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Is everywhere dog-friendly these days?

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2022HereWeCome · 23/03/2022 13:51

I'm getting increasingly fed up with dogs being everywhere - in stores, in cafes, getting under my feet and nearly tripping me up. Was browsing in Waterstones Sat morning and another customer had a dog on a long lead and it jumped up at me. Owner was oblivious. I suspect I'm in a minority but I am finding this constant pandering to dog owners wearing.

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HoldingTheDoor · 23/03/2022 14:57

I'm even more grateful for dog friendly places now, knowing that it allows me to avoid so many of the miserable dog despising posters on this thread.

deadlanguage · 23/03/2022 14:58

@Mojoj

Another whinger who seems super popular in the doggy world. It always amuses me how people who don't like dogs are a huge source of attraction to dogs. Jumping all over you, really? Just take your business elsewhere.

Sometimes it’s not even attention. At the weekend a dog just blithely lay down on my feet while I was queueing at a pub as if I wasn’t there. The owner thought it was sweet. I didn’t.

mediciempire · 23/03/2022 14:59

i've been jumped on by dogs several times. it is not as uncommon as you seem to think and it is increasing with the amount of dog owners that don't train their dogs and bought lockdown puppies. the most annoying thing about being jumped on by a dog is the blank stare the owners give you as you look at them trying to get them to recall their dog. i've received the blank stare even when i had a dog jump into a pram on my baby.

i agree with you op. i follow someone on instagram who hides her yappy pomeranian in a carrier thing and takes it into all places including food shops. i cannot understand why your dog needs to be in sainsburys and can't be left at home for a visit to the shops.

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clpsmum · 23/03/2022 15:00

@vodkaredbullgirl

Wouldn't take my 2 shopping, they be like a bull in a china shop. I do take them to Pets at Home to spend their pocket money

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TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 23/03/2022 15:01

@FairyCakeSprinkles

No, they aren't allowed everywhere. Would you like me to make a list of the 1,000s of places where dogs aren't allowed.

Waterstones and other bookshops are trying to stay open and have obviously decided dog owners are within their demographic and that this would be a good approach for them. Presumably they think the benefit outweighs the risk of annoying people like you.

Oh yes please, I'd like to see the list.

I do know that a submarine is one, and hot air balloons are another (mainly, I think, because they tend to chew the tethering ropes).

lanbro · 23/03/2022 15:02

I'm asked constantly when my coffeeshop is going to be dog friendly, the answer is never. We're very busy, staff carrying hot drinks and food,elderly customers, children,I just don't think ot would be safe. More than welcome outside though

AllThingsServeTheBeam · 23/03/2022 15:04

Oh goodie another dog bashing thread.

YANBU about dogs not under control. But if places allow dogs then dogs are going to be there. It it purely up to the owners of shops, cafes etc

QuirkyTurtle · 23/03/2022 15:06

I love that dogs are allowed in a lot of places now, because I love dogs and it means I can take mine out more. But he's well behaved.

Misbehaved dogs jumping up at you are annoying but not any more annoying to me than people's misbehaved children and those are everywhere. In fact I wish we could ban those more instead of dogs.

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2022HereWeCome · 23/03/2022 15:14

In response to a PP, it is a standing family joke that although I give dogs a wide berth generally, they do tend to come running over to me. I have no idea why I am a dog-magnet as I tend to ignore them.

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ArmWrestlingWithChasNDave · 23/03/2022 15:17

It's such a coincidence that the dog haters on here encounter approximately 1,000 dogs each time they leave the house, and they ALWAYS without fail jump up at the dog hater.

RoastedFerret · 23/03/2022 15:17

The thing is the number of dogs owners is greater than the number of people with allergies or that are just generally po-faced about dogs so it's a winner for shops etc to let dogs in. At the end of the day the high Street is dying so if letting dogs in makes more people shop then they are going to do it and as far they are concerned you can take your business elsewhere.

