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

Self-declared "assistance" dogs have no legal standing (in the UK). People just buy a vest for the dog online. They are not the same as official guide dogs for people with disabilities. But people get away with it because shops etc either don't know or are afraid that challenging the person will get them into trouble.

Where did it pee?

It’s just some churches are extremely tolerant of children’s noise.

There was an emotional support dog sat behind us on an 11 hour flight back from the US last summer. It didn't have its own seat. It was on the floor under the seat, then sometimes sat the owners knee. I didn't hear it bark but it did walk up and down the aisle a few times!

Would they though? As far as I know only dogs for the deaf and blind are legally recognised as assistance dogs. Unless it's been challenged or clarified recently it's a grey area as to whether any other needs means it can be classed as an 'assistance' dog. It could probably do with clarifying tbf!

Unbelievable! Some people's entitlement is off the scale!

It doesn’t sound like a peaceful place of worship at all. Are there no rules in place asking the congregants to take noisy children and babies out?
Is the line of thought “oh well, I can’t hear anyway, might as well bring Fido with us”

I manage a dental surgery.
absolutely raging woman last week insisting that it was fine as it was a clean dog (we do a lot of oral surgery and a few rooms are sterile areas)
decided to combine it’s walk with her scheduled check up, furious that she had waited 4 months for the appointment and was now forced to reschedule.
I suggested tying it up outside, she said no it’s a west highland terrier!
her suggestion was that I have one of my staff stand outside with it instead.
just to add to the CF ‘ness, she then left me a poor Google review.
mind boggles!

Yes, the signs are very clear - children under 5 and dogs must be carried.

Yes. I think it’s safe to say many on MN love dogs, some of MN are ambivalent about dogs, and a few posters (perhaps the same gorgeous select few, with different user names, who dribble on about MN being ‘anti trans’, when it clearly is not), don’t like dogs.

All of MN dislikes bad owners of dogs.

I know, it's just a silly thing to say, there are plenty of dog owners contributing to this discussion, as well.

They've done well with the training if Fido is doing the weekly shop!

Not getting this.
Is it a silliest place because they don't wear shoes?

More people dislike other people's pets than admit it IRL because they don't want to upset people. They can vent about it on an anonymous forum (and so probably exaggerate their dislike when posting because they're letting off steam iyswim).

I don't know why a few posters saying they don't like dogs is always interpreted as "mumnet hates dogs" - there is an entire topic dedicated to dog-owners/dog-lovers!

I will ditch my shopping and leave if I ever see that.

A packed Christmas market with a calf-height dog on a lead which meant people were inevitably tripping over it or stepping on it's paws because they couldn't see it in the crowd with the owner getting more and more irate.

Pretty shit for the dog too I'd imagine.

Of course they are! I expect they don't have anything better to do.

Trying to get on a plane. Years ago before you could check in online etc. my parents saw a woman trying to board a flight with her dog.
She got to the check in desk and ‘Sam’ on the booking was her dog. He was booked on the flight as a human male. She was politely told no he could not board the flight at check in.
Last seen shouting that they were discriminating against him.

Fumin! 😂

A granny I knew (she was my mother's friend) would bring her yappy dog to the playground
She would stand and chain smoke with this dog trying to bite the ankles of any child who walked past while waiting for her grandson
It shat more than once but school where scared of her

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

I work in fast food
Early one morning,a massive bloke walked in with his dog (it just happened to he an all female staff at that time)
He was asked to take it outside (I was offered up to look after it as I love dogs while he waited)
Cue a load of screaming that it cost him a fortune (he claimed it was about 6k) and his support animal (it really wasnt,support animals are well trained, this thing was bouncing about and growling at us)
We got his food out in record time and found that it had left two deposits on the floor
And of course it was me that to clean it up

Not the first time we've had people walk in with animals-I've seen cats to hamsters
Why people think the animal will enjoy a trip to Maccies,i do not know

Aviemore ski resort.
Despite being a "mountain breed" and wearing a coat, poor dog was frozen and had to be taken back down after 10 mins
I was that owner. 😳.

If it’s an area of the NT property which allows dogs every other day of the year, are you suggesting that is ‘silly’?

I went to one yesterday where (shock horror) dogs and kids were able to co-exist without bothering eachother in the slightest. Some families even had kids and dogs, if you can believe such a thing!

Or are you just saying this because one of the owners was a dickhead and you’re still fummin’?

I was in B&Q on Saturday and a couple walked in with a cat on a lead. It looked absolutely terrified with the huge amount of people around.
Honestly why couldn't they have left it at home?

I'm always interested in the equivalency between dogs and children. Do you think, in time, dogs would learn to be quiet, understand the meaning of prayer and gain something from the liturgy?

That is interesting. Does that mean that people who are allergic to dogs cannot work in public facing roles any more?

So for instance if you want to sell your craft work or run a boutique or a cafe or be a hairdresser etc it is illegal to not allow dogs into your place of work? Or is that just for big businesses? It would be crazy to have to allow dogs into your own small business.