Animal Discrimination

another one! https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/32867186/labourer-drunk-charge-horse-law/

Its very much the same sort of chap who does this 😂

Ohhh it has happened, in Bradford I have read a few, this was NYorks:
https://www.nickfreemansolicitors.co.uk/court-appearance-for-being-drunk-in-charge-of-a-horse/
We use the bridleway, the road would be reckless endangerment of an animal if your so wasted you slump to the side and fall asleep (I have genuinely seen this on more than 1 ocassion)

I was once in a W H Smith at Holborn in London where a woman was walking around the shop with a parrot on her shoulder. Parrot was very well behaved.

You can still be prosecuted for being drunk in charge of a horse if you're riding on a public road or bridleway. They have to prove drunk though as I don't think the legal limits for cars apply (I can't think of any examples where it's been tested).

For some reason, people are too scared to challenge

Probably because of the grief they get if they do challenge. I’m sick to the back teeth of people claiming to have assistance dogs that come into my business, a lot are very clearly untrained. Even the official guidance states there’s no legal requirement for an assistance dog to be trained under the 2010 Equality Act. Businesses can’t refuse these pretend assistance dogs even if there’s cultural or religious reasons or someone has an allergy to the dog. If someone says it’s an assistance dog then it has to be taken at face value and basically to hell what everyone thinks. I’ve had “assistance” dogs come in in prams, people have tried to put them on my seating and I’ve lost count of the number of times they’ve fouled in my premises, the worst part is you can’t even charge for the clean up! I’ve been threatened with court action twice for telling them to leave after the dogs fouled, one also attacked a working guide dog. Well behaved assistance dogs are more than welcome.

I have dogs, I’m a dog lover but they don’t need to be everywhere. There really needs to be some sort of law put in place for determining a legitimate assistance dog.

https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/guidance/assistance-dogs-guide-businesses-and-service-providers

Because he can't cycle

The pubs here offer water and hay for horses, how else do you get home blind drunk if you aren't on your horse who knows the way?

This is exactly how I feel. Why would I want to buy clothing or soft furnishings that some dog has brushed against or slobbered on or even sat on? I don't care what dog owners say, all dogs fucking stink so why should I pay good money for something that's got dog reek all over it🤨

I think my dogs would ring animal rescue if I brought them to john lewis.

Excellent wordplay

Thing is, nobody has a problem with proper service dogs. It's all the idiots with bog standard pet dogs in the shops. I mean really, why the fuck does your dog need to walk round John Lewis?

I was in B&M the other day and a man walked in with an African Grey perched on his shoulder. It was very well behaved, but maybe some parrots are more mischievous?

😂

The pub I occasionally visit on horseback has a photo in the bar of the local MFH on his horse inside the bar, he's ducking to avoid the beams. Must have been tight through the door....

When I was young I worked for a very eccentric lady who let her pony walk through the kitchen to reach the garden.

Surely it is an Only Fools and Horses reference.

Our butcher has an window that he opens to serve people who stop by on their horses.

For some reason, people are too scared to challenge

Horses are welcome in a local cafe car park near to where we keep ours , and the local pubs don’t mind the em in their beer gardens either

Practically every railway station and supermarket seems to have a resident cat these days.
Which should be a legal requirement 😺

Was in a nail salon yesterday and a woman comes in for her appointment but spots the owner’s dog wandering about and said she was sorry but she can’t be around dogs for extended periods of time so will have to cancel and the salon TRIED TO CHARGE HER FOR THE CANCELLATION! She told them where to stick it. I won’t be going back. New York City has a new policy about only allowing officially certified assistance animals in public places and not emotional support and it has made a huge difference to the amount of animals you see in Whole Foods etc. The UK needs something similar. Seriously, dogs are everywhere in the UK now, I notice it when I go over for a holiday. Took my three year old nieces to Costa and we had to leave because there were two massive dogs laying on the floor growling. I know there are plenty of lovely dogs too but you just don’t know. When did it become a thing to insist on taking your dogs into everywhere?

There's a bloke in town who does his shopping with an aged bearded dragon on his shoulder.

Saw a dog in H&M this morning. Took me a while to place why it felt so odd.

Owner told it about 8 times to "stop licking the foor" and I was fascinated that the dog was indeed licking the floor.

* We were both behind someone who was faffing with refund so maybe the dog owner would have been in and out? Dog didn't look particularly theft worthy so not sure why it wasn't quickly tied up outside?

That's a galah.
Im not telling my dogs that they can go in JL, they will expect to go with me on my rare days up the Toon. And they would both expect to be allowed to test all the sofas. I love my dogs, but can I just have the occasional break from them?

It would have to be a female hippo. Apparently adult male hippos are really sexually aggressive. You do not want to have to drag a pillow-humping hippo out of the soft furnishings department of your local John Lewis.