This “humanisation” of dogs has got ridiculous

[Houseplantmad]

Had lunch in a chain restaurant yesterday. Two couples came in with smallish dogs. No problem with that as the restaurant is dog friendly however, they insisted on having high chairs for the dogs when their meal came as they had been holding the dogs on their laps until then. The waitress refused but they went and got them anyway so we had these shoved next to our table with a restless dog breathing and being uncomfortable in the high chair very close to us.
Today I get on an intercity train and a woman boards with a medium size dog and puts it on the seat next to her across from me at a table. The person who had booked that seat then turned up and the woman said what was she supposed to do with the dog as it couldn’t go on the floor! It did but was clearly distressed and couldn’t settle, poor thing.
I think putting animals in these situations is so unfair on them and also on others but it seems to be very common these days for people to treat their animal as if it is a human.

My dogs really hate laying on hard floors. Boney whippets and feel the cold. For that reason I would never take them on a train. I don’t mind dogs in eateries at all, providing they’re laying out of the way. The idea of not eating somewhere because they allow dogs to lay on the floor is uptight and quite honestly, get a grip. I imagine these are the people still testing for covid freakishly wearing face masks.

However, Putting them in a high chair is absurd and I would have complained to the manager. I certainly wouldn’t want to put any of my kids in a high chair after a dog had been in it.

We are on a city break with our two boys this week. Our dog is at home with my parents. Hotel is dog friendly and the places we have eaten in are also dog friendly although no dogs when we visited. We didn’t bring our dog as he is the softest thing and he’d be so scared in a huge city. It wouldn’t have been fair and we could have brought him with us. He prefers our little town with his beach and fields. Time and place for dogs, they have feelings too which much be taken into account. Can’t drag them everywhere, they are pets.

I’ve got a beloved dog but he knows he needs to sleep under the table. Dogs in high chairs is ridiculous. it’s just rude to have your dog on a seat in public transport. My last one used to just sit on my knee. My current just sits at my feet.
I got the rage today walking behind a woman chatting with friend pulling her little dog along as he peed and pooped in a shopping centre.

A dog in a high chair?! Wtf!! I have a dog, I take it to dog friendly places, it sits on the ground, never have I ever even thought about putting it in a high chair!! And I’d also never put it in a seat in a train!

I love my dog but a highchair???? Noooooooo, that's ridiculous. Happy to be able to grab a drink on a walk and there be a water bowl outside (although she's not a fan of communal water unless she's really thirsty!).
People are bonkers.

I agree a dog in a baby highchair would just slip out.
I have googled and ikea have designed a high chair for a dog with a specific disability. But it is not on general sale.

Utterly ridiculous. I cant believe my eyes

“Starbucks will usually hand over a puppuccino for free. We’d recommend repaying them for this kindness by lifting your dog above the counter and allowing the baristas to fuss over them

I don't want to fucking live on this planet anymore 🤢

It is important to understand the difference between humans and animals, and this requires deep reflection. It is actually unfair to the dog not to recognise this difference. And we must not treat humans like animals! Even well-treated animals!

Yuck. A woman posted most indignantly recently on one of my travel groups that she was upset that in Europe you can’t just buy the seat next to you for your dog. As apparently you can in the US. I can’t imagine anything worse than finding you’re sitting next to a dog. I was terribly allergic to dogs as a child - not quite so bad now - but it would be my worst nightmare.

Some of those people are severely allergic. Next time my son has an asthma attack from being in room with a dog I’m not sure telling him to “get a grip” will bring his oxygen sats back up, think I’ll stick with calling 999 to be honest. When he comes out in hives and his eyes swell shut from contact with a dog or places they’ve been I don’t think telling him he’s just being “uptight” will help much, I’ll stick with the antihistamines. We don’t eat somewhere which allows dogs or want them anywhere near him. That’s not because we’re freakishly afraid of germs (I actually like dogs, had pet dogs as a kid) it’s because I never want to need a Cat 1 ambulance dispatched to him again.

Most dogs are generally partial to eating cat/ fox shit 🐈‍⬛ 💩, they also sniff each others backsides and lick their own zones and then they go into cafes, or lick kids hands and faces ....fucking yuk!
Thankfully our local Costa is dog free zone (services dogs the exception).

I spent a few days in Vienna last year, and was delighted that several of the parks near our hotel - pretty central - didn't allow dogs. They had signs up saying 'hunde verboten' with a picture of a dog crossed through! It was great strolling around without dogs sniffing around your ankles, and we enjoyed sitting on the grass safe in the knowledge that dogs hadn't pooed on it.

I love my dogs but I agree OP. There’s a time and a place for dogs. It’s getting a bit much now isn’t it

In a Costa coffee yesterday, woman sits here dog on the sofa and then lets it drink out of her cup YUK

Dogs don't want to be treated like humans by humans - they endure it.

Dogs want to be dogs.

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Inside-of-a-Dog/Alexandra-Horowitz/9781416583431

i totally agree. My daughter has a huge phobia of dogs and therapy hasn’t worked before anyone suggests it. Dogs are literally everywhere! It’s so annoying when you want to go for lunch but you can’t because people take their dogs. We can’t go most places, especially when people don’t get it and say oh she’s only small or he won’t bother you!! Maybe not but she’s still terrified and will literally have a panic attack if one approaches her

I would have left that restaurant as well. What if they had an allergic baby use the high chair next, unless they pressure washed it, there would always be some residue saliva on that chair. Proper grim.

You do not have to quote the OP, people know who you are replying to.

Just to add I don't take my dogs anywhere apart from walks but they will be coming to Festivals when we get a bigger campervan.

None of this justifies dogs in high chairs in a food establishment

This is not a regular thing though. Only OP has ever seen this. Most restaurant owners would have tipped the dogs out of the highchairs and told the owners to fuck off.

Fur babies!🤢

The problem is they don’t. Because the type of dog owner who thinks that this kind of thing is ok is also the type who will very vocally start a social media campaign and get all their equally obnoxious friends to join in.

You won't have well balanced and socialised dogs if they go nowhere. Agree a highchair is a bit much, but why can't they go where places allow them to go?

And so there's the solution. Some places allow them- you will need to avoid those places. Most places don't allow them anyway.