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to be alarmed that more and more places are allowing dogs?

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wheelings · 26/04/2023 12:12

Just went to Wilko recently who had a sign up saying all dogs welcome. Went to a bistro and they allowed dogs too. Had lunch listening to small yappy dogs.

Since when did it become acceptable to allow dogs into shops and food places?

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WalkingOnTheCracks · 30/04/2023 14:29

It’s easy to explain why the comparison of children to dogs is absurd.

Children matter. Dogs don’t.

Playingchesswithpigeons · 30/04/2023 14:49

As a family, through generations, we have always had dogs. We currently don't as she died. I will avoid hotels if they allow dogs and pubs that have no separate dog area. Don't have a problem with a well behaved dog, under the pub table, snoozing.

I have a MAJOR problem with owners feeding their dogs from their plate, letting the dog jump up, or a dog that begs/drools/drags on lead over dropped food. DISGUSTING!

AlwaysGinPlease · 30/04/2023 15:55

WalkingOnTheCracks · 30/04/2023 14:29

It’s easy to explain why the comparison of children to dogs is absurd.

Children matter. Dogs don’t.

Says who? Dogs do very much matter, to their owner and the businesses that allow them in. I put my Dogs rights to be in a Dog friendly establishment before anyone's children. Take the children somewhere dogs aren't allowed.

XenoBitch · 30/04/2023 16:00

Playingchesswithpigeons · 30/04/2023 14:49

As a family, through generations, we have always had dogs. We currently don't as she died. I will avoid hotels if they allow dogs and pubs that have no separate dog area. Don't have a problem with a well behaved dog, under the pub table, snoozing.

I have a MAJOR problem with owners feeding their dogs from their plate, letting the dog jump up, or a dog that begs/drools/drags on lead over dropped food. DISGUSTING!

Plate gets cleaned. Or do you refuse to use forks and spoons in eating establishments, as they have been in other people's mouths?
Dog jumping up on owner is not a problem.
A dog eating dropped food on the floor.... probably a blessing for the staff tbh.

Teder · 30/04/2023 23:10

WalkingAwayNow · 28/04/2023 14:19

It’s amusing that many dog-owners’ only defence is ‘but but but children’ ;-)
They have no way to defend the fact they can’t control their dirty mutts so hit out at kids instead. That’s their only ‘argument’. Very telling.

Given this is Mumsnet, it’s statistically very likely that a large proportion of posters will be parents, so this is an odd comment. I am a dog owner and a parent. Personally, I wouldn’t take my dog to shops or cafes, I can’t imagine he’d have fun at all. However, you’re ignoring the fact that businesses choose to either welcome or ban dogs. The fact there’s an increase in dog friendly places suggests it’s good business sense rather than John Lewis or Wilko or the local cafe suddenly deciding they want Fido to visit.

00100001 · 30/04/2023 23:12

SecretVictoria · 26/04/2023 12:25

Up to those businesses 🤷‍♀️. I could say the same as @7Worfs last sentence about kids.

Dogs are fucking disgusting and filthy animals though.

00100001 · 30/04/2023 23:15

XenoBitch · 30/04/2023 16:00

Plate gets cleaned. Or do you refuse to use forks and spoons in eating establishments, as they have been in other people's mouths?
Dog jumping up on owner is not a problem.
A dog eating dropped food on the floor.... probably a blessing for the staff tbh.

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Oh so if I gave you a choice of a plate for your dinner, and I said this plate has been licked by a dog, this one hasn't... They've both been through the dishwasher....You'd happily choose the dog licked one?

BSB30 · 30/04/2023 23:15

@00100001 That wouldn't bother me at all. Our dog regularly licks our plates and they then go in the dishwasher.

00100001 · 30/04/2023 23:18

BSB30 · 30/04/2023 23:15

@00100001 That wouldn't bother me at all. Our dog regularly licks our plates and they then go in the dishwasher.

Why are your dogs licking your plates at all??

Is it important they get the remnants of your dinner?

BSB30 · 30/04/2023 23:19

I sometimes let the dog have a little bit if there's some left on the plate, like a bit of potato or meat. She loves it.

