Page 4 | AIBU to have reservations about so many dogs at the outlet today?

wildfellhall · 2025-05-04T17:50:30+00:00

Was it bring your dog day today? There were literally hundreds of dogs and I feel as if I’ve hardly ever seen a dog at a big outlet before. Is this a new thing? I was in clothes shops with dogs all running around me as I was shopping. Dogs’ leads all around while trying on shoes. What’s going on with the shopping with dogs? I mean I don’t mind dogs at all, service dogs I adore; but who wants dogs in clothes shops? It seems really odd to me.

AngelinaFibres · 04/05/2025 20:36

Dogs are bloody everywhere these days. Absolute PITA

BellaVita · 04/05/2025 20:18

wildfellhall · 04/05/2025 19:02

In every shop we went into today there were people with their dogs. All on leads mind and there were water stations around for them outside etc. They are clearly welcome by the outlet ‘village’. I just hadn’t noticed this cultural shift and it’s not something that attracts me as a shopper is all I’m saying.

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Not exactly “running around” then. Big exaggeration…

And as for tripping you up - perhaps you should watch where you are walking. It’s not down to everyone else to be careful around you just because you are recovering from an injury. Perhaps you should carry a sign “beware, recovering from an injury, don’t trip me up”.

Arran2024 · 04/05/2025 20:17

John lewis allows dogs these days. I saw one in Waterstones. Imo it's crazy. And I have 2 big dogs but no way are they going anywhere near those shops. They would lift their legs, no question. And not everyone likes dogs.

PonyPatter44 · 04/05/2025 20:13

Surely dogs must get really bored trudging in and out of shops. Dogs like the park, not shops. They're very much like 5 year old children in that way.

WorthyOtter · 04/05/2025 20:05

I don't see the issue. Most I see are well behaved, and assuming these were if people are willing to take them. I wouldn't take mine because she isn't good in crowds

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wildfellhall · 04/05/2025 20:02

I think dogs in our society have definitely become kind of proto children. People feel entitled to bring them almost everywhere and don’t care about the impact on the non dog people.

People are clearly offended if you don’t accept them.
I think pets are great but should not be in shops.

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Capybearer · 04/05/2025 20:01

Ylvamoon · 04/05/2025 19:40

🤷🏽‍♀️ if you don't like the dogs being around, vote with your feet!
Dogs are here to stay, and all the dog bashing threads on MN aren't gonna change that.

If all of the "dog bashers" did vote with their feet and simply stopped patronising any shops, restaurants, cafés and anywhere else where dogs are permitted, maybe things actually would change and some sensible restrictions would be introduced. We live in hope.

SnoozingFox · 04/05/2025 19:53

Expect the dog-obsessed to be along shortly to explain that:

their dog is just as much a member of their family as your child is of yours
they prefer their dogs to all people anyway
their dog gets sad or whines when left because they haven't trained it
you're exaggerating anyway
the shops encourage them in
they've never seen any badly behaved "doggos".

Totally agree. Dogs want to be chasing balls in the park and sniffing each other's arses, not being dragged round Cheshire Oaks or Bicester Village.

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wildfellhall · 04/05/2025 19:48

Camillamacauley
a bench outside but within the village precincts

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wildfellhall · 04/05/2025 19:47

tillyandmilly · 04/05/2025 19:45

I went shopping today and there were so many kids around! Wish they would leave at them home! Constantly running around grabbing clothes with their juice and chocolate hands!

I don’t mind kids at all in shops, it is 100% appropriate to bring your kids shopping - it always has been and always will be.

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CamillaMacauley · 04/05/2025 19:46

wildfellhall · 04/05/2025 19:15

Yes pissing next to a bench and on a lead. All the dogs were on leads.

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An outside bench or in a shop?

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wildfellhall · 04/05/2025 19:45

Ylvamoon · 04/05/2025 19:40

🤷🏽‍♀️ if you don't like the dogs being around, vote with your feet!
Dogs are here to stay, and all the dog bashing threads on MN aren't gonna change that.

As I said, this will definitely put me off in future. I won’t go on a busy weekend again.

I grew up with a wonderful dog who was extremely well trained and was never taken shopping. This take your dog everywhere is evidently a new social norm
IMO.

