.

Exactly.

I immediately rule out dog-friendly hotels. I want cleanliness on my holidays!

I don’t think you notice it because you like dogs. It’s not on your radar. Like you probably think ‘everyone’ likes your dogs, because dog-lovers will stop and talk to you. You don’t notice the people who really hate being around your hordes of pets. It won’t register.

I avoid dog-friendly places if I can. Cafe Nero is disgusting for it. Dogs sitting on the sofas. I haven’t seen one on a table yet but believe it can happen.

Many places are dog-friendly now. The pandemic made people introverted, turn to dogs rather than people for comfort and now they can’t leave their house without their furry friends. You know the kind, ‘I prefer dogs to humans’ and inane comparisons of kids to dogs.

There is not much that hygienic folk can do these days. I have also seen dogs barking and running round pubs and one crashed into a table with jugs of water once.

I leave scathing reviews on Tripadvisor and Google. Eg when I see catering staff pat the head of a dog with its paws on the servery counter.

It really puts me off an establishment. I hope we have reached peak dog and humans can eat and drink in peace one day again. For now we just have to tolerate selfish dog-owners that give the good ones a bad name.

Lol never seen this and have a pile of dogs I take out to dog friendly places all the time

I don't even see them on the chairs, never mind the table !

In accommodation, our dog sleeps in her own basket, just washed, placed on large clean towel, in the lounge. And will not go upstairs or in bedrooms. We clean paws with clean towel.

I like children too, it is not either or for me- but children who play outside are no cleaner than my dog, and often don't take shoes off (well mine did, but ...)

Which is why we always ask for a corner away - and ALWAYS ask people at next table/s if they mind. People always say that they don't, and always congratulate us on our well behaved our dog is. If someone said they did mind, we would move, and sit in a side room or outside, or cancel and leave.

'Why would I pay to go somewhere dirty? ' - do you go where there are ramblers, farmers, children who have played football or in the park? We always have a towel for our dog's paws and clean them before we go in. And our dog (not a doggie, not an Erzatz child- a dog) is any more dirty than the above.

I don't go to cafes or restaurants which allow dogs inside. Neither do I stay in holiday accommodation which allows dogs. Why would I pay to go somewhere dirty?

There is a cafe in my town which is particularly dog friendly. I walk past their large windows and see dogs on the sofas and chairs. The other week there was a smallish dog, back legs on the chair, front legs on the table, drinking or eating out of a bowl. Disgusting, I don't know how they pass even a basic hygiene inspection.