To dare to think that the Cult of Dog has gone too far?

Indeed, we created this:

www.ufaw.org.uk/dogs/pekingese-brachycephalic-ocular-syndrome#:~:text=Pekingese%20are%20additionally%20at%20risk,shallow%20orbits%20(eye%20sockets).

It's a good thing, but possibly a one off? All the cafes where I live are dog friendly, so I don't get an option.

There’s an independent dog friendly coffee chain in my area which is partnered with Guide Dogs. Each branch sponsors a guide dog puppy in training and the profits from their dog treats go towards that. This is a good thing surely, and it would not be a good look if their shops were not dog friendly?

I am hoping that in 4 or 5 years when the animals bought in the pandemic as impulse buys start dying off, that the feckless halfwit owners move on to whatever the latest trend is at that point.

We went to Saltburn the other day and were delighted that the funicular was working.

When I went to pay I noticed that they wanted £1.20 for DS but only 20p for a dog.

I politely pointed out to the man that DS is considerably cleaner than a dog, and takes up less space.

He couldn't provide an explanation to be fair to him. It must have been a rule from the council.

Aside from that, the beach is unusable by families because of the dogs on it.

I agree. It's got very anthropomorphic.

Yep it’s reached madness level. Dog ice cream, dog section in cafe and pub menus, ridiculous amount of accessories, treats for sale. Dogs are great but we need to go back to the days when they were much loved pets and hadn’t been reinvented into some weird sort of human/canine species. It does no one (including dogs) any favours. And the whole emotional support issue is approaching peak entitlement. All pets provide emotional support. It doesn’t mean they have to be used as trained assistance dogs.

You had a good point until you came across so nasty tbh. Do you like anyone?

There is No cult of dog, you’re being melodramatic, but trying to infringe my rights for no good reason will get you more than rudeness.

Humans are in charge .... they artificially created your pet. It did not arise in nature. It was deliberately fashioned by human inbreeding. Your dog is not a natural phenomenon.

I used to work in a lovely indie bookshop in a village; dogs weren’t allowed on the grounds – you had to walk through a garden courtyard area to get to the shop – because there were chickens. Also the owners didn’t like dogs and didn’t want them in the shop, which is fair enough. They provided water and a place to tie up dogs in the shade; clear signage in multiple places. An insane number of owners would march past all this, make it to the shop, then profess outrage when asked to walk back and tie up their dog: “But I’ve already made it past the chickens, why can’t I just start browsing/buy a card/go upstairs to the cafe?”; “What do you mean, not allowed – I’m here, aren’t I?”; “I don’t understand, you want me to walk back the way I’ve come and leave my dog there?” faux-bafflement. And my favourite: “It’s not the shop’s garden.” Uh, yes it is? Why would you think it isn’t?

I did enjoy marching them back out, usually with them chorusing “I won’t be shopping here again”, because the owners were nuts and rich and would bellow back, “Good, we don’t want you to!” or “Who says you’re allowed to shop here again?” and other hilarious customer service don’ts.

I was a bit bemused to see someone bring in their dog into a charity shop. Never used to see that.

I'm sorry but i've never seen any of the dogs in public spaces behave this way. Generally, they're better behaved than humans.

Move to London, people!
Dogs are not allowed in the vast majority of cafes or restaurants, shops etc. and it is enforced.
Weirdly one shopping centre allows it but the only shop that does is John Lewis so you don’t see many around.
Dogs and cats are allowed on the tube because that’s the only way to get around for millions and I’m fine with that.
They are everywhere and off lead in parks though.
(I love dogs but don’t think they should be allowed everywhere).

I love dogs, but eff me there are some irresponsible owners. Cycling to work the other day and I slow down to pass someone on the tpt. Dogs off lead, her with her ear buds in and looking at her phone. And she has the cheek to tell me to mind out. I'd rang my bell a plenty, but if you're gonna wear ear pods, not my effing problem.

Spot on. I have kids and a dog and I often comment to colleagues that it’s much more socially acceptable to say I can’t do something (eg a call) because I have to walk the dog, than I can do it because I have to get the kids from school. This is meetings/ calls outside of core working hours btw.

Recently attended a yoga class and the teachers dog was in attendance because his sitter cancelled

ffs

and suddenly dogs are not able to be left alone at home for more than ten mins so must accompany their owner on wvery outing

I find that astonishing, and so selfish.

@CarmelaBrunella they aren’t blind to it, they do it on purpose!

It’s called epistemological and ethical denial and has been studied specifically in dog owners. Essentially it boils down to 1) that didn’t happen (seen widely on this thread and if that is undeniable 2) okay that did happen but you are wrong for being upset about it

I found out last week that a cockapoo furbaby is now a regular congregant at my synagogue!. I'm not religious but love Jewish culture and attend a service around 5 times a year. Turns out that a regular attender has recently got a dog that doesn't like being home alone so he brings him every week. Spent the hour trotting up and down the rows to get petted, at one point went up the steps to get some attention from the rabbi. Unbelievably ridiculous!

its people who allow their disgusting animals to sit on the people seats that drive me insane - that includes park benches. They are just spreading poo particles it’s absolutely vile.

@inthetyreshop imo all bull breeds and scary status dogs should be banned anyway. Cane Corso’s are flipping terrifying, aggressive. No one needs an animal capable of killing I their home. A couple of years ago a woman who was far too small to be doing so, round us lost complete control of her big bully type dogs and they ran up and down the road. I dread to think about what would have happened if they had ran into a child on a scooter. The woman stood pathetically asking passers by to help wrangle them - not many takers, funnily enough.

We went to a small high street bar last Friday to see a duo of musicians that we like. The place was heaving, loud with both the music and the crowd. A bloke brought his dog, which must have been distressing for it, and proceeded to roll a ball along the floor for it to play with. We saw several people trip over it. I don't get it. We always had a dog growing up, but there was always someone at home, we had a small garden.and it got taken for walks everyday, either after we got home from school, or out to the local woods or fields at weekends. I don't remember my parents ever taking one of the dogs into town, or shops as they didn't think it was fair on the dog to take it to busy, crowded places. We have always worked, apart from when the DCs were very young, and have never had a dog or cat as we don't think it is right to keep an animal locked up indoors all day while we are out. Our daughter has a cat, that we reluctantly look after when she has to go away, but don't think it's fair that it is locked in the house on its own for 10 hours a day or more sometimes.

People were staring at me like I was the child catcher the other day for smoking a fag in a pub garden. The three other groups there all had dogs. Felt like I was in a doggy day care centre

People prefer animals because they assume the animal loves them. They are nice to you because they rely on you to feed and water them, it’s. It’s a bit like Stockholm syndrome.