To dislike the increase in dogs in shops/cafes

Cafes, restaurants and shops need to make a profit. Your personal preferences/allergies/hygiene obsessions don’t make a jot of difference to that.

Anyway, you could always go to Wetherspoons, they don’t allow dogs!

I agree OP I was at a pub the other week and a dog actually shit on the floor. I've been in pubs where kids aren't allowed but some great fucking Dane is allowed on the sofas stinking spreading hairs drooling and farting everywhere

Most of these dog owners I've noticed are childfree and their entitlement is breathtaking

Why does anyone need to take their dog to Beamish! But the bloody place is overrun with them

Growing up my dog would be tied to the lamp post outside the shop - my parents wouldn't have dreamed of taking him in there

And don't get me started on the weirdos who have dog prams!

My pair get an awful lot of attention (which they absolutely love) but are very quiet and well behaved in pubs and cafes. You wouldn't generally know they are there.

I don't take them shopping; that would be no fun for any of us. I do miss being able to just pop in to the Post Office though. It was very convenient just to drop something off when passing. No longer possible sadly as it's moved into the local Co-op.

I completely agree. I'm a huge animal lover but it's getting ridiculous. An ex work colleague of mine was even allowed to bring her aggressive dog into the office every week and it cornered members of staff and barked at customers. Management allowed it because we were short staffed and they were worried she'd quit if they banned the dog.

I'm not especially keen on dogs, and agree that when I stop for coffee these days, invariably there's someone with a dog next to me. Maybe I've been fortunate but they've never been smelly, wanted to paw or sniff me, and in fact have been really well behaved and sat next to their owner on a blanket or the floor.

It was only reading this thread that it registered really, because it's not caused any issues. Maybe I live in a town of exceptionally well brought up dogs ...

I’m not keen either OP but it’s the restaurants/cafes fault not the dog/owner. If I was a dog owner then I would absolutely eat in dog friendly places, dogs can’t be left alone for too long (I don’t think). And many people do like to fuss over dogs so its easy to assume all people do (Although I don’t personally). Probably best to find non dog friendly places to eat given your allergy, I’m sure there are still plenty.

I’m a big animal lover. Always had cats, dogs, rabbits, hamsters etc … and I absolutely hate dogs in cafes, restaurants and offices. Animals should not be allowed inside a commercial eating and drinking establishment. I have even seen little dogs sitting on top of tables – gross. Half of them are loud and annoying. In offices they are annoying, distracting and their owners spend half their time fussing over them.

Café or shop- no thanks. I've stayed in dog friendly cottages thet don't smell- leather sofa and wooden flooring- that maybe why

Edit: sorry, I get it now 😬

Who forces you duck?

Plenty of places don't allow them

Gosh sorry.

I will go and sob into my dogs smelly neck now

I love it, as far as I’m concerned the more dogs the better.

Everyone would have thunk it, hence not wanting to sit near it whilst eating.

If the owner of the place says its acceptable, it's acceptable. Not happy? Don't go.

We’re supposed to be desperately wounded by grown women telling us our houses smell. Don’t be flippant for fucks sake!

There are lots of smells I don't like, most perfumes, most cleaning products, sweaty people, fried food. I have allergies to every airborn allergen you can test for, but I'm thankfully not allergic to dogs. No stinky dog is half as rank as a stinky unwashed person. But yes, it's getting a bit out of hand when dogs are allowed in shops.

It depends on the café and the shop. E.g. there was a dog in the M&S food hall the other day which felt weird and unhygienic but in a relaxed café it seems OK if they are quiet and under control. I think it was the contact/potential contact with food that felt wrong in M&S.

They do smell and often get in the way. It’s offensive that non service dogs are now allowed in so many cafes and restaurants especially as their doting owners often don’t keep them under control. I don’t want to sit on a seat where someone has let their dog put it’s dirty feet and arse. A country pub, popular with walkers, dogs in the bar is expected. A city restaurant, not expected or necessary or acceptable.

I don’t take dogs in shops but with all the thefts, I do see why people don’t leave them tied up outside like they used to. Taking my dog to the pub for lunch after a winter dog walk is one of my favourite activities though.

My dog smells of dog. Fuck me who'da thunk it.

You have a whole swathe of dog owners, who have never bothered to train thier dogs how to be left on thier own. Hence why we now have dogs everywhere .. it’s poor behaviour by owners

As an aside I was in a cafe the other week, and a big dog was drooling / slobbering all over the table… the owner was mopping it up with napkins .. it made vile viewing.

I am also allergic .. the “fur baby” types don’t give a shit, their dog should be able to go everywhere and that’s it. I like nothing more then an allergy flare up, as I’ve sat in a seat someone had left hurt “fur baby” sit on previously.

I absolutely love dogs. I love to see them and stroke them if they're happy with it.

But i absolutely detest this need to take dogs everywhere.

I have a child that is terified of dogs ever since one "friendly" dog, tried to go for her in a furniture shop (yes people take their dogs furniture shopping it seems). It makes going out shopping or eating anywhere a bit frustrating. Especially in busy cafes or restaurants where the only table is next to a dog.

Leave the dogs at home!

I also hate when people are walking their dog off lead and they run up to you and your small terified child and they casually say "don't worry he's friendly" as they carry on walking. Sure to you he is. But to my small child he's the size of a lion running towards her! Control your dog!

Dogs smell. All of them. It’s like when smokers didn’t understand why non smokers didn’t like the smell as ‘doesn’t smell’🙄

I don't understand why the dogs can't just be left at home for a few hours like they used to. It wasn't a problem a few years ago, so why has it become a problem now?

Saw a dog on a lead in a shop yesterday that was licking food items on the bottom shelves. Unhygienic.