Dogs in hotels

[SlouchyBeanie]

Staying in a chain hotel. Just seen two lots of dogs being taken to stay in a room. One lot was 2 spaniels, the other was a sausage dog and a bigger one I can't identify. I mean, what the fuck!?? I'm allergic to dogs and how do I know if there's been one in my room? Easy, I feel a bit unwell. Am I completely alone in thinking dogs have no business being in hotels and their owners are shit owners to imagine their dogs would enjoy this sort of experience. As I type, a third one has arrived, a terrier looking thing. I'm totally gobsmacked at the number of dogs in this hotel and find it unacceptable. I feel quite fired up about this at the moment, probably made worse by the barking and yapping I can hear. So am I being unreasonable that dogs should not be allowed in hotels?

What makes my stats nonsense and yours sensible? It is a fact that needing a dog-free property gives far less choice of where to stay.

My labs are working gun dogs, they're still perfectly happy sleeping in a hotel to break up a 12 hour drive.

Mine are based on factual figures from 1 website. You've extrapolated stats from one website to use across the entire number of holiday cottages in the UK. If you can't see how daft your maths is, there's no hope!

Let's use my figures from earlier. In England, on the specific dates I selected to search (7 days from 03.08.26, +/- 3 days) there were 7599 cottages available. 4353 allow pets, meaning 43% (3247) don't allow pets. That's about 0.7% of the UK's holiday cottages. As you can see, that's a vast percentage difference depending on the maths used.

43% is not 'far less choice', IMO. Clearly 0.7% is, and you've chosen the latter to represent your argument!

Health isn’t a competition. Breathing matters, but so do mental health and loneliness.

A friend’s mum attempted suicide after losing her husband and only started recovering after being gifted a puppy that got her out of the house and reconnecting with life again.

Not every dog has an official badge, but many still provide real support to their owners. Reducing that to “just companionship” misses the point entirely.

Just book a hotel that isn't pet friendly then for god sake. I can't stand bloody kids running around restaurants but that's virtually unavoidable. There are bound to be hotels/cottages that don't allow pets. You obviously didn't do your research.

“Breathing matters” glad you agree!!