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.

@DyslexicPoster That's actually cruel, those poor dogs must have been terrified. 🙁

We take our dog out to places that he’d enjoy, I.e., walks in open spaces. He never goes into shops and v. rarely stops by cafes…because why would he want to?!

I love my own dog and like dogs in general but I wouldn't have eaten at a dog friendly place and i wouldn't take mine. But long as people run these businesses, people will bring their dogs. I don't find it hygienic

people think it’s about dog lovers vs dog haters but so many people who own and love dogs aren’t keen on dog friendly restaurants and think it’s inappropriate to bring them everywhere. I’m hearing a lot of reports via reviews about staff patting dogs/being licked then immediately handling food.

I hope they clean those high chairs thoroughly afterwards and the management should have stopped them from using it. They probably only have a limited amount what would have happened if someone with an actual child came in and needed them? OP, I’d leave a review not necessarily a bad one but a factual one alerting people to the fact dogs use the high chair.

Dogs aren’t allowed on seats in trains and I resent having to pay super expensive tickets and sit on seats dogs bare bums have been on. Yes the seats are gross enough but dogs being allowed to sit on them must make it’s worse.

They need to enforce the rules against dogs (and peoples feet!) on seats on trains.

My younger sister just got her French Bulldog a dummy. He loves it...

On holiday my dogs come with me as they have pet passports and we are lucky to have our own holiday home. I take my 2 dogs for a walk into the nearest town about 2km, walk around the port then stop at a cafe for a coffee before walking them back to the house. My dogs sit under the table and I give them water to drink. I get very annoyed when people put their dogs on chairs, or worse still let them roam around the tables begging for food. My dogs sit when told and patiently wait until I get up to move. Some people just don't bother to train their dogs to behave.

Exactly. I avoid the parks in my area so dogs don’t jump on me which isn’t great for my mental health as I do need to get out more to green spaces and I hate seeing all the dog poo bags hanging up. Also a while back I was facing anxiety at leaving my flat after the lockdowns and was successfully dealing with that then one day when I was checking my mail another residents dog ran full pelt at me and jumped up and scratched me which totally set me back.

Used to work in an office where a senior staff members dog would come in and I couldn’t say anything to object as I was new and junior . So I took a couple of sick days off one week when it was coming in as I was finding it stressful. The dog would just wander around the office unleashed btw.

I’m seeing a lot of posters mention seeing dogs and dog shit in supermarkets. Sorry wait when did this happen? I know they’re not allowed in Sainsbury’s or Tesco’s as I’ve checked their policies.

I couldn't give a monkeys if idiots want to spend their money on doggy Prosecco/bow ties/ice cream. A fool and his money are soon parted.

I do object to public spaces being carpeted in shit. I am another one who avoids our local park because of it. The local kids' football club now has a rota of fathers who have to go and clear it all off the grass so the kids can play on the pitch. That's in addition to the appalling behaviour of dogs and owners and the rising rate of lethal attacks.

Dog owners, as a class, have fucked it up. They are ruining public spaces for the rest of us and it needs to stop. Time to bring in a proper system of licensing and monitoring dog ownership and training. Those who can't behave decently don't get to own a dog. We can pay for it by DNA testing all the shit and fining the fuck out of the lazy degenerates who leave it.

That’s very grim. I didn’t even think about the impact on kids sports teams. I used to live in front of a large grassy area in Clapham and it was great to see all the young girls and women playing football every Sunday morning. I can imagine back then in 2012 it was fine, but nowadays they may have to do be more on the alert for dog poop.

We need dog free and dog friendly parks tbh. Every park seems to be dog friendly at the moment.

I saw this posted on Twitter and was surprised by the amount of people who agreed with it :

“The athleisure and the dogs are taking over, and that’s really unfortunate. Everybody’s in Lululemon and has a fucking dog and it’s driving me crazy. I’m sorry, dog lovers. There are too many of you.”

https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1752736336946356476

Well this is the problem right, everyone is getting sick of it. I actually was a dog lover up until about 2 years ago, now I can barely stand them

I am regularly in arcades at the seaside and I don't understand why a dog lover would subject their animal to these. Too many flashing lights and definitely too much noise. It's cruelty. Especially as these ones are near a beach where they could be running round instead.

My home country dogs are banned from most parks/beaches. Dogs mainly live in kennels not houses. You need a dog licence to own a dog and if your dog causes noise nuisance, roams or is in anyway threatening to people/livestock they are removed from your ownership by the dog warden. In my home country I love dogs (I spent years fostering a specific breed).

