7 dogs in Starbucks today is too much

[Elfandwellbeing]

I turned around and walked out again, don’t get me started on dogs sniffing cups and plates of food whilst sat next to the owners.
What is the solution ?
Can’t dogs be left anymore?
AIBU to think dog separation cannot be so painful that dogs have to go everywhere!

No, I don't want them there in the first place. Leave them at home

Pretty sure my lurcher can cope with Apple Pay. His round next...

I love dogs but feel much the same about children!

I think she should. This is an excellent idea. I’m thinking about all of the pets I’ve known people have over the years;

• Jackdaw
• miner bird
• tortoise
• giant African snail
• parrot
• rabbits/mice/Guinea pigs etc
• Snakes
• cats
• goats
• donkeys
• sheep
• hens

could you imagine a mass day if direct action and everyone turns up with their pet. I’m having a lot of fun imagining it. My life sucks at the moment and this is cheering me up proper. Thanks Nanaof1 .

Love this comment

Oh, shame on me, I totally forgot our aviary friends. Hawks, canaries, parrots, etc. all need to be allowed if dogs are allowed. I saw that a PP mentioned horses. Of course a horse should be allowed. Along with goats, pigs, chickens and any other pet that can be imagined. Well, it might be difficult to bring your pet fish in if they are not in water, and carrying in an aquarium could be awkward.

I am clicking YABU, because I am sick of the dog hating threads now. It's becoming tedious .. Not all dogs are bad, and neither are all dog owners.

I’d rather be in a cafe full of dogs than one full of NCT groups with screaming children!!

Sorry, I don’t understand this?

Where we live is around a 30 min walk to the town centre. If I meet a friend in town for lunch I can walk the dog there, have lunch and walk back, then do something else with my day. Rather than having to walk there and back, and then go out for another walk with the dog. Obviously places allow dogs because it helps them attract more customers for whom it is convenient, like me. Our town is very dog friendly in general but I can think of at least four places that are dog free, and really good ones too, so there is always a choice.

The staff probably enjoy the company of dogs more than the customers who are fond of complaining about anything and everything.
In the USA people walk around in shops with all types of "therapy" pets including an alligator.

I quoted you to explain. Many people are passing their pets off as service or assistance dogs in the UK as there’s no formal register of training required for them. A lot of people ‘owner train’ them so basically anyone can walk into a shop/cafe/restaurant and claim their dog is an assistance/service animal. They need no documentation, no training records and the dogs don’t need to wear any sort of lead slips, harnesses etc identifying them as an assistance/service dog. As far as I know, assistance/service dogs aren’t allowed in kitchens but are allowed in serving areas.

I have dogs, I don’t feel the need to take them everywhere with me. A lot of dogs bought in lockdown now can’t be left as they’ve never been trained to be alone which is part of the problem.

I WFH, so she's at work with me, then we go out lunchtime to eat or have coffee.

Dogs over screaming kids/babies every day. Thanks❣️

Cannot stand that piercing screaming the little darlings seem to do everywhere. Kid free but dog friendly would be perfect.

Can she be left on her own? The reason I’m asking as I know a few people who got dogs during lockdown and can’t leave them alone.

Why?

Yeah, but they all smell. The dogs that is …

You are quite welcome! Like you, I think it would be immensely amusing if everyone brought their pets on the same day/time. I am sure the dogs would respect the cats and the cats the rats and the hawks the bunnies. I mean, the more the merrier, and we do need to be fair. There are people who have pet alligators, tigers, monkeys and other assorted zoo animals too, so we need to be courteous to all. I would happily videotape the cacophony. It would be a day to remember. 😆😇😉

Actually, my sister has therapy ponies (American miniature horses - they’re just a bit larger than a Retriever) and they go all sorts of places….shops, coffee shops, railway stations…. It’s all part of their training so that they can be taken indoors to care homes, hospitals and schools and take it (literally) in their stride. If you’re discombobulated by a dog or two in Starbucks, I’d love to see how you’d deal with being up close and personal to one of them

@FaryNuff yes she's fabulous on her own! We leave her if we can't take her, so some restaurants etc. but when we can take her we do.

I do work out of the house once a fortnight, no issue.

Actually, I just remembered, our local hospital (big) has dogs too!!

They do ward rounds throughout, visiting patients and spreading joy to patients who are bored, scared, in pain.

I love having dogs everywhere and think it’s a positive thing that has changed in society post pandemic.

It's acceptable because the business owners deem it so. I genuinely do not get why that is so hard for people to grasp.

It isn’t hard to grasp. But just because cafes have started to allow dogs in doesn’t mean it is acceptable for many people or that people have to like it and not complain.

Did the people who don’t want dogs in cafes get a say in this? No. It just seemed to happen overnight and has now become the status quo. Most people are generally polite and don’t complain but if they’re anything like me will be sitting there with gritted teeth and having their meal slightly spoiled because there’s a smelly mutt panting and scratching next to them.

Is that so hard to grasp?

Actually I think the same, however the dog owners should prevent their dogs from wandering to other people's tables.

But if you don’t like it, what is the point in complaining? Just go somewhere that’s dog free.

Vote with your feet. Leave us animal lovers to it with our gorgeous smelly fur babies.

OK, I admit I used the term fur baby deliberately to rile up the dog haters 😂

I'd be up for this, no problem. I love horses. They don't lick their bums. And they smell divine