Dogs in restaurants - I am done!

[Doseofreality]

The hill that I will die on. Dogs should not be allowed in eating establishments.

Just had another lunch spoilt as a family came in with 3, yes 3, large dogs and sat down at the table beside us. It’s gross, unhygienic and anti social. If I wanted to eat surrounded by animals I’d grab a takeaway and go and sit in a vet’s waiting room.

Close to £100 wasted on a lunch where I had a dog licking it’s bumhole in my line of vision.

I have 2 ladradors and completely agree. If I have them with me when we are out, we generally sit outside with them. They are dirty at times, moult everywhere and like to lick their bums too.
Like most things these days, people have become very entitled and assume what they want, everyone should want or agree with. And if they don’t, it’s not their problem.
I was out in a pub recently and saw a dog sitting up on a sofa, and it wasn’t the cleanest dog (near the coast), I felt it wasn’t appropriate and shouldn’t be allowed. The fact that the owners were so oblivious that they allowed it.
Dogs barking at each other whilst we were eating, one regularly lunging at other dogs.
Even seen someone recently feeding dog from their plate.

Agree. Found a dog hair in my food last time I went to a dog friendly pub. It's unacceptable and unhygienic.

Shouldn't have to! Dog owners should get a takeway coffee or whatever they're consuming.

Unfortunately business owners do what they think is popular, if people complain though they will change their rules.

I have a lovely dog. I take her for walks she has a lovely time. She does not come with us shopping or into eateries. It is inconsiderate, pets should not be in restaurants .

I'm a dog lover but I don't think dogs or any animals should be allowed in eating establishments.

What I don't understand is, I'm allergic to dogs, get wheezy very quickly and red eyes, itchy, all the usual allergy symptoms, but that doesn't seem to matter. But if you have a food allergy then that's a different story, it's not right imo

We have to take our dog on holiday as he's a reactive rescue and won't settle with anyone but we'd never take him into a restaurant, we either eat in pub gardens or wherever we are staying. We actually have our own touring caravan now so it's not a problem.

Oh don’t be ridiculous

God alive another dog thread.

You have a picnic, you eat at your accommodation, you get takeaways. It is not rocket science.

I take my dog to a cafe (in the day)if it’s dog friendly but I try to keep him out of the way, by the wall etc. I don’t want dogs around all of the time so if I chose to go out somewhere, I would purposely choose somewhere that wasn’t dog friendly.

OK, so it was your mistake.

Assuming you are in UK, you aren’t going to be able to completely avoid the sight of a dog doing dog things as you eat your dinner. Even assistance dogs lick their bum holes. So if it’s a blanket issue for you, you will have to stick to takeaways.

If you can handle the fact that a disabled person might be in the restaurant or cafe with their dog, then you can just eat at those places who don’t admit other dogs.

It really isn’t a dreadful unsolveable problem is it?
edited for typo

Going by the poll results i'm in the minority here but It was licking its bumhole, not the cutlery, table or your face.
Muddy pawprints on the floor? I don't suppose you'd be eating your dinner off the floor anytime soon?

I personally don't see the problem.

As a caveat, of course I don't think it is necessary for every restaurant to accommodate pets but i'm glad there are some that do.

If someone was repeatedly farting and burping a few tables away from me and making gross noises, it would def put me off my meal, albeit not endangering me as such. Having a dog sitting near me in a cafe has the same effect!

I don’t care how dog owners entertain their dogs - just not in eating places. Sit outside or get takeaways. I like dogs, I’ve owned dogs, but not near food. Just grim. ☹️

I agree. I have nothing against dogs although don’t have one, I like my friends’ pups, but dogs in shopping centres and restaurants/cafes is ridiculous. I saw a sign the other day saying ‘assistance dogs only’ and I was 🙌

Why does a dog need to be dragged round the shops? They can have a nice snooze at home for a couple of hours.

You don’t always know if it’s dog friendly until one comes in!

Had a meal in a restaurant and the the table next to us had 2 dogs, not an issue as were behaved. Half way through our main and one dog stood up and shook, hair everywhere including my plate. Couple apologised but I called the waiter, explained and he came across as not the restaurants fault.

Sent my meal back, said not to bring another as husband would be finished eating so he left his. Asked for the bill but told them to remove the uneaten mains.

Bit of a kick off but they scrubbed the whole bill.
If you're a restaurant that allows dogs, be prepared to refund if hair in food or drinks.

I am a dog owner and totally agree. We don't take our dog out to eat.

We have a dog too and he only goes out to eat with us when we are camping so we have nowhere for him to hang out without us. We sit outside, or at worst in the bar of a pub ('dogs welcome in the bar area' type of places so you're still a separated)!

We are pre-covid dog owners, I have a feeling that might be why we don't drag him round things he doesn't need to be at, and expect to sit outside at cafes etc...!

I mean why? Why would anyone take 2 dogs into a restaurant and not realise everyone else is eye rolling and thinking 'ffs!'

A hill I will die on..people should not be forced into going into establishments that are dog friendly!

It obviously only happens to people on MN, and I have no idea who’s doing the forcing, but it’s clearly unacceptable 😉

An assistance dog is very different to entitled twats with 3 large dogs, sitting at a table for two people, imposing their animals on other people.
That’s the thing, it’s become a complete piss take now.

Leave them at home in kennels or with a friend or family member obviously. It’s not hard.

The answer you’re going to get to your perfectly reasonable suggestion is “but I don’t want to do that”. Such is the mindset of these types.

I am a big dog lover. I’d just never take ours into a restaurant or cafe. It really is grim for everyone else.

Of course, you’re perfectly entitled to take one into an eatery if it’s dog friendly. But you must be aware that other people will form their opinions of you accordingly.

I briefly read about a case in the Outer Hebrides. A community charity-funded café is being threatened with closure because they can’t afford the legal funds to defend themselves in a case where a woman is insisting that she should be allowed to bring her dog in. Depressing.

I mean proper restaurants probably shouldn’t allow dogs but pubs are fair game IMO. We go to France in the summer and they are really dog friendly- they even allow them in supermarkets sitting inside the trolleys. You would die OP. I do have a dog (poodle so obviously superior to most living things) and I wouldn’t take her to a nice restaurant. I do frequent dog friendly cafes locally though.