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?!?

Because posts like this attract mostly people who agree with the poster. I generally avoid the posts as they’ve been done to death on MN, so I scroll on by as I’ve said all what I want to say on other threads, so it feels a bit like Groundhog Day. But I’m bored tonight, so thought I haven’t really commented on these weekly dog threads for a while, so wth……..

You do realise kids are human beings? And that there is actually a different between people and dogs?... 🙄

WTF

Not necessarily. I've seen loads of disagree responses over the years I've been on mumsnet. But your version fits your narrative...

That's disgusting. Mind saying which GP surgery?

I think they have a point.
I just googled "dog free" cafes and all that came up was dog friendly ones.

In the past, I have searched for holiday accommodation that had private hot tubs. You can't do a search for accommodation that does not have hot tubs. I guess the same issue applies to dog friendly places.

But, that is not the fault of dog owners.

Agreed!

This is where PP say the GP is blind and the dog is guide dog. Would it be disgusting then?

I'm still at WTF 🙈

The problem is, so many dog owners think everyone loves their dog and have no capacity to understand that not everyone does. The dog in the children's story-time in the library is the perfect example of that 🤦🏼‍♀️

Depends where you live. Now if you visit St Anne’s, I can name several cafes there that don’t welcome dogs. I take my own dog there sometimes as not too far from where I live, and through trial and error, there were quite a few that said I couldn’t take in my dog. Which is fine with me - their prerogative. I just find somewhere that does. So if you live near there, go for it. Also I can give you names of some cafes in Skipton.

I take mine shopping. Not all of the time. Only where she’s welcome. And not when it’s very busy - quiet times only.

She’s never been made to feel unwelcome and usually people just want to fuss her (not all - she seems to swerve the haters). Kids are usually polite and ask if they can stroke her. She gets the tippy taps (like an excitable jumping up and down) when she knows we’re off to the range or the garden centre. If she seemed unhappy I wouldn’t take her. And she still gets three walks a day - two of which are over an hour and a half each so get plenty of the usual exercise.

She’s well behaved so if somewhere is dog friendly we will go for a mooch and see how she responds when she’s there. She’s never toileted in any shops cafes pubs or restaurants either.

To some people (especially ones that can’t have kids) their pets are their family.

From experience, more parents think everyone should love their kids, than dog owners think everyone should love their dogs.

I know. My own (weird) cousin is like that. Incredibly sad. And she wonders why she's lost contact with most of her family members...

It sounds like you have alienated her because she has a dog instead of a kid.

Many parents are like that about their kids too, yes. Fully agree. That's annoying too. But I'm not sure how that's relevant. My point was about dogs... which is the subject of this thread 🙄

I was brought up to be a strong independent woman.
This seems to be a thing of the past
Women today ether need a child or dog. They need to be needed.

Nope. She has alienated herself because she insists on bringing her horrible yappy little dog everywhere, even when we've told her we don't want it out with us or in our house. She had a choice.

To be honest, dog or no dog, I wouldn’t want to sit next to somebody as grumpy and unpleasant as your post makes you sound

I don't mind dogs in cafes BUT please don't let your dog sit on a seat for humans.

Dogs don't wipe their bums and they aren't clean.
Nor are their paws. Just the same as a human putting their dirty shoes on a seat.
I don't want to sit on a chair where a dog's sat.

Okay, you may let your dog roam around your home, sit on your sofa or even on your bed.

That's in YOUR home, not a public place.

That’s exactly my point. Lots of posts saying - ‘dog pee’d against my leg when I was stood minding my own business in a queue at TK Max’, or ‘I was sat drinking a herbal tea in my local cafe and a large wet dog jumped on my lap and licked my face’. I could go on, but you get the gist………So people just tend to now scroll on by, as the fakery around it all gets a bit tedious.

Really? I think her post makes her sound like she has common sense. How odd you view common sense as 'being grumpy'

Oh piss off. I don't have dog because I want to be needed. I wanted a dog.

Agree there was a dog when we got on a bus a few weeks ago. We were on the top deck only the second stop of a nearly 2 hour route so had only got on the stop before us. A dog right at the front had pissed. Okay take them on the bus but at least make sure they've been to the toilet.

... are you saying people's experiences are 'fake'?

My baby boy was attacked in his pram by a dog in a playground at 6 months old while sitting in his pram and I had to wrestle the thing off him. Is that 'fakery' too...?