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Just so many dogs nowadays, or is it just me?

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HairyFanjoBanjo · 08/04/2023 15:08

Away for the weekend at a typical British seaside town in Anglia and am quite shocked at just how many people have dogs now. Am sure there never used to be quite this many, or maybe I am just more observant now I have a child who isn’t keen (on bigger dogs).

Reckon I’ve seen well in the hundreds today, I’d say at least every other family or couple had a dog. So many labradoodles / toy poodles, cockerpoo’s, pugs everywhere.

Some people looked to be almost dragging dogs around the shops in really busy / small lanes of endless gift shops, then waiting for friends/family outside shops (as no dogs allowed) some with fairly stressed looking dogs😢

Is this the lockdown puppy effect in full force now? Just everyone and their pal has a dog now.

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MissDollyMix · 14/04/2023 11:23

MintyCedric · 10/04/2023 21:54

IME locally to me it seems to be a right of passage…turn 40, dial back on work, get a dog, a tattoo and a gin club subscription.

I love this idea, however since I turned 40 I can’t drink gin anymore (gives me awful headaches), I’ve had to dial UP the hours I work (thanks CoL crisis!) and DH definitely won’t let me get any more dogs…. Guess I’ll just have to get a tattoo (maybe of my dog? That would horrify most posters on this thread 🤣)

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