Dogs in restaurants

..just make sure there's not a stray hair in it 😆

Well they don't have owners that are 'entitled' for a start....

I'm assuming the attraction allows dogs?
They've probably googled where allows dogs and gone. The place is probably advertising on the websites for dog friendly days out etc. It's the attractions choice to do so not the dog owners

It's hardly the crime of the century to go somewhere you're allowed to be or are actively encouraged to visit

Most tourist attractions in touristy areas will need to make a decision about allowing dogs and this one chose to do so

I can’t say it really bothers me, but if it did, I would check if the restaurant is dog friendly before going.

@KenAdams

people can post about what they want. Hth..

What makes assistance dogs not grim? Just out of curiosity?

But then you just can't visit that tourist attraction surely? You have a dog. My little daughter couldn't wee because she was scared of the barking dogs. We had to use the disabled loos to get away from the dogs which isn't right either. Dogs should not be inside that type of building. Apart from assistance dogs obviously.

Nothing stopping you duck. Crack on

I think it’s because lots of previous non dog owners got dogs in covid and have weird ideas that they must be with them at all times

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this is a great blog run by a rather fab London resident. She takes her dog to some great places. Has given me some great ideas. I think people mean pubs really not restaurants. It’s still quite hard to take your dog to an actual restaurant…

BTW
If I have to put up with buggies everywhere and little Henrietta and Otto screaming the place down, then you can make space for my immaculately behaved Jack Russell. 🤔

Make you feel good? Talking out your arse?

Strike 1 👏😂👏

Record number of dog thefts so it's rare for people to leave dogs tied up. People definitely don't leave dogs in cars now

Tourist attractions tend to be full of tourists who are likely to be staying at places eg campsites, holiday parks which all have rules that dogs can't be left on site alone. Lots of holiday cottages have similar rules also.

Hmm mu mum definitely has beach holiday pictures with their dog in the 60s! I wonder if it's the high pricing of kennels etc, combined with the increase of rules like dogs not being able to be left in holiday lets/ caravans. Plus loss of things like neighbours that would look after your dog.
As a kid we definitely left our dogs in caravans etc on holidays, and as a 13 year old I used to stay in aunts houses to mind their dogs neither of which would be allowed now days!

I also think a huge part is because historically everyone holidayed in the UK, then in the early 2000s people began to go abroad on mass. The people that were left going to places like Devon, peaks etc were people walking etc and often people with dogs so business lost a high portion of "fancier" clientele so are more geared towards walkers than historically.

I think there's a much higher percentage of people with dogs that stay in UK for holidays because lots of the rest go abroad. People like my parents would now pop on the train to France or cheap holidays abroad.

Give me a well behaved dog over a badly behaved child or a rowdy group, any day.

I was in the toilets of a tourist attraction last week. It was full of dogs! People were taking their dogs not only into the building but into the toilets? What even is that? Why? Drives me bonkers. It's so unhygienic. Why aren't they tied up outside or better still, left at home? Our town seemed to have a burst of letting dogs into eateries, but it seems to have totally reversed now. I don't pay money to eat food around dogs. They smell bad! Fortunately not seen it happen in a year or more now. Assume plenty of people complained.

It's really weird how places never used to allow dogs and dog owners used to be able to cope with leaving their dogs at home. When did either owners or dogs become so delicate they couldn't survive without each other?

Lake District for sure! I live here. In Keswick dogs are absolutely everywhere…supermarkets, shops, restaurants. Everywhere. They shit everywhere too! 🙄

@Hasbean2 I don't own a dog now but when I was growing up people generally didn't cart their dogs around with them everywhere, dogs were left at home or put in kennels.

The Lake District allows dogs absolutely everywhere. Cafes, restaurants, hotels, pubs and even shops. We love it there. Bit of a trek though from London...

Yes! What happened to this? I think Covid maybe resulted in so many dogs with separation anxiety? We had dogs growing up and we would never dream of taking them out in the evening with us.

Places like the lake district, Cornwall, peak district etc tend to be full of dog friendly places because they know loads of holiday makers have dogs with them because its dog heaven and in places like devon/dorset/Cornwall know people are camping and you're onto a winner if people need somewhere to sit somewhere dry with a dog because most people are staying in camping/caravans where dogs can't be left but it's miserable when wet

This is not true where I live (London). Most restaurants are dog-free zones. Where is this wonderland with all the dog-accepting restaurants and accommodation? My dog and I want to know!

There's a restaurant near us OP that actually allows dogs to have their own chair and they sit at the table eatingn out of a wooden bowl. Now that would have you frothing at the mouth. I'm a dog lover and take my dog to cafes and restaurants, and even i think this might be a tad too far. Although they're always very busy....