To think having dogs in Saltdean lido is utterly disgusting?

Just saw over 5000 doggies enjoyed a swim there !

That's why they do it only immediately before the annual deep clean

Further into the sea where people aren't swimming. My point is the sea is very big, a lido or pool less so.

It is an end of season event, the pool isn't open for non-dog related customers at all, its just the last couple of weekends where the temps are still just about warm enough, but there aren't really enough normal customers to make opening for them financially viable.

By having a couple of doggy weekends (with no other customers in between) they can make way more money which goes towards maintaining the pool.

If you'd read the thread or even skimmed through it... you'd know all that!

Why?
It is not open in the week during 'Dogtember'.

Should be an end of season one weekend event not every weekend - yuk!

So many dumb comments. It'll be emptied and cleaned before humans swim in it next time for goodness sake 🙄

I think its lovely, Assume it gets cleaned afterwards so have no issue at all.
Its for dogs and their owners - if you dont have a dog, and dont want to go, dont.

The sea is massive and everything gets washed away, more or less (raw sewage excepted)

Washed away? Where to?

I think the most "dangerous" places to swim are open water lakes. Lots of nasty parasites and the like. My ds did a kayaking course at a local lake and caught something which laid him low for about 3 weeks.

It's not a big bath though is it?

Although I've not been to Saltdean Lido - is it a pool or a lake? But if it's a pool, it's effectively a big bath and the animals would be close to you.

The sea is massive and everything gets washed away, more or less (raw sewage excepted).

Only for the last few weeks of the season. I'd rather dogs than raw sewage in the sea.

There are an awful lot of infections picked up in the sea, even in the cleanest waters.

I wonder how many of the posters decrying it swim in the sea, where countless billions and billions of creatures have lived, shat, died and decomposed over millions of years?

@2024riot

Im 55, my local lido is the one I used to enjoy as a child (haven't always lived local. Lived in several different countries, but have 'come home' like a roosting pigeon!🤣🤣)

I love going.

I hope you enjoy it next summer too & get her booked in quickly for doggy days so she doesn't miss out.

It's good to see some more positive responses. It's a fun for the dogs and helps maintain the lido.

Swimming pools with humans are disgusting places. I've just contracted ring worm from my local pool....

@Ponkpinkpink15 I would never have known about this if I hadn't seen this post !

The dog came home and slept all day as she was exhausted. We had an amazing time plus I shall definitely book myself in to swim at that lido when the season opens

@2024riot

I'm glad your dog had a great time!

My friend took his Dog to our local one & they had a fab day, Dog had fun, but would only paddle, not actually swim which he does haiku in the river/lakes near us.

i think there were too many stinky humans in it for his liking! 🤣🤣🤣

I actually think there were too many humans standing around in it, in black clothing & it freaked him out a bit, but he had a great day anyway paddling about with his toys & his Dad! Undivided attention!

I was gutted as I was going to go too, but a migraine put a stop to that idea 🥹

Swimming pools are gross - I said above you can't think too much about what's in there with you.

But they would be even more gross if animals of the non-human variety were let in.

I think this is where dog lovers and non-dog lovers just can't agree. Dog lovers don't think there's anything unhygienic about hugging/kissing a dog, having it in bed with you etc. Whereas people who aren't dog lovers just think yuck. But it's no different really to people thinking yuck how can you not change your sheets evert other day/week/fortnight/year (the last is a joke by the way, though don't look too closely at a student's bed, or more to the point, sniff it).

Hygiene is in the nose of the er sniffer.

That makes sense and is reassuring!

I think the sessions are quite pricey and are fundraisers for the Lido restoration work. I met a very happy damp dog on the bus today and his owner told me that you have to book ahead for these sessions, they're very in demand and they're £14 for an hour and a half

Yes, many PP moaning like they are turning up to this lido (when they are not even local and have never been there), and a random dog will be swimming alongside them.

It is a dog only session. You can only go if you have a dog.

Yes it was on today and seemed to be popular. The human season is over, as you say, and the pool will be drained and cleaned afterwards.

Dogs are very popular in the area - as they are many places these days - and I guess they saw a demand. It’s not disgusting because it’s after the human season ends.

I’d like it, and so would my dds and Gdcs.

Because you're moaning about there being dogs in a Lido when it is closed to people who do not want to swim with dogs.