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Little Dogs in Prams

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WatchThisGladys · 26/09/2025 11:31

Is this a new trend? I saw several of these this summer. They weren't fancy prams for show, just dark, practical looking ones.

I find it a bit odd as surely even small dogs need exercise. Although, I once knew a chihuahua who had to be carried for the first half of his daily walk, or he would run back home!

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OneFootintheHedgehog · 26/09/2025 11:33

WatchThisGladys · 26/09/2025 11:31

Is this a new trend? I saw several of these this summer. They weren't fancy prams for show, just dark, practical looking ones.

I find it a bit odd as surely even small dogs need exercise. Although, I once knew a chihuahua who had to be carried for the first half of his daily walk, or he would run back home!

I have to carry my (not so little) dog until we're off our street, or she won't walk!

I haven't actually seen this where I am. I see the occasional older dog, who can't manage a walk anymore, in a pram, but I haven't noticed any small healthy dogs being pushed around!

Ifailed · 26/09/2025 11:37

I don't care if people put their pets in prams.

I do care if they expect me to make-way for them or give them preference on the pavement/footpath.

allthegrass · 26/09/2025 11:37

Depends doesn’t it my friend has one for her dog because he can’t walk far now and she likes to walk and likes to take him with her. I don’t see any harm in it. She has been given strange looks though she doesn’t care it’s nicer for the dog to be able to get out.

Hoppinggreen · 26/09/2025 11:40

Its usually for older dogs that can't walk
Having said that if it was a matter of walking my dog and then popping him in when hes had enough thats one thing (not that I could push my lump anyway) but if I had a dog that couldn't walk at all I would probably make the difficult decision to let them go.

whataweekImhaving · 26/09/2025 11:42

I’ve noticed this for a few years now but getting more common.

Ive always assumed it’s for elderly dogs or dogs who for some reason can’t walk as far as their owner will be walking.

I think it’s lovely, particularly for older dogs who otherwise wouldn’t get out. Feel bad for older dogs of the past who didn’t have this option, also for very large dogs who wouldn’t fit in a pram. Feel bad if they just have to stay in.

JDM625 · 26/09/2025 11:47

OP- do you think people are putting their dogs in dark, practical looking prams for the fun of it? 🙄

SIL used one when her puppy hadn't had its 2nd vaccines and she went to a outdoor, garden show thing.
A few months later it broke it leg, so she used it once again.

The only others I've seen have been elderly dogs with arthritis or back injuries that can only walk for short periods.

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WatchThisGladys · 26/09/2025 11:52

I'm only asking because I'd hardly ever seen a dog in a pram until this year, then this summer, they seemed to be everywhere.

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ZiggyZowie · 26/09/2025 11:53

There's a woman gets on my bus with dog in pram and she sits in the disabled seat area./ pram area .

A woman at next stop needed on with a pram but driver told her no room.
I felt sorry for the mum as the next bus would be an hour's wait.

ZiggyZowie · 26/09/2025 11:54

Oh and I saw a woman with a cat in a pram on the beach.

hattie43 · 26/09/2025 11:56

I saw a pug in a pram last weekend and the owners explained she was very elderly with bad legs but they brought her out to get fresh air and a change of scene whilst walking their other two dogs .

KnitKnitKnitting · 26/09/2025 11:56

I bought my mum one, for her dog which is now very arthritic but still benefits from leaving the house. I bought it from someone at work whose dog was very ill, it helped her quality of life for six months before she died.

Yes, there’s a lot more of them, because people are starting to realise they’re an option. It hadn’t occurred to my mum to get one.

Im sure there are people who put dogs who are perfectly ok to walk in them, such is life, but they’re great for all sorts of other reasons.

ValleyClouds · 26/09/2025 11:56

Someone with a dog in a pram once pushed past me, a wheelchair user, to get on a bus. I was first in line. The driver had closed the doors to realign the bus up to the pavement for me and she actually pushed past and frantically banged on the door to be let on. I suspected she was perhaps a bit unwell. (Not because of the dog but her overall behaviour)

TheExcitersblowingupmymind · 26/09/2025 12:14

I heard a cat miaowing whilst on the bus then realised it was coming from a pram.

MrsDoubtfire123 · 26/09/2025 12:21

WatchThisGladys · 26/09/2025 11:31

Is this a new trend? I saw several of these this summer. They weren't fancy prams for show, just dark, practical looking ones.