00100001 · 30/04/2023 23:22

BSB30 · 30/04/2023 23:19

I sometimes let the dog have a little bit if there's some left on the plate, like a bit of potato or meat. She loves it.

She probably also enjoys rolling round in mud and eating shit... Doesn't mean you have to encourage that behaviour....

Literally see no need to feed a dog the scraps... It's not like it's hungry, surely?

BSB30 · 30/04/2023 23:25

@00100001 I don't see the harm in it. It goes in the dishwasher so it's not like the plate doesn't get washed.

literalviolence · 30/04/2023 23:45

I'm very allergic to dogs. There is no medication which can solve that. Although people say.go places which don't let dogs in, sadly they are becoming less and less. I feel sad about being excluded from many places so dogs can go there.

RampantIvy · 01/05/2023 06:55

literalviolence · 30/04/2023 23:45

I'm very allergic to dogs. There is no medication which can solve that. Although people say.go places which don't let dogs in, sadly they are becoming less and less. I feel sad about being excluded from many places so dogs can go there.

A lot of the unreasonable love me love my dog types on this thread are being deliberately obtuse about this.

A lot of establishments don't make it clear if dogs are welcome or not, then you find out too late while choking over a cup of tea that a dog has been in said place half an hour earlier.

MooFroo · 01/05/2023 07:00

I am scared of dogs after being badly bitten as a child by a stray dog. I hate people telling me how friendly their dog is when it’s hurtling towards me - I don’t care!

i would stop going to shops if I felt unsafe or in’s comfortable with the number of dogs - too many dog owners who can’t control their dogs and are far too entitled. So while shops will make extra money from dog owners, they’ll lose it from the non dog owners who stop going.
thats life

Member869894 · 01/05/2023 07:06

I think its great and welcome it..its very convenient for me to be able to pop into wilko and have a coffee with dog in tow on the way home from a dog walk

nomoredrivingytu · 01/05/2023 07:15

Member869894 · 01/05/2023 07:06

I think its great and welcome it..its very convenient for me to be able to pop into wilko and have a coffee with dog in tow on the way home from a dog walk

Agree!

Member869894 · 01/05/2023 07:18

Come to think of it I would sooner have a meal in a cafe with a few dogs present than young children with their parents loudly talkin to them as if trying to show the whole world how wonderful their parenting is

RampantIvy · 01/05/2023 07:22

Another dogs vs children post. It's getting boring.

Badly behaved dogs and children are annoying. It isn't one or the other. In both cases it is the responsibility of the dog owner/parents to control their dogs/children.

Playingchesswithpigeons · 01/05/2023 09:11

@XenoBitch Not sure how many people in a pub, lick their own arse and eat shit though...

I'm giving my opinion. Genuinely not interested in yours.

sunnydaytoday0 · 01/05/2023 11:53

I wonder if Wilko made the decision to allow dogs ultimately because of financial pressures and wouldn't have done so if it the business was more profitable. Only a few months ago they announced hundreds of job cuts.

fitzwilliamdarcy · 01/05/2023 12:17

Why does it matter what @BSB30 does with her own plates?

This is kinda why I feel sympathy with dog owners on these threads despite not liking dogs, because it’s never just about public communal spaces. The dog haters always have to comment on things that don’t affect them at all.

Violinist64 · 01/05/2023 16:09

BSB30 · 30/04/2023 23:19

I sometimes let the dog have a little bit if there's some left on the plate, like a bit of potato or meat. She loves it.

How difficult would it be to scrape these scraps into the dog’’s bowl for goodness’ sake? How unhygienic can you get?

BSB30 · 01/05/2023 16:21

@Violinist64 Does it matter? It's not like the plates don't get washed. And what's the point in dirtying another bowl that's already been cleaned?

whirlyswirly · 01/05/2023 16:32

I like dogs but i don't want them in clothes shops nor particularly in cafes unless there's an outdoor area.

Went to a cafe for brunch last week where two dogs took against each other and we were trying to catch up with friends with a backdrop of sharp barking. Really inconsiderate to make other people put up with that.