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Cinema Screening for Dogs

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Pieceofpurplesky · 12/01/2025 23:20

My local cinema is having cinema screenings where you can take your dog along. So far they have had Wallace and Gromit and The Lion King.

AIBU or has the world gone mad?

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ClairDeLaLune · 13/01/2025 13:20

What fresh kind of hell is this? So sick of this trend of people taking their dogs everywhere.

MirandaWest · 13/01/2025 12:18

https://www.picturehouses.com/blog/dog-friendly-cinema

This Is from 2018 when Picturehouse had been doing dog friendly screenings for a year so they’ve been going on a while

Dog-Friendly Cinema

Bring you dog to the cinema

https://www.picturehouses.com/blog/dog-friendly-cinema

VoodooRajin · 13/01/2025 12:17

I wouldn't do it, but think its a great idea

vivainsomnia · 13/01/2025 11:39

I take my dog to many places they e joyed. A cinema? Certainly not!

HighHeelsOnCobblestones · 13/01/2025 11:38

Starlight1984 · 13/01/2025 10:43

But most places allow assistance dogs? Including all public transport and shops...

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So? We have to leave or not go inside.

However, it’s been over a decade since my son developed this allergy. In all that time, we have never had to leave or not go inside somewhere due to an assistance dog being present. There are simply far fewer of them. Assistance dogs are wonderful for those they help and not a problem for us.

RampantIvy · 13/01/2025 11:24

Starlight1984 · 13/01/2025 10:43

But most places allow assistance dogs? Including all public transport and shops...

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What don't you understand about some people being so allergic to dogs that they can't be in the same room as one?

Don't be so obtuse. Yes, it will mean that @HighHeelsOnCobblestones and her son would have to leave.

caramac04 · 13/01/2025 11:12

I bloody love dogs but would not take mine to the cinema. They’re not lap dogs and would get nothing whatsoever from it. It would spoil the film for me having my attention on the dogs. I wouldn’t go to a dog screening without the dogs.
My dogs are fine to be left at home though.
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sleepwouldbenice · 13/01/2025 11:08

Nope! I can relax without my dog!

The only limited place I can see it might work would be small cinemas in rural tourist areas eg lake district where many dog walkers might go. Something for a rainy day.

But in general still no!

Ursulla · 13/01/2025 11:07

Dog owners are a pita and won't be happy until the entire country is covered in dog shit, dog piss and dog hair, to match their own scruffy homes.

Neighbours87 · 13/01/2025 11:03

It’s seems like it’s more for the dog owners than the actual dogs.

MintsPi · 13/01/2025 10:58

Why do people always bang on about assistance dogs re allergies? People have the legal right to have assistance dogs so there isn't anything people with allergies can do to stop that (pretty sure they wouldn't want disabled people to lose those rights).

The vast majority of dogs are not assistant dogs. I pass 30 dogs a week easily while walking the school run. I can count on one hand the amount of assistant dogs I see in a year. They are just not comparable.

Sophiasguitar · 13/01/2025 10:46

My dog wouldn’t cope but I don’t begrudge people things just because they don’t work for me.

Starlight1984 · 13/01/2025 10:43

HighHeelsOnCobblestones · 13/01/2025 10:00

My son is allergic to dogs. The last time he was in a room with a dog resulted in severe breathing difficulties requiring an ambulance. So no, we do not go to anywhere that allows dogs inside.

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But most places allow assistance dogs? Including all public transport and shops...

Pumpkinpie1 · 13/01/2025 10:40

Pieceofpurplesky · 12/01/2025 23:20

My local cinema is having cinema screenings where you can take your dog along. So far they have had Wallace and Gromit and The Lion King.

AIBU or has the world gone mad?

What a stupid idea

Ballyhoballyhoo · 13/01/2025 10:39

World has gone mad! if you can’t leave you dog alone for the duration of a film you have a problem!!!!

GasPanic · 13/01/2025 10:19

My dog would never switch the mobile off long enough for a full movie screening.

HighHeelsOnCobblestones · 13/01/2025 10:00

Starlight1984 · 13/01/2025 09:07

Do you not take him to cafes? the pub? anywhere else that allows dogs?

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My son is allergic to dogs. The last time he was in a room with a dog resulted in severe breathing difficulties requiring an ambulance. So no, we do not go to anywhere that allows dogs inside.

NameyMcNameyson · 13/01/2025 09:43

YANBU. Dogs should not be in the cinema. Gross.

CautiousLurker01 · 13/01/2025 09:40

Am a dog lover/owner… but, no. Leave the pups at home!

It doesn’t (from the film selection) look as though it’s targeted for lonely/aging singletons who don’t like to leave their dogs at home for a few hours, does it? And I’m not sure that the sound system/volume is good for dogs either.

Unlike an alternative thread about excluding dogs from a group walk, I do think it is perfectly reasonable to exclude them here, especially as people who have allergies to dogs would be unlikely to assume/expect there was a risk of exposure in a cinema?

No, snuggle with your dogs in front of the telly or go to the cinema with a human friend…

RampantIvy · 13/01/2025 09:40

HoraceCope · 13/01/2025 09:29

buses dont have hard surfaces or trains where people can freely take their dogs

True, so someone very allergic to dogs would have to avoid travelling in an enclosed space with a dog.

Back in the day when smoking was still allowed in trains there used to be separate carriages for smokers. I don't see why they can't do this for dogs now.

IsawwhatIsaw · 13/01/2025 09:36

Lambington · 13/01/2025 09:32

Hard to see how the cinema makes a profit after paying for a professional deep clean of the theatre after each screening.

They won’t will they?
i understand its all about the money…..but as someone said, no one chooses to be allergic and it’s becoming increasingly hard to find places to go. I guess the upside is I'm meeting friends outdoors and walking more…

Kendodd · 13/01/2025 09:36

We cinemas are businesses and if this is earning them money, good for them.

VelvetFuzzy · 13/01/2025 09:35

UrsulasHerbBag · 12/01/2025 23:42

Why would dogs want to be in a dark loud unfamiliar room with loads of other dogs and no where to pee for 2 hours? Dogs are not people and it isn’t always in their best interest to treat them like humans.

It's a barking mad idea.

Lambington · 13/01/2025 09:32

Hard to see how the cinema makes a profit after paying for a professional deep clean of the theatre after each screening.

HoraceCope · 13/01/2025 09:29

buses dont have hard surfaces or trains where people can freely take their dogs