I find it a bit odd as surely even small dogs need exercise. Although, I once knew a chihuahua who had to be carried for the first half of his daily walk, or he would run back home!

They are usually for elderly dogs who cannot walk far and want to go out still. It's like a wheelchair for dogs, rather than a pram for show. Dogs get very depressed if they aren't taken out. This is a way for dogs with walking issues to able to still go out.

MidnightPatrol · 26/09/2025 12:23

Ifailed · 26/09/2025 11:37

I don't care if people put their pets in prams.

I do care if they expect me to make-way for them or give them preference on the pavement/footpath.

Is this a common problem for you, to be so annoyed about it…?

MidnightPatrol · 26/09/2025 12:25

ValleyClouds · 26/09/2025 11:56

Someone with a dog in a pram once pushed past me, a wheelchair user, to get on a bus. I was first in line. The driver had closed the doors to realign the bus up to the pavement for me and she actually pushed past and frantically banged on the door to be let on. I suspected she was perhaps a bit unwell. (Not because of the dog but her overall behaviour)

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Sounds like she was worried she’d missed the bus, because he’d closed the doors and started moving?

Pushing you out the way obviously inexcusable - although given the above, maybe she thought you weren’t getting on and was panicking?

LaurieFairyCake · 26/09/2025 12:26

I’m going to get one for one of mine as she is disabled. She’s fine now, can potter along but when she gets older she’s going to need one. She loves being out and about.

Onlycoffee · 26/09/2025 12:29

We used a doggy pram for our senior dog when he couldn't manage to walk outside any longer but still enjoyed going out with us.

Maybe people are wanting to take their dogs on whole days out and know their dogs wouldn't manage it without the pram.

There's probably lots of practical reasons.

BillyNoMatess · 26/09/2025 12:30

Not a new thing I use to see a woman with a dog in a pram in our town centre in the 90s when I was a kid, maybe more common now but I haven’t noticed it much tbh

WinterNightStars · 26/09/2025 12:48

We have 2 dogs, our eldest dog is 14.5 - she still likes a walk but gets tired easily & her hips are stiff. We have a pram for her as it means we can take them both a walk but she can get in for a rest when tired & we can all continue our longer walk. And she enjoys being out & seeing people & getting fussed.

montston · 26/09/2025 12:52

ZiggyZowie · 26/09/2025 11:53

There's a woman gets on my bus with dog in pram and she sits in the disabled seat area./ pram area .

A woman at next stop needed on with a pram but driver told her no room.
I felt sorry for the mum as the next bus would be an hour's wait.

Neither one of those had priority anyway though.

Popcornmums · 26/09/2025 12:58

ZiggyZowie · 26/09/2025 11:53

There's a woman gets on my bus with dog in pram and she sits in the disabled seat area./ pram area .

A woman at next stop needed on with a pram but driver told her no room.
I felt sorry for the mum as the next bus would be an hour's wait.

This happened to me once ! I didn’t realise at first but baby was asleep so got on saying I’d fold my buggy then saw it was a dog so I said actually I won’t be folding for a dog ! Especially not waking a sleeping baby and folding. The driver said I had to get off then but I stood my ground

Nourishinghandcream · 26/09/2025 13:34

Have had one for years.

Originally bought it when Ddog was recovering from surgery and it allowed him to go out without walking. When we got somewhere quiet, he would have a gentle mooch around and then we would wheel him home.
Also proved to be very handy when we go away. Walking through busy areas is always awkward with a dog so we pop him in there and he is not in any danger of getting trodden on. Also most shops are happy for him to come in if he is in his buggy, no different to a child in a pushchair.
Our one converts into a cycle trailer so he can come along with us when we go for a ride.

ZiggyZowie · 26/09/2025 13:35

Popcornmums · 26/09/2025 12:58

This happened to me once ! I didn’t realise at first but baby was asleep so got on saying I’d fold my buggy then saw it was a dog so I said actually I won’t be folding for a dog ! Especially not waking a sleeping baby and folding. The driver said I had to get off then but I stood my ground

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Good for you and quite right, it's disabled people,elderly and babies in prams.

Thissickbeat · 26/09/2025 13:37

They're a lovely idea for post operation and older dogs.