AIBU to be surprise d that dogs are seemingly suddenly everywhere?

[Sibsmum]

What has happened? Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon? Dogs suddenly seen to be allowed into shops, cafes, service station...I am not talking assistance animaks, just general dogs.
Now I am not adverse to dogs, but if a wet nose drew back the curtain as I was getting changed in a shop changing room, I would be miffed ( saw it happen!) And I don't see how dogs in cafes is hygienic. Dogs can be off putting to sacred of dog people. But I don't want to get into the why not...I just really want to know wh at I missed that resulted in this happening

So. I have often read that MNeters have issues choosing a good vacuum cleaner.

Mostly for picking up dog/cat hairs. Makes me Bwoak. Sorry.

Why the fluck would anyone endure that.

Anyway I know the minute I enter a house whether they have a dog/cat. No amount of air fresheners will mask it.

But each to their own.

Runbikeswim we have the same issue.

Dog presence = game over for us. The presence of dogs at a National Trust Property we visited this summer was a major issue. DCs weren’t happy, but neither were DH or I. We saw a couple of dogs pee inside the grounds.

Doesn’t help that we have allergies to contend with too. If I take antihistamine it leaves me drowsy and unable to drive. So I don’t, then spend my day sneezing and rubbing my eyes.

It’s gone too far and has to stop. Dogs were banned from many places in the past for a reason. Hygiene is the main one, but surely the non-dog people are also entitled to their opinions and people with allergies? We already can’t go to any friends’ houses with dogs. Are public places now also out-of-bounds?

It feels a bit like the smoker/non-smoker divide.

I've got two pretty enormous dogs and although I love being able to, say, sit outside in a pub garden or seaside cafe with them, I wouldn't dream of taking them into a clothes shop! (I also wouldn't take them into an indoor
cafe or restaurant unless it was ENORMOUS inside - they take up too much room and I don't think it's fair for other paying customers to have to step over my giant dogs or watch out for their tails or whatever). Dog owners forget that not everyone likes dogs or wants to be in their proximity. I left my DH holding them outside a White Stuff shop last summer and the shop assistant actually came out to say to him that he could bring them in! I had to politely decline, I don't think people want to buy clothes that might've had giant dogs brushing up against them or wet noses sniffed against them. Crazy!

I have a dog. He's big - hence we don't often go to shops, cafes and the like; simply because he would get in the way. There are a couple of local pubs and cafes where he's treated like royalty so we go there fairly frequently and recommend them to dog owning friends. They say dogs are good for their trade.

My dog doesn't really shed. He doesn't drool. He doesn't smell. He doesn't jump up at people or beg for food. He doesn't even bark - despite my best efforts to train him to so he might be some use as a burglar deterrent. He loves people and is always gentle. In short, he is a very good dog.

Compared to a family I sat near in a restaurant recently, who had three children, my dog is a paragon of virtue. One small child was clad in snot from nose to chin and coughed and sneezed over the people at the adjoining table. I felt like I needed a face mask to protect myself. Another child didn't like his starter so he spat it out. All three were loud, demanding and whiny. The smallest was only tiny and cried pretty much constantly. The oldest objected to being given a side plate and some of mum's meal instead of a meal of his own so he had a tantrum... and so it went on.

I would definitely choose to eat at places that had signs saying "No snot"!

They're everywhere in Keswick. It's like Crufts up there.

Yes I've noticed too! But I don't think dogs should be allowed in cafes, despite owning a dog myself!

People talk about hygiene but you don't know how clean any person who has sat anywhere in public before you was, nevermind someone's dog sitting on the floor. my dog is far cleaner (bathed once a week without fail) than some of the people I've seen on the bus with their poo stained joggers!

I get that not everyone likes dogs but if I can take mine somewhere with me I will, especially if I'm going to be out for a while. I would never let him bother other people. He is very well trained and behaved. I don't see a dog sitting quietly under a table in a pub or similar is a problem but not fair if they are being noisy/ a nuisance to other people

I've also noticed a lot more people owning dogs and not training them properly. It almost seems that a family is somehow not 'complete' without a dog. E.g. my SIL has 4 children, struggles to cope, yet still gets a dog. Which they don't have time to train properly or even exercise.

