Silliest place you’ve seen a dog owner take their dog

There was a thread recently on AIBU where a bloke was wondering whether he should break up with his new GF because she didn't like the fact that his dog slept on his bed with him. The general consensus that neither person was BU but that the couple were just not compatible with each other, but there was a small handful of crazy dog posters frothing at the mouth and saying things like "how dare she! I bet your fur baby is cleaner than most humans!" and "bet she's a wicked stepmother in the making!". It was batshit.

Lots of golf courses have public footpaths running through them.

How about you waste more of your time quoting all the others who didn’t give an actual example too.

Identify as whatever you feel like but it doesn't trump women's rights. No one is anti trans, we just don't agree that the feelings of a few over ride hard won protections for women.

What are you on about? 🤣 I posted regarding a point already made in the discussion. You’re not the thread police so off you go.

And “men in dresses” is a highly stereotypical way to describe them, plenty of them dress in jeans and other gender neutral clothing.

I was surprised for one of my dogs to be invited into the butcher's. Yes, she is well-behaved, and they know her (she would insist on crossing the road and giving them RSPCA eyes until they gave her bones), but... in a butcher shop? Really? She knows to wait for food, but I imagine other dogs seeing a green light to head into the back and drag out a carcass...

Sitting on the garden furniture sofa display next to its owner.

A Labrador wandering around the M&S Food Hall and intermittently sticking its nose into the open fridges. Next thing I know the dog and owner are being escorted out by the security officer.

A golf course
How that golf ball missed the dogs head,I do not know

There are at least 2 golf courses near me that have public footpaths running across them. Walkers would have to do a massive detour to avoid the golf courses, and it's not at all uncommon for people to walk dogs across them.

Golfers are aware of the route of the footpaths and wait for walkers (and dogs) to pass before taking a shot, and most people keep their dogs on leads there anyway.

I certainly did, as all my dogs would have chased and retrieved any moving ball...

Not fuming, more aggrieved that an aggressive and out of control large dog was allowed to terrorize a number of small children around the trail, sticking its head into at least one pram and jumping up at children barely two feet tall. Not the dog’s fault obviously, it’s the owner at fault. Wouldn’t go back and have fed back to NT.

That’s interesting. I’m RC and wouldn’t dream of taking ddog to church, didn’t know there was a reason. I also go regularly to a Scottish church and the first few times they asked after ddog, so I now take him.

Why do the obsessive dog people jump onto threads like this and try to change the topic? The OP was an asking a question about the batshit places people take dogs. No need to post if you haven’t an example to give. We get from numerous other threads you are obsessed with forcing your dog on everyone - thread isn’t the place for you.

Saw a massive dog in the deepest, darkest depths of the Ikea marketplace slobbering all over cushions. I told staff but they were too sheepish to approach. I'm highly allergic to dogs. My world is getting smaller all the time with them being actively encouraged into restaurants, shops and hotels.

Thank goodness. I just hope that the dog can learn the Liturgy of the Eucharist in time.

Describing them as ‘blokes in dresses’ and pointedly using the opposite pronouns is, though.

Same with endless dog whistle comparisons to predators.

As is shoehorning in anti-trans discussions into every possible thread. Like one about dogs, for example

When I was a child, we used to take our German Shepherd from Croydon to Cockfosters to visit my mother's friend.

The dog was really used to trains and tubes, and just used to sit quietly on the floor on the trains and while waiting on the platform. I have a vague recollection that we had to use the stairs in the tube station because dogs weren't allowed on escalators, but that may be wrong. I know we always had to go upstairs on buses because they weren't allowed on the lower deck though.

The dog was really used to public transport and never caused a problem. I've had 3 dogs of my own and they've always been fine with it, too.

Well, they offer, I don’t ask.

So unless you are suggesting they don’t have agency or can’t comfortably say hello to the kids and glance occasionally at a dog, I think they’re fine.

Of course, they are planning on having little Poppy dog confirmed and have already bought her a white lacy dress.

seems so unnecessary

Had someone sneak a puppy in a rucksack type bag into the cafe I work in not safe for the poor dog at all, they new we dodnt allow dogs in the cafe as locals and we have signs on the doors

Poor pup was probably only 7/8 weeks old definitely not old enough to have had it's full vaccinations and fed it cheesecake
When asked to leave they said it was a service dog

I love dogs, keep treats on my pocket and have 2 of my own

I don't think it's anti dog, I think it's anti shit on the pavement, anti aggressive dogs, anti owners expecting dogs to be treated like humans, anti owners treating dogs like accessories.

Oh and it's not just on Mumsnet. I just think people are more honest here. Quite a few of my friends slag off other friend's badly behaved dogs but wouldn't say anything to their face.

I have no idea! I wondered this myself. That dog had a lot of will power and strong bladder :-)

Our beagle can easily go 18 hours without peeing when it's raining - 11 hours would be nothing 😂

Because they won the trans argument and need a new hobby

It went 11 hours without needing to relieve itself?