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tillyandmilly · 04/05/2025 19:45

I went shopping today and there were so many kids around! Wish they would leave at them home! Constantly running around grabbing clothes with their juice and chocolate hands!

Judellie · 04/05/2025 19:44

Unfortunately dogs are everywhere now and to hell with people who are terrified of dogs, allergic to dogs, autistic and can't cope with dogs etc

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wildfellhall · 04/05/2025 19:42

WinterMorn · 04/05/2025 19:23

You’re not exaggerating at all? Are you sure?

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No, it’s a very large outlet village and there were loads of dogs; this is why I’ve posted this thread.

I’m not indulging in “fake news” about dogs.

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Ylvamoon · 04/05/2025 19:40

🤷🏽‍♀️ if you don't like the dogs being around, vote with your feet!
Dogs are here to stay, and all the dog bashing threads on MN aren't gonna change that.

PiggyPigalle · 04/05/2025 19:30

I couldn't cope looking for clothes or anything really, while holding a dog on a lead, making sure he was behaving. Can't stand shopping with anyone else either though.

DyslexicPoster · 04/05/2025 19:30

I was at a outlet yesterday. It was absolutely packed and a few dogs. I don't know if the dogs enjoy packed shops. I had to stand outside a few times as the shops was too busy for me.

ExtraOnions · 04/05/2025 19:27

I’ve got an allergy to dogs (and cats). When I buy something, I don’t expect a dog to have been anywhere near it.

”Fur babies” CANNOT be left at home, as they are “anxious”, and “part of the family” so need to go on every excursion.. regardless of suitability.

The great big dog I saw drooling all over a low table and Costa, and onto the floor was a treat.

MoominMai · 04/05/2025 19:26

IridaceaeFloribunda · 04/05/2025 19:21

It’s put me off visiting Cheshire Oaks.
Last time I went some wet wipe took her spaniel in to Hotel Chocolat it went crackers trying to jump up at everything then she told the poor thing off,
A huge dog was scrabbling, barking and growling at every other dog in sight and the owner was just stood with it completely blocking the doorway of a shop pathetically saying its name over and over.
A woman in the queue coffee shop told be off for accidentally knocking her bag with my bag because it turned out hers had one of those ratty little dogs in it,
plus there was dog piss everywhere, it’s starting to smell bad in some areas.

Omg ‘wet wipe’ love it haha! Never heard someone be called that before lol! Sorry going to have to nick that for myself! 😅

WinterMorn · 04/05/2025 19:23

wildfellhall · 04/05/2025 18:55

there were SO many, I’m not exaggerating. Half the people had dogs. Seriously. It was really busy and we kept saying is it ‘bring your dog day?’

You’re not exaggerating at all? Are you sure?

IridaceaeFloribunda · 04/05/2025 19:21

It’s put me off visiting Cheshire Oaks.
Last time I went some wet wipe took her spaniel in to Hotel Chocolat it went crackers trying to jump up at everything then she told the poor thing off,
A huge dog was scrabbling, barking and growling at every other dog in sight and the owner was just stood with it completely blocking the doorway of a shop pathetically saying its name over and over.
A woman in the queue coffee shop told be off for accidentally knocking her bag with my bag because it turned out hers had one of those ratty little dogs in it,
plus there was dog piss everywhere, it’s starting to smell bad in some areas.

RaininSummer · 04/05/2025 19:16

Seems very odd and unnecessary. I wouldn't dream of taking my dog shopping.

BundleBoogie · 04/05/2025 19:16

MichaelandKirk · 04/05/2025 19:04

Is this the latest dog hating thread. Running around - really??

I live in an area where you are looked at oddly if you don’t have a dog but never have I seen a dog cocking its leg and certainly never off the lead.

Lots of dogs wee in things in shops - I’ve got friends in retail and it happens far too much. One has had to buy a repellent spray because too many dogs have urinated on the expensive furniture they sell.

It’s strange that you think that because you personally haven’t seen it, it never happens anywhere.

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wildfellhall · 04/05/2025 19:15

MichaelandKirk · 04/05/2025 19:04

Is this the latest dog hating thread. Running around - really??

I live in an area where you are looked at oddly if you don’t have a dog but never have I seen a dog cocking its leg and certainly never off the lead.

Yes pissing next to a bench and on a lead. All the dogs were on leads.

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