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

Why shouldn’t you take your dog to a hardware store?

Don't get me wrong I'm not routinely taking my dog to hardware stores. If I'm specifically going there, im going alone and 99% of the time my dogs are at home, But I wouldn't leave them in the car while I went in.

The handful of times I have

I've been somewhere where I can't leave them at home eg away on holiday and picking up some sort of thing to fix something

Or its been a coincidentally pop in where ive happened to drop in on my way back from somewhere and i havent left my dog in the car eg on drive back from a walk. Often they are on industrial parks out of the way from my normal town driving.

My local wicks for example is right next to my dogs vets, and they are often nearby things like pets at home, jolleys etc where people are already out with pets.

My local wicks is particularly dog friendly, and has treats by the tills etc. We used that one as a training shop a few times, they are an ideal first shop for dogs as quiet, wide aisles and not crammed full of merchandise with the odd passing trolley. Normally with my fosters wicks is one of the shops that is a good test to see how they cope in that sort of environment before deciding if they can do more challenging places.

But why would you need to take your dog to a hardware store? Why can't you leave it at home?

I don't think it is it's just anti dogs being treated like people and being taken into inappropriate places all the time.
The most inappropriate place I have seen a dog was in the car in front of me sitting unrestrained in the front seat if a car with it's head stick out of the window barking at everyone. It was extremely distracting and dangerous.

My previous NDN used to take his dogs out boating on the river. I think they rather enjoyed it.

This. Why on earth would you want to take a dog to a nightclub.

Cliff edge without a lead and the poor thing ran over before they could call him back.

I am seriously allergic to a lot of dogs. I can’t actually cope with dogs being allowed everywhere and am viewed as being highly unreasonable for moving away from a dog in a cafe/restaurant/pub/shop etc. it’s an actual nightmare are as I do need to be able to breathe.

White water rafting in Brazil 🙄

Agree. A local chap who always turned a blind eye to people using the private trail through his land put up a load of signs during covid because people were being complete twats. Letting their dogs run around the fields, taking picnics.

Saw a bloke hop off his motorcycle with a small dog strapped to his back. Pup was in a leather baby-carrier type thing. Had goggles and a little helmet. It was bloody adorable, but I can’t help wondering how enjoyable it actually is for the dog 😬

We are sick of people from the suburbs bringing their dogs to our village and letting them loose in the fields to attack sheep and lambs. Also hanging their bags of dogshit in the trees or letting them crap all along our footpaths and bridleways. Has got much worse since COVID.

There’s a woman who keeps bringing her dog to the hairdressers I go to. I hate it! It’s my one chance for peace and quiet and the stupid thing runs around jumping up at people and being a nuisance. Why bring a dog to a hairdressers?

My mums church does this. The dogs can up to be blessed. I think it’s lovely. A lot of the pensioners bring their dogs

We just do things differently, we aren't as scared of dogs or dirt it would seem and as for our hygiene standards this is probably why allergies are less of a problem here. (There are also fewer fully carpeted, hermetically sealed dampish houses because of the climate).

I was queuing up to see the Magna Carta in Salisbury cathedral and sure enough a couple with their black lab in front of us went in with the dog to view it - it’s in like a little hut thingy behind a thick curtain, inside a bigger room for those that haven’t seen it. Had visions of the dog cocking his leg on the glass fronted Magna Carta lol. So weird but my mum and I found it hilarious.

I worked a for 20 years as a funeral director amd you wouldn't believe how many dogs are taken to funerals.

This made be smile!

we took our dog on honeymoon with us - abroad/long haul flight.
we also took our dog to a viewing and subsequently bought the house! One of us was going to sit in the car with her but the owners said bring her in so we did. She drank of their dogs water bowl and sat on the landing like she lived there so that was that!

The hairdresser!!! Poor thing looked terrified with all the noise from the hairdryers 😬

Quite a few people have said John lewis (I agree) but i was sure I’d seen signage saying dog friendly in my local one recently, and it is.

I love animals, and think that Mumsnet is a bit weirdly anti-dog, but I don’t like to see dogs in hospitals. I’m not a massive fan of dogs in food outlets either, but at least people have the choice whether to go in them or not. They don’t have that choice in hospital and although it must be nice for the owners, I think it’s really inconsiderate towards the other patients who have no say or means of escape.

I took mine into John Lewis. Very well behaved and house trained for years. Guess what? He suddenly squatted and did a massive shit in the middle of the homeware section. I was absolutely mortified!!!! An assistant said he was the fourth dog to do it in that spot that day so they obviously didn’t know how to clean up with enzymes to remove the smell . Luckily there were no other shoppers . I will never take him into a store like that again, My other little dog is disabled and travels in a pram which is a different story as shes away from everything in shops and everyone we meet makes a fuss of her

In your opinion but others are entitled to believe differently. I don’t see a trans woman as a “real” woman

I’ve found its more the other way. Being insulted and called a fucking bigot for defending women’s right to feel safe . The aggression and vitriol thats been shown from the trans lobby this week has been shocking

I’d be more concerned why it bothers you? If someone wants to take their dog anywere and it doesn’t affect your life I don’t understand the issue?