Personally, I love dogs, the more waggy tails I get to see on a daily basis the better.

daffodilsbluebells · 23/03/2022 15:17

No I don't take my well behaved dog to shops except pet shops but I do think a bit of live and let live is important. Intolerance of any kind isn't a good thing.

AffIt · 23/03/2022 15:19

I like dogs: I grew up with them, I'm genuinely fond of most of them (and god knows I don't wish any of them any harm at all), but a lot of dogs suffer from bad owners.

They're badly trained, poorly socialised and taken into places which most dogs really don't want to be in. Most are okay with the pub, but I have yet to meet the dog which thinks spending time in a bookshop is a good use of its day.

People are selfish and impose their needs and wants on dogs, who then get on the tits of people who don't like dogs, and everybody is unhappy.

Dog-owners: don't assume everybody likes dogs and don't assume dogs like everything.

daffodilsbluebells · 23/03/2022 15:19

@2022HereWeCome I apologise, not wanting to be jumped on or dropped on is perfectly reasonable. I'm sure it's been researched and reported there are a lot more dogs post lockdown so yanbu about volumes of dogs. Saturday morning in town is indeed dog heavy.

vodkaredbullgirl · 23/03/2022 15:22

The amount of tennis balls my lab has, she could open her own tennis club.

My mum disliked cats and my cat would always go to her.

Just a 2 dog owner and 1 hamster now.

SixteenTwelve · 23/03/2022 15:34

YANBU. I don’t understand this obsession with treating a dog like a person. I’m sure when I was little people just left their dogs at home and it was normal and totally fine. I feel like people have made their dogs needy by treating them like another child and never going anywhere without them. Like you op, I just don’t want to be around them all the time

Deadringer · 23/03/2022 15:34

We had dogs all my life growing up and in our family we had a much loved dog until recently when he died of old age. I like dogs, i just don't want to be confronted with them everywhere i go. I am sick of them on the school run, so many people with dogs standing outside the school gates you have to walk on the road to avoid them, bin overflowing with bags of shit, and of course shit in the grass verges, even though they all claim to clean up after them.

dizzydizzydizzy · 23/03/2022 15:41

Oh you have my sympathies, OP. I get that people love their dogs but When I hear 'fur baby' I cringe.

I get annoyed when dogs jump up. I find it quite scary and my clothes get dirty. I don't mind well behaved dogs.

CocoLoco123 · 23/03/2022 15:53

I think shops should be 100% dogs free (apart from guide dogs).There are people with allergies or suffering from PTSD that want to do their shopping without being constantly exposed to potential threat. Cafes, pubs etc - I guess owners can set their own rules, but if they decide to be dog friendly it should be clearly labelled. If it's not then I expect no dogs inside.

IDidntFloatUpTheLaganInABubble · 23/03/2022 16:07

I think like it or not people will have to learn to live with it. The number of household with dogs has increased so significantly compared with precovid that it makes good business sense to allow dogs where possible.

We are not going abroad this year so needed a dog friendly uk holiday and thankfully we found somewhere nice we can take them quite easily.

That being said I have two dogs, one docile and placid and although I wouldn't plan a day shopping with him if I needed to pop in John Lewis or somewhere quickly I would take him in with no issue. Younger dog is much more noisy and reactive and I'm aware of the impact this has on others so I wouldn't do that with him.

Jijithecat · 23/03/2022 16:07

We went out for lunch on Saturday. The people sat at the table next to us had a dog that was whimpering and whining constantly. I don't think the dog was enjoying it yet the owners were totally oblivious.

Imissmoominmama · 23/03/2022 16:09

I shed more hair than my dog…

AllThingsServeTheBeam · 23/03/2022 16:11

@CocoLoco123

Well surely it's up to the shop owners just as its up to the cafes and pub owners

WhatATimeToBeAlive · 23/03/2022 16:13

No, they're not everywhere unfortunately, but I feel the same about other people's kids - touching everything in shops, running around pubs, shouting and screaming, but you know, I can't do much about that either.

Ionlydomassiveones · 23/03/2022 16:29

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