I don't hate dogs but I hate the entitlement of owners who seem to think their dog takes precedence and I should welcome it barking, bounding up, jumping up on me etc. They have no understanding how irritating this is and that no-one else finds their dog cute or adorable.

Even my friend, who is a dog lover and owns a dog, has said she now dreads walking her own dog due to the increase in dogs around, many of them uncontrollable and off the lead.

As for dogs in cafes, I don't like it and it puts me off. It's beyond irritating when two dogs start to bark at each other, etc. Maybe it's the done thing in France, but their hygiene and cleanliness is pretty poor anyway.

As for dog owners slating children, as far as I'm aware children don't go licking the floor.

"As for dog owners slating children, as far as I'm aware children don't go licking the floor"

Lol

As for dog owners slating children, as far as I'm aware children don't go licking the floor"

Your right the dog will hoover up all the crap that the child has dropped to the floor and the parents have left for the next customer and cafe owner........

It was funny to see this thread pop up, as we took our large dog into a restaurant we knew to be dog-friendly the other day. The first time we went there it was really quiet, the at the weekend it was really busy. Some customers eating there seemed to stare with open hostility/incredulity when we came in, and I just thought "Fuck you!" basically. There were other dogs in there but little ones they probably hadn't noticed. Our dog was impeccably behaved and sat in the corner as usual. I wouldn't take her into tiny places as she might be in the way, or go out of my way to take the dog somewhere for the sake of it. But this places is basically my local, convenient place to stop on a walk and have a bite to eat and a glass of wine.

you get hostile stares when you are with a dog because so many dog owners are selfish and entitled, and you are getting tarred with the same brush.

There should be a declaration that must be read and signed by all dog owners. (except those with assistance dogs, who are never the problem anyway) ' For the next 15 years (likely lifetime of the dog) I promise to pick up excreta and bin it. I promise to accept that there are places I cannot go with the dog and not to whinge about it. I promise not to leave the dog barking for more than two minutes - if this involves getting a dog sitter I promise to accept the expense. I will train the dog to be controlled, regardless of the time or cost. I will sacrifice other things I need to meet the expenses of the dog. I recognise that I am volunteering for all this by having a dog and take it all on cheerfully'

failure to comply should result in removal of the animal and a large fine.

you get hostile stares when you are with a dog because so many dog owners are selfish and entitled, and you are getting tarred with the same brush.

It's funny as I've experienced the same as a parent, so I guess I'm used to it and have developed a thick skin. People being like OMFG when you bring young children (or any age of children, sometimes) into somewhere.

Keyboardkate, as I said before, my dog does not moult so I don't need some wonderful hoover.

You obviously don't like dogs but many people do and for lots of us a house is not a home without one. It is also absolute rubbish that all homes with a dog smell but you carry on with your prejudiced ridiculous opinions.

As I also said above, if my house smelt of dog my MIL would have taken great delight in telling me. In fact she was incredulous that it didn't smell. She didn't hesitate to tell me in the past (when we had cats) that my house smelt of them.

My dogs have a different kind of fur to most dogs and they don't smell even when wet,

Normhonal, you saw a couple of dogs WEE! Wow how awful. Where exactly are they meant to wee?

Dogs were banned from many places because we are backward compared with most of Europe.

"it's gone too far and has to stop". Are you the dog police then? Unless absolutely every shop, every restaurant, every coffee shop, every café, every hotel, every B&B, every National Trust place etc allows dogs in (which they don't ) then sorry but people who don't like dogs have no right to moan.

There are plenty of places that do not allow dogs so just use them. Where are the places that don't allow children? I am sick and tired of trying to have a coffee in peace or, god forbid, try and chat to my DH without some child screaming and screeching. Plus the little darlings running around which is dangerous in a place that serves hot food and drink.

Even in a supermarket it seems every time there is at least one screaming child