I didn’t think dogs were allowed in Waitrose 😳

Iam64

It became a thing Greyisnotmycolour, when so many people became first time dog owners and failed to research/train their dog, indeed didn’t see it as a dog but as a fur baby. Add the ‘positive only’ approach, throwing treats at any unacceptable behaviour, thinking every dog has to ‘say hello’ to every human or dog they meet and It’s a perfect storm

Exactly this! So many people now who treat their dogs like some kind of child, novelty or fashion accessory and don't train them properly.

Could it be Rob Beckett.

Dogs don’t pee indoors nanna.

Well trained dogs don’t GSM but I’ve seen two do so since lockdown, one in our local pub, up a pillar and one indoors in a garden centre.

Not Rob Beckett either. Curiouser and curiouser said a character from Alice in wonderland. Please name the character.

NanKate

No not Owen Wilson.

I had seen a photo once recently on some newsfeed of this young man. If I ever see him again I will let you know.

The two of them were just wandering around the shop laughing. They didn’t have a trolley or basket.

I am very nervous of big dogs but this one looked the most approachable of the 3 of them 😀

Next time I am in the store I will raise my concerns.

Sounds as if they were just waiting for someone to challenge them.
Then the abuse would start?

I am very nervous of big dogs but this one looked the most approachable of the 3 of them 😀
😂😂😂

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/russell-brand-dog-kills-wallaby-b1869785.html

He looks like a big bundle of fluff
(The dog, I mean)

If everybody too their dogs to the supermarket I can imagine chaos in the narrow aisles, it’s bad enough now with trollies and children. Adding dogs on leads would bring the place to a standstill, a very good reason to have groceries delivered.

Very funny responses on this thread! I will be following it with interest as I hope NanKate will be able to name the small blond man with all the helpful prompts she is given.

This one's blond and um, well, um, was in an advert.
Jeremy Allen White

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/russell-brand-dog-kills-wallaby-b1869785.html

Doh! 🤦

Just realised I've been reading this entire thread thinking it was Giles Brandreth you were all talking about, and being a bit unnecessarily mean 😔

nanna8

What if several people brought dogs with them ? Dog pee up the aisles ? No, thanks. I would avoid those shops like the plague. I am not talking about well mannered and trained guide dogs of course.

My partner used to have a Guide Dog who he took shopping in Teskers. At the counter as SO was paying, doggo would steal the sweets from the counter underneath..Shouldn't put sweets at doggo nose height!!

Germanshepherdsmum

Dogs don’t pee indoors nanna.

We stayed at a small hotel in Cherbourg, and the owner's French dog did pipi all up my husband's trousers!

V3ra

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/russell-brand-dog-kills-wallaby-b1869785.html

Doh! 🤦

Just realised I've been reading this entire thread thinking it was Giles Brandreth you were all talking about, and being a bit unnecessarily mean 😔

😂😂😂

Germanshepherdsmum

Dogs don’t pee indoors nanna.

We bought a house once, the previous owners had a small dog and a bar in the corner of the sitting room.
The carpet near the bar smelt of dog pee.
Although it was a very expensive carpet, it had to go. And the bar.
Luckily they took the dog with them.

Perhaps the Store Personnel person was afraid that if they challenged RB, he'd ring up and insult their granddaughter on voicemail.....🙄

Only assistance dogs should be in a supermarket!
This was Russet Brand and I imagine he is a law unto himself - a troubled man and IMO not a man to be trusted.

None of the names so far ring a bell.

I cannot bear this strutting peacock, however when we had a speaker for the charity OneCan at our WI, he said RB was one of the most generous financial contributors in this area, which surprised us all.

Dogs pee where they like. A friend's dog recently pee'd in my hