would you take your dog everywhere? a lady was in the hair dressers with her little dog on her lap!

[NoahVale]

I was concerned that the dog wouldnt like the hair dryer and actually wondered if he was getting a trim as well.
he had obviously had a cut himself, somehwere.
but when i went to sit wherever i sat, with the hairdressers apron gown on me i was a bit concerned that this was the gown the dog had been sitting on
aibu

My dog has been to the hairdressers with my sister while we were away. Apparently he was very good for her, I'm not sure I'd risk it.

People seem to think they can take their dogs with them everywhere these days. Have had customers ask if they can take their dogs with them to test drive a brand new car and get stroppy when we said no!

I wouldn't go into a shop that allowed dogs. They are smelly and dirty. Can't believe that some food shops allow them - environmental health anyone?

It's a recent and growing trend , Brenda. Often seen among sadsacks who talk about furbabies and share their beds with animals etc.

It's bizarre that MN is so woke about certain disabilities but has this massive blind spot regarding people with serious pet allergies.

Many people would have serious reactions to using that gown after a dog rolled around on it. They would not be able to use the service an able bodied person could. The consequences of allergic reactions aren't funny. They aren't comparable to "lol, what if someone didn't wash their hands?!"

People are more important than dogs and the right of someone with a medical condition to use a service like everybody else is more important than another person's preference to have their pet nearby at all times.

Oof

Many people have allergies to lots of things though - chemicals in fragrance but I bet you still wear perfume out in public, or nuts to the point that they can react simply from someone eating them and breathing on them, but I bet you wouldn't think twice about your toast and peanut butter before getting on a train, for example...?

charlestrenet it's not a recent trend at all - dog as accessory is a concept that was embraced by both the Victorians and the ancient Chinese.

If somewhere isn't dog friendly, I don't take my dog. If somewhere is, I take her. It's not really a big deal, but it always amuses me to see the handwringers come out on a thread like this.

And as to 'dogs being dirty' - how about children? Or people who don't wash their hands? Or those who work in manual labour? Might also be smelly and dirty. Are you banning them? The reason it isn't an environmental health matter is that it's a non-issue in terms of hygiene. Looking at it in terms of pure science, there a fewer germs to be transferred from a dog than from the average washing up sponge by a domestic sink, or a public toilet seat.

If I could I would I have a little chihuahua would make my life a lot easier!

I am sure most manual workers would wash their hands before going to the hair dressers.

Noah - I am sure they would. However my post was in response to charlestrenet, who wasn't talking specifically about the hairdresser.....

I would love that op but I adore dogs.

My Yorkie is neither smelly or dirty charles and if you think people are not you should do a night shift in A&E on a Friday night. Vomiting drunks pissing and shitting themselves and they have 2 legs.

Our girl sleeps with us and she's gorgeous.

"Can't believe that some food shops allow them"

Especially a butchers. And before anyone plays the guide dog card, they are extremely well trained and much better behaved than most domestic pets.

As long as the dog isn't annoying anyone else I can't get worked up about this. My last hairdresser used to have her dog in the salon with her. It was a very old dog and just slept all day.

My 3 pugs will go to work with my DH today ( I am going too) he runs a charity shop and he has his Christmas Extravaganza today, last year I only had two pugs we dressed them in reindeer outfits and for a donation to the charity people could have there pictures taken with them it was very successful and made a lot of money, this year my rescue pug is coming too she is going to wear an elf costume, but no piccies with people as she is just getting used to being fussed over - badly treated before I got her and is still very shy and wary with strangers

Its going to be a fun day

PS the two reindeer pugs are right tarts love being fussed over and have no problems with the costumes, princess rescue pug will with me and no-one will be allowed to approach her unless I agree to it just in case some judgy boots says I am being cruel.

Most hairdressers won't mind a dog being in the salon, the only way I would pull my face in the salon I work, if the owner was ignoring their dog whilst, the dog was being destructive, aggressive at other clients or taking a massive shit in the corner. Most dogs that come in our salon, are so placid and just love the strokes and cuddles. It's like a little trip out for them!

My hairdressers commented on my third or fourth visit after moving to the area that I didn't ever bring my dogs and asked if they were scared of the hairdryer noise. They aren't I just had never thought of a salon allowing two big greyhounds in! city girl now living in the country
They come with me every time now and get fawned over by the stylists and other customers. I think it is unreasonable if the dog is scared or wouldn't behave but mine just lie at my feet and sleep. If her dog was quiet, well behaved and on her lap what's the problem?
As for the gown IME the hairdresser would have taken the one she was wearing to be washed. If she didn't I'd worry about more than dog hair being on it! Hair dye/bleach all of which could end up on your clothes if I was put on the other way round to how previous customer wore it, which incidentally is also the only way the dog hair would come into contact with you!

Being well trained doesn't mean guide dogs don't shed hair though. And guide dogs are allowed in shops by law.

Serious pet allergies are really not that common that allowing a dog into a shop is putting lives at risk.

Well-trained guide dogs still shed hair though

I work retail in the Lake District and 99% of shops in my town allow dogs - they'd lose too much trade otherwise. The dogs are generally better behaved than the children - they don't run through the clothes, play in the changing rooms and wipe their hands all over the merchandise.

Dogs are loved here and get plenty of fuss and attention - plus if someone is on their own and trying things on, we get to dogsit for a bit!

I now have visions of the dog in the hairdressers getting a trim, rather like the specsavers advert!

I wish I did not have to take DS to the hairdressers - it's a bloody ordeal, but the alternative is his father with a pair of clippers. I am saving that option as a last ditch hair defence against nits when he starts school.

If I went to my regular Salon and there was a dog in there I would leave again. I do not like dogs and do not want to share a space with a dog.

Francis - not Keswick but just down the road :)