In the UK however I now HATE dogs, but it is the owners fault. My mil is a prime example, treats them like babies, zero recall training so every time she walks them they run away, once into traffic nearly causing an accident and less dangerous but fucking annoying they get in the way of joggers/cyclists/the elderly etc who also use the park and steals people's picnics. When people tell her off about them, they are the problem in her eyes, not her fucking stupid and badly trained dogs. They yap constantly in an ear shattering high pitched tone (their neighbours hate them) and they are very anxious and annoying because they are treated like babies instead of dogs. I refuse to set foot in her house now because it stinks of dogs too because she is too grim to wash their bedding from one year to the next. They don't live long either because they are a fashionable flat faced breed and thick as mince because they are so inbred. Sigh. I look forward to when we move home and I can enjoy well trained dogs again.

Absolutely this.

Our dog is a dog, not a baby or child substitute. I love him to bits but I don't expect anyone else to. He's not allowed to jump up at anyone, and when we go out to a pub or cafe with him, he stays on the floor.

If I saw a dog in a highchair I'd not be returning to that cafe.

Has anyone mentioned dog beer yet? My dh bought a case of it thinking it was a great deal for craft beer.. he even drank some but the beef stock taste and WHITE colour clued him in. Gross.

My dogs are just dogs, too.
Obviously, the handsomest, nicest and best in the universe, but that doesn't mean they are allowed on chairs, on beds, to annoy unwilling people, eat human food, etc.
They have an occasional pub visit, but if they are arses, (there's a pub cat) they go back into the van.
They get walked twice a day, then spend the rest of the day in the Dog Palace (aka kennel and run) and evenings in the house with us, then bed in the boiler room.

I love dogs but some dog owners are simply ridiculous and need training.

Santa Paws! Superb

Do you reckon there is Santa Purrs? For cats.

I am not googling "Santa Purrs" in case I end up in that part of the internet that I will never unsee. I am tempted mind.

I love dogs but yanbu. A high chair for a dog?! Crazy!

So you did or did not complain about the dogs in the high chairs?

Many years ago before all this fur baby thing was normal pre paris hilton dog in bag... I saw a school mum pushing pram, said oh had no idea congratulations looked in pram and I actually said Jesus fuck... the first time I had ever seen a dog being treated as a human replica, still makes me think why now.... and shoes and booties for Halloween and Xmas its got paws not bloody feet...

I agree the hygiene factor freaks me out. I wouldn't do to thewe restaurants as I have DC is couoent imagine using the highchair knowing this.
Same for Dog friendly hotels etc. No thanks.

The lady with the sog on the train needs to purchase 2 tickets then.

Dogs are not allowed in M&S .

It's not humanising dogs, it's feeling entitled that you can do whatever you want with yoyr dog.

If she needed a seat for the dog, she should have bought one. Dogs dont lije hugh chairs cos theyre off the ground and at risk of a fall. That's animal cruelty!

I have 3 dogs. They go everywhere we me except shopping and eating and on public transport. My dogs are my family. I love them like I love my kids. But I recognise

1. Not everyone loves dogs and
2. Dogs need to be happy with where I take them.

Some dog owners are irresponsible.

I probably would do this tbf. Just because it would be cute/funny photos and not because my dog is my baby or whatever.
I wouldn't take my dog to a child's grotto but there have been special dog ones. That's silly but not affecting anyone else.

Clearly the high chair is fucking mental and that restaurant should not have indulged the madness. There's something about small dog owners especially who carry their dogs around and do treat them like babies and it's weird. It's also why you have so many poorly trained and aggressive little dogs.

I don't think it's an issue to have a dog on a train as long as the dog isn't distressed but they can't have a bloody seat unless they pay for it!

If I was travelling with a dog who I thought wouldn't settle on the floor I would buy a second seat and bring a blanket for them to sit on if I had to travel with them but ideally I'd find another way.

YANBU. I was in a shop the other day and there was a dog constantly howling away outside. The owner told the ladies behind the till it was because he gets anxious when left and they were like 'awww, how adorable'. I'm not sure if a screaming toddler would have got the same response. And everywhere makes a big thing about being dog friendly and having free biscuits out for them. I wish they did free biscuits (or other snacks) for human children.

Not RTFT but op is NBU.

Let the the dogs, be dogs. On the floor!