To be sick of dogs in cafes/restaurants etc

[Dreamingi]

Just this really
obviously not service dogs

but why all of a sudden is it ok for dogs to be allowed places where others are eating?!?

Everywhere around me is dog friendly, favourite cafe if I don’t want dogs I have to go upstairs, I think the dog owners should have to go upstairs.
Even John Lewis allows dogs. What happens if they shit on the floor, do people carry around baby wipes and paper towels to dry after cleaning up?
Pet shops I can understand but normal shops no. But I’m more annoyed at being asked to leave and sit outside a Costa with our cat in her cat carrier. Because only dogs allowed.

Possibly because it’s such a problem

Now there’s a point!
why is no where cat friendly?

We have this issue with our son too.

He is really scared of dogs and I find everyone assumes it’s ok to let their dog sprint and jump on you, as long as they shout ‘they’re friendly’…. It has made his phobia much worse.

Running too, I had a dog scratch my leg a few days ago, jumping up to be ‘friendly’.

But to the main point, it is frustrating if they are poorly behaved and for any humans with allergies…

If my child, or children, were frightened of dogs I would gently try to encourage them not to be. They often pick up fears from adults. It's quite significant that you said, "Children", and not, `"Child". There is something odd about more than one child in a family having the same irrational fear.

Children are scared of all sorts of things. I remember being scared of the vacuum cleaner (still am to a degree :)), of the spiky leaves on a tomato, and feathers, as a child. I outgrew those fears. I was scared and ran screaming on one occasion because a big dog came running towards me, barking, but it didn't put me off for life. A cat once bit me on the arm. However I like animals, all of them, and have had several pets.

Well trained dogs should be welcome in pubs, shops and restaurants; they lie down, they don't go around sniffing other people or scrounge food. If they do not behave they won't be allowed back. Simple.

It sounds as though the op has a phobia about dogs which is different to a fear and I sympathise with that but we can't restrict other people and their pets because of our phobias. I would rather not share space with a big spider and they are far more difficult to avoid! I do my best to deter them taking up residence in my home and try not to think about them.

@Dreamingi agree, totally hate it, we went out yesterday and this dog kept growling and jumping at anyone who walked past, we had to wait for him to go away until we could let our daughter walk freely in the park xx

Calling someone a cunt and wishing their dog dead is actually fairly reflective of you as a person. Do you not realise that? Dogs have more self awareness!

Dogs are everywhere since covid, my SEN DD has a massive phobia of them and it makes getting out the house extremely difficult 😣especially the 'oh don't worry, he's friendly!' brigade when their dogs are bounding over and she's hysterically climbing up me to get away.

I do love dogs in general, it's the owners I have a problem with

I've mentioned this on here before but it's worth a repeat. Went into a cafe which had a little sort of separate area at the back where dogs were allowed to be.
The cafe was packed full and to my dismay the only free table was in the dog area. I needed a coffee so dh and I got our coffee and sat down.

Minutes later a lady came in with her little spaniel type thing, came to the back,
saw there were no free tables and spotted us without a dog. She said "Would you give me that table, this part is for people with dogs"

I said that there were no other free tables so no, that wouldn't work.
"Well this part is for people with dogs so you shouldn't really sit here" she said.

😮

I said, well really, this cafe and all these tables are for customers and there are no other available tables so . . . . this was the only place we could sit.
She was quite cross and completely convinced she was in the right, so much so she asked a waitress to ask us to move. The waitress apologised that the cafe was full and said if the lady would sit outside for a short while she'd come and
get her when a (doggy) table was free.

The woman was utterly perplexed and clearly didn't understand that humans take precedence over dogs. The Manager arrived and explained to her that the area wasn't actually 'reserved' for people with dogs. It was so that the rest of the cafe could be kept dog free. Eventually, he gave up trying to explain.

We decided to have another coffee and a cake.

Dogs have no self awareness
they are dogs.
and you’re not quite repeating my whole post are you
just the bits that suit

I love to see dogs out and about in cafes! I love dogs but cannot have one as in a flat but I always go over to them and say hello really cheers me up!

It’s really not remotely a problem. If you don’t want dogs in restaurants then you go to ones that don’t allow them. If you want to take your dog to a cafe then you go to one that does allow them. How is that a problem, exactly?

Some children behave worse than dogs. And I have a child but don't have a dog 😆

Considering you wished someone’s dog dead based on a deserved sarky comment you’ve got a cheek making that comment about me! And I stand by it, you are horrible

We could go back and forth for a while but just know I really don’t give a toss.

She’s also harness trained, now that would have been funny.

Say she identifies as a dog
men in dresses do it and are women apparently

but that’s a different thread

They should be banned.

I've written to several places and posted on social media telling them that I will no longer frequent their cafe / restaurant because of dogs.

I walked out of a restaurant recently because they sat me next to a table that had a big St. Bernard type dog that was slobbering and stinking crammed under the table. The 'doggy smell' put me right off. The waitress rushed after me telling me she was sorry that she hadn't taken my order yet, but I explained to her that the problem was the smelly dog inside. Maybe they will think twice in future, if people are walking out.

Ladies. Don’t feed the troll.

My DF said the same thing, I don’t like confrontation. So am a bit of wimp.

Stop going to restaurants if you don’t like it.

Oh FFS! It's a dog's world now we live in??

Send them out to work too, I'd say 😅

Love dogs. It's the owners that are the problem.

You clearly do though don’t you, or you wouldn’t still be protesting about it 😅

No, they don't. The business owner dictates who gets preference.

Frequenting privately owned establishments is not a legal right for anyone.

The level of entitlement on this thread is astonishing. No one has the right to dictate how a private business is run other than the owner and/or the shareholders.

How on earth am I a troll!
because I share an opinion that other ms do
this is typical behaviour of someone who doesn’t agree with someone else
they call that person a troll
grow fucking up

Personally don’t see an issue with it when the humans on the other end of the lead are decent human beings.

We take our dog on UK holidays in the summer so we do need to take him with us. We will find dog friendly pubs and cafes. If the weather is nice we will sit outside but if it’s pouring down that isn’t an option. He is trained and people wouldn’t even notice he’s with us.

We have experienced peoples untrained dogs causing mayhem though and maybe that’s why these posts are quite common?

Having someone’s dog pinch a sausage, hump and attack your dog that’s under the table, or even just jump up at you is really not on (all situations that have happened when we have been out).