Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

To think that dogs shouldn't be in toilets?

710 replies

LittlePearDrop · 13/07/2024 08:28

I'm currently camping.

There's signs on the toilet / shower block door clearly indicating "No Dogs". Not small signs. Very obvious.

Went for a shower first thing this morning and a woman brought a dog into the toilet next to me. It poked its head under the gap and had a sniff. I just ignored it.

Took my daughter an hour later and whilst I'm waiting for her, another woman brings another dog in. This time, thinking maybe she has missed the sign, I said, very politely and calmly "Oh it's no dogs in here".

She immediately became defensive, saying there's no one else to look after him (there's a fence outside she could have tied him to) and that he would "cry" if left outside. Errm, so what? Dogs whine. It's not the end of the world.

AIBU to think that if the signs say "no dogs" then it means "no dogs" and not, "Well ok your dog can come in because it might whine if left alone for a minute"?

OP posts:
Greenlittecat · 14/07/2024 13:37

PixieLaLar · 14/07/2024 13:33

So now the lady is entitled, selfish, mentally unwell and a stalker according to OP all for bringing her dog into a toilet block with her whilst at a dog friendly camp site….

Selfish and entitled yes.

The stalker comment was a response to another poster who claimed she was stalking the entitled dog owner.

You need to read the thread before attempting to summarise, otherwise it makes you look a bit silly.

Werweisswohin · 14/07/2024 13:34

PixieLaLar · 14/07/2024 13:33

So now the lady is entitled, selfish, mentally unwell and a stalker according to OP all for bringing her dog into a toilet block with her whilst at a dog friendly camp site….

A dog friendly location doesn't mean dogs are allowed everywhere in that location. 🫣

PixieLaLar · 14/07/2024 13:33

So now the lady is entitled, selfish, mentally unwell and a stalker according to OP all for bringing her dog into a toilet block with her whilst at a dog friendly camp site….

Werweisswohin · 14/07/2024 12:55

Calliopespa · 14/07/2024 12:52

i think she means it’s rather a fuss over something quite trivial.

And that’s fine - some of the best threads are trivial - but not so much when it beconaes a case of calling people “ inadequate” because they are attached to their dogs and other callous things.

It's not 'quite trivial' though.

I have nothing against dogs or their owners in general, but some places should definitely be dog free.

Calliopespa · 14/07/2024 12:52

i think she means it’s rather a fuss over something quite trivial.

And that’s fine - some of the best threads are trivial - but not so much when it beconaes a case of calling people “ inadequate” because they are attached to their dogs and other callous things.

Dweetfidilove · 14/07/2024 12:52

Calliopespa · 14/07/2024 12:51

Oh- I was joining in with you, not prodding!

Ooops - sorry 😊

Werweisswohin · 14/07/2024 12:52

Calliopespa · 14/07/2024 12:51

Oh- I was joining in with you, not prodding!

Why post a comment if the meaning is ambiguous?

Calliopespa · 14/07/2024 12:51

Dweetfidilove · 14/07/2024 12:43

@Calliopespa @Werweisswohin
You know, I successfully manage to scroll past thousands of MN's post without demanding a meaning/ point. I've posted what I wanted to, and I owe you no more.

Oh- I was joining in with you, not prodding!

Porridgeislife · 14/07/2024 12:46

Ponoka7 · 13/07/2024 09:06

Camping has always appealed to dog owners, it's a shame it caught on for those with young children. The issue is that you haven't got them under control if left tied up. The farmer can shoot them. As said there's nasty bastards about and if they spot a rabbit, rat etc they are going to possibly get free. You'll probably get dogs sniffing under your door less times than being made to feel inappropriate by children looking under etc.

Camping has always been a family holiday, what are you on about.

It’s only recently that dogs need to be in every public space, preferably off lead according to their owners.

Werweisswohin · 14/07/2024 12:44

Dweetfidilove · 14/07/2024 12:43

@Calliopespa @Werweisswohin
You know, I successfully manage to scroll past thousands of MN's post without demanding a meaning/ point. I've posted what I wanted to, and I owe you no more.

But it's meaningless.
Jesus wept at what?

Dweetfidilove · 14/07/2024 12:43

@Calliopespa @Werweisswohin
You know, I successfully manage to scroll past thousands of MN's post without demanding a meaning/ point. I've posted what I wanted to, and I owe you no more.

