To dislike the increase in dogs in shops/cafes

’Did you get a trophy’ 😂😂😂

OP, I 100% agree with you, but I just had to comment about how much that made me laugh, thank you 😂

Sorry, Toast; it's so horribly quiet when they leave us. "Brother and sister, I bid you beware / Of giving your heart to a dog to tear."

I wish my house smelled of dog, I miss my dog and I miss his smell,😔

And the smell in our houses.

I think I am going to borrow the massive akita down the road to go to Costa.

Funny how our doggies are living rent-free in all these little heads.

We’re laughing because that’s your trump card, not because you’ve offended us. The same attempt at an insult primary school brats use. See you all in Costa.

I smell like lavender bold capsules.

I do occasionally rub my coat all over my dog instead to mask the floral smell

Dog owners’ clothes smell of dog and their houses definitely do. And if they’re under any illusion that it’s a nice smell, they’re deluded.

Dogs smell and should not be in food establishments.

Not sure why people insist on bringing them everywhere.

I don't care if my house smells of dog to an outsider, not that it does always on top of the cleaning.

No. But it's tiled and lvt floors and my sofa is leather, which he doesnt get on or one which is 3 weeks old in a room he rarely ventures. He doesn't get on the beds and I have no carpet.

He doesn't smell bad enough to penetrate the floors or walls. Ok?

When we had carpet my living room did smell doggy. We now have no carpet.

There is nothing in my house that would retain the smell of dog.

So your house is entirely stainless steel? Stainless steel sofa, stainless steel flooring.

So modern!

All houses smell of something, though.

Dogs don’t smell objectively awful (unless they’ve been rolling in something). They just smell of dog, which some people like and others don’t.

No. My dog smells of dog. There is nothing in my house that would retain the smell of dog.

I'm not remotely upset lovely. I aren't the one starting threads about dogs and then moaning other people have dogs that smell.

I'm stating that your house probably smells of dog. Some people's standards are such that they are not prepared to put up with a smelly house. If your standards aren't that high, that's your choice. You don't need to explain yourself to me. I understand it upsets you but it doesn't make me sound pathetic- that's just you lashing out.

It's not an insult, just stating a fact. Where did I say I want them eradicated from public spaces? That's just you jumping to conclusions. Service dogs are necessary, "mental health" dogs are not.

It’s probably one of the most accurate posts on this thread.

Holidays? Where dogs aren't allowed to be left at accommodation? We used to walk through our own town some Sunday mornings and stop at a cafe.

We'd sometimes walk the dog to the town to go to pubs with him, then walk back

Not difficult to explain. They are out and about with their owners. Dogs like to be with their families rather than stuck at home in their own. Dogs which have been included in daily life since they were puppies are well socialised and well behaved.

So how do you explain dogs in shops and coffee shops in town centres

This is nonsense. Many people go in a pub or a coffee shop half way round a long walk so their dogs are obviously being well taken care of. The dogs which are being neglected are those which are left at home all day when their owners are out all day.

What a complete load of rot 😂

Can we add dogs on the tube to this discussion?
I rarely saw dogs on the tube pre covid. Only working dogs. Now it's very common. I recently had a dog (sitting on lap of owner next to me) sneeze on me, spraying me with dog snot.
Today a dog licked my hand on the tube.
I often see people let their dogs sit on the seat next to them.
I think I might hate this even more than the dogs in cafes!

Nobody is saying eradicate service dogs. Saying dogs stink isn't an insult it's a fact. Not eradicate from public. Nobody as an issue with dogs being in dog places like fields, parks, woods, dog beaches. You know places dogs actually can be dogs at. The problem is people who try and humanise dogs and start dragging them around shops and shoving them under the tables at coffee shops. Dogs don't like these places their loud, busy and people step on them. The only reason people take dogs to these places is they like people fawning over their dogs or they won't make sacrifices in their life and put their dog first. When you decide to get a dog you need to understand that it's a responsibility that means you won't always be able to do whatever you want whenever you want as your putting something above your own needs anyone who can't do this don't get a dog as its selfish.

I’d far rather a house that stank of dogs than being with a miserable person who likes to fling insults about. Fair enough not to like dogs but that doesn’t mean you get to eradicate them from public places especially serving dogs and mental health dogs