Cinema Screening for Dogs

The campaign starts now for a Krzysztof Kieślowski season to be part of the dog cinema offering.

Will arthouse cinemas be doing the same? Some dogs may not be interested in the latest Marvel superhero or Fast and Furious movie but may prefer something more avant-garde. Will they be catered to?

And their day out was ruined by a dog looking at them from the other side of a park. And it set their allergies off too. Oh, and the park stinks of dog piss.
And it is gross that dogs are on the beach because they go out in the sea and piss in it, and the their kids go out in the sea and get covered in piss seawater.

And every time they leave the house, a dog jumps up on them and leaves muddy footprints on their expensive coats. Always muddy, no matter what the weather.

Also nobody has ever had a picnic that wasn't destroyed by a dog.

Don't forget their small children being regular sent flying by dogs like they were skittles.

The mumsnet land of exaggeration. Where dogs have swapped walking for bounding and the streets are swimming with shit.

Where are we finding all these doubly incontinent dogs?

My young dog would be a nightmare. He’d be giddy because of the other dogs and a complete pain in the arse. He’d far rather stay home.

I think my old dog used to enjoy the peace and quiet when I went out to the cinema. He’d have the radio on and a treat just before I left then he’d hop on the sofa and sleep. He was usually in exactly the same spot when I got home.

The last film I went to see just before Christmas was disrupted by numerous people coming in late and trying to find their seats. The family behind me getting up six times to go out to the lobby and the person who was obviously sat in front of the projector repeatedly standing up so we could see his head in the film. A well behaved dog would have been a huge improvement on that.,

When we had a dog, he wouldn't have gained anything from a cinema trip, he'd just have gone to sleep; and it isn't as if the usual duration of a cinema trip is too long to leave your dog at home (unless you are going to a cinema miles away).

I suppose the cinemas must think there's money in it, and if there is, then it's reasonable - I often wonder how cinemas survive, when I go (which is usually at the weekend when you'd expect it to be busy) there are rarely more than a handful of people in the auditorium.

I asked our cinema manager that, as I've never seen any dogs in there. He said that a few older people at afternoon screenings bring their dogs who are usually small and elderly themselves.

I still think it's wrong as lots of people are allergic. I wouldn't dream of bringing our dog.

My dogs would both be happy at home.

I would be interested to know what percentage of people who like going to the cinema don't go because they won't can't leave their dog.

I think they're a great idea yet I never take my dog to one as they bark at the tv when there's dogs, horses and bloody squirrels on it

I'd maybe the quietest one to a screening where there were no dogs in the film, like it's a wonderful life though as she loves going anywhere with us. The pub is her favourite place.

In the end though it's all about REVENUE, cinemas are struggling - I don't care what they do to keep open, I bloody love the cinema !

For once I agree, any other dog posts you go on I won't 😆

This is crazy, cinemas have lost their mind. The reason people aren't going anymore is because of all the disruptive behaviour in the cinemas, people on their phones, shouting and fighting etc. Having dogs in there will just make things ten times worse.

Perhaps this is because they don’t actually notice the well behaved, trained dogs that are out and about.

Most people's experience of dogs is seeing them run around barking, pissing and shitting everywhere. Maybe they'd have different expectations if dog owners were a bit better at controlling their pets.

Why do some people assume that dog friendly means dogs running riot and pissing and shitting everywhere.

A PP said she knows someone who has been to a dog friendly screening, and it is not what you described.

If you have an animal that’s pissing and shitting through a two hour cinema visit then you either need a trainer or a vet because neither is normal behaviour.

The cinema at a UK I firstly level has lots £5bb since Covid and recovery is not yet certain.

If we want cinemas to survive then they need to do more to attract people back in, and for some bringing their dog with them will do just that.

As for allergies, assistance dogs are permitted anywhere so there's always the risk of contamination.

As has been pointed out already, assistance dogs aren't as prolific as the household pet mutt.

It isn't something I'd like to do but I've no issue with other people going and enjoying it. There's loads of things I don't want to do.

As for allergies, assistance dogs are permitted anywhere so there's always the risk of contamination.

Who disinfects the place after the piss and shit?

Jesus wept.