Werweisswohin · 14/07/2024 12:25

Dweetfidilove · 14/07/2024 12:22

🤷🏾‍♀️

What actually is your point?

Calliopespa · 14/07/2024 12:24

Dweetfidilove · 14/07/2024 12:22

🤷🏾‍♀️

For crying out loud? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Dweetfidilove · 14/07/2024 12:22

Werweisswohin · 14/07/2024 12:19

It's still true even if you say 'oh dear'. 🫣

🤷🏾‍♀️

Werweisswohin · 14/07/2024 12:19

Dweetfidilove · 14/07/2024 12:18

Oh dear 😢

It's still true even if you say 'oh dear'. 🫣

Dweetfidilove · 14/07/2024 12:18

Werweisswohin · 14/07/2024 12:14

A random comment with no reference isn't really meaningful in any way.

Oh dear 😢

Werweisswohin · 14/07/2024 12:14

Dweetfidilove · 14/07/2024 12:12

Jesus wept 😢.

A random comment with no reference isn't really meaningful in any way.

Dweetfidilove · 14/07/2024 12:12

Jesus wept 😢.

Werweisswohin · 14/07/2024 12:11

Calliopespa · 14/07/2024 12:00

Yes but it’s the toilet block that’s out of place more than the dog surely ?

Nope, it's the dog.
Toilet blocks are needed because 'nature' cannot cope with all the mess humans generate.

Calliopespa · 14/07/2024 12:00

Werweisswohin · 14/07/2024 11:57

A dog in a toilet block isn't 'getting back to nature' though. Also please don't misuse the term OCD, which is an actual serious condition.

Yes but it’s the toilet block that’s out of place more than the dog surely ?

Werweisswohin · 14/07/2024 11:57

Calliopespa · 14/07/2024 11:51

Well my answer would be this.

After many years of enjoyable holidays, I have never resorted to studying the goings-on in the shared toilets of the place where I was staying.

The other thing I am perplexed by, (and I say this as someone who would never voluntarily camp so perhaps I am missing something), I thought the whole “ambience” of a camping trip was that of being back-to-nature, down with the frogs, chilled about midges, nonchalant about ticks in your knickers, being freshly inspired by the usefulness of sticks, eschewing upscale bathrooms and cooking facilities, and positively embracing of rain, mud and rock hard ground. I just don’t really see how a dog’s nose under a cubicle door doesn’t fit that vibe admirably? 🤷🏻‍♀️It seems so odd to suddenly go OCD about amenities in the context of a camping trip.

A dog in a toilet block isn't 'getting back to nature' though. Also please don't misuse the term OCD, which is an actual serious condition.

Calliopespa · 14/07/2024 11:51

Werweisswohin · 14/07/2024 11:20

Do you have an answer?
I have lots of joy in my life but I also question odd things.

Well my answer would be this.

After many years of enjoyable holidays, I have never resorted to studying the goings-on in the shared toilets of the place where I was staying.

The other thing I am perplexed by, (and I say this as someone who would never voluntarily camp so perhaps I am missing something), I thought the whole “ambience” of a camping trip was that of being back-to-nature, down with the frogs, chilled about midges, nonchalant about ticks in your knickers, being freshly inspired by the usefulness of sticks, eschewing upscale bathrooms and cooking facilities, and positively embracing of rain, mud and rock hard ground. I just don’t really see how a dog’s nose under a cubicle door doesn’t fit that vibe admirably? 🤷🏻‍♀️It seems so odd to suddenly go OCD about amenities in the context of a camping trip.

Werweisswohin · 14/07/2024 11:20

Calliopespa · 14/07/2024 11:03

You actually have to ask?

Do you have an answer?
I have lots of joy in my life but I also question odd things.

Calliopespa · 14/07/2024 11:03

Werweisswohin · 14/07/2024 10:46

What's joyless about questioning why a dog is in a toilet block?

You actually have to ask?

Calliopespa · 14/07/2024 11:02

Tutorpuzzle · 14/07/2024 10:44

What a joyless holiday you’re having OP.

Give yourself half an hour off, have a coffee and take a breather.

And are you absolutely sure the woman you’re stalking doesn’t have a disability that requires her to have her dog with her?

The Blind Stalker

Swipe left for the next trending thread