Dogs are everywhere?!

[LadyMonicaBaddingham]

I took DS to a university open day today. Two separate families had brought their dog with them! Is this someone I've missed?! Why is this necessary?!

@Popettypop why does it bother you that an okd
dog is being pushed in a dog pram?

Someone I know posted a photo on social media of their two dogs sitting in a shopping trolley in a supermarket. I thought that was pretty revolting but didn’t feel I could say anything.

I love dogs by the way and have had dogs most of my life. But I do think the current dog culture is really bad for society and more importantly the poor animals. Its so pitiful seeing them dressed up in clothes, taken into artificial surroundings and made to live with painful conditions much longer than they should because the owners cannot bear to part with their fur babies. All whilst the veterinary industry prolongs the life of the animal to gouge more money out of the owners.

It's gotten out of control since covid and I do wonder whether it will diminish as less people can afford dogs. Pendulum may swing back the other way as costs continue to increase.

please, care for your dog!
please, please take care of your dog!

what upsets me is the slobbers, the sniffing, the “he’s just being friendly”, the ubiquitous shit everywhere.

please, please, please take care of it all
and stop inflicting it on me.

Have you read the thoughts on it on MN.

I take my dog to the field for a run MIL walks the path with the pram.

I didn't say it was wrong of her but I don't want to be laughed at if MN is anything to go by.

Oh my I’ve found my people. I’ve had doggies all my life (I’m nearly 60) but hate the fact you can’t go anywhere without being in the company of at least three dogs. As others have said, the vast majority of them look either bored out of their brains or are shaking with anxiety. It’s just all got too much!

Perhaps the dogs were planning to apply to study Barkitecture.

I’m a dog owner, but I don’t take him to places like cafes because he’s fine (very pleased, in fact!) to stay at home by himself. He sometimes comes with us to the pub in the summer because we can sit in the garden after a walk and he’ll just stretch out and go to sleep under the table, interacting with nobody. I don’t mind if other people bring their dogs to human spaces, but I would expect them to be trained not to bother anybody else.

I'm with Tim Wetherspoon. I don't think dogs should have to suffer his pubs either.

Dogs are part of the family. You don’t have to like it or agree with it but they are as important to many people as other family members.

I’m glad we generally live in a country where people care about animals. The relationship humans have with dogs (and other animals) is priceless. Long may they be welcomed in a variety of places.

If the dog is old and unable to walk then it's not perfectly healthy. You're just kidding yourself there and not really thinking about the welfare of the animal.

Also, here's a news flash, you can actually leave a dog at home for short periods. It will cope.

So no, dog prams are not needed and are purely for the owners.

HTH

But it’s ok for little Jonny to be wiping snot & shit particles on the handles? Unless your friend or other shoppers are licking the trolley as they take their shopping bags out, it’s nothing to get worked up about. We should all be thoroughly washing our hands after touching trolleys anyway. There’s literally rat piss over everything outside.

They are not a part of my family. I don't care if your dog is friendly -I most certainly am NOT when it comes to dogs.

@HalloweenHannah why does transporting a sick or old dog in a convenient way upset you so much?

Maybe the dogs at the uni were assistance dogs? They can be literal life savers. I take your point about shops become dog friendly - but I’m quite thankful for that as I do have a dog who has been trained well, socialised a lot when a puppy and went to obedience classes, and is generally a happy and chilled girl.

She doesn’t approach unless people ask to say hello to her and she’s very happy when they do. She has regular baths and grooms. Also gets four hours walking each day. And we take her when we got to John Lewis (twice a year) and The Range (prob once a fortnight since dog friendly). For those who appear nervous we give them a wide berth. She also goes to the pub twice a week and the local cafe once a week.

Badly behaved dogs are the result of bad owners. Just like badly behaved kids are the fault of the parents.

Go to wethers then? Or stay home?

I want to live where you live. We have fireworks round here nearly every flipping night. Last night huge bangs started at 12.30 and went on past 1am. This is common in our area.

Apparently some idiots decided on a morning display at 6.30am recently thankfully not quite close enough to wake me up or I'd have been sticking their fireworks where the sun don't shine ( I'm not a morning person!)

I think fireworks are definitely noisier than they used to be although I recall our dog being upset by them in the 1980s my current dog doesn't seem that bothered perhaps because regrettably they're normal to her

Good help us 🙄

This statement proves that dog culture is well and truly out of hand.

I don't take my dogs anywhere other than for a walk or to the vets.

Perhaps dogs should stay home and let humans take priority in human areas?

Evidence shows that keeping dogs is very good for people both in terms of mental and physical health. Why is it the current culture bad for society?

In a lifetime of dog ownership and country living I have never known one person make their dog live too long with painful conditions. People will break their own hearts rather than see their dog suffer.

It will be sad if people can not afford to keep dogs. They bring a lot of comfort to people especially the old and lonely.

It’s the rise of cockapoos et al - they’re very nervous dogs but the dodgy breeders don’t tell you that in the sales pitch.

Visited Salisbury cathedral a couple of weeks ago and I was shocked to see numerous people with dogs wandering around inside.
Dogs were even in the Manga Carta room. WTF is wrong with people.

Did you have that reply on cut and paste 😂😂

Would never have occurred to me to take our 2 dogs to DCs uni open days!
Assume you can't take them inside the uni unless assistance dogs?
People at work who have got dogs during lockdown refuse to leave them for more than 3 hours and are in a complete meltdown if asked to go into office for the whole day (we usually WFH) as can't possibly leave their dog, I can only assume people who take dogs to uni. Open days also feel they can't leave their dogs as although tbf open days are often extremely long days involving a long distance drive or even overnight stay. But then there are always kennels or perhaps one parent could stay and look after the dog, in fact a lot of uni open days specify prospective students can only take 1 guest - I wonder there also lots of siblings??? Or could people leave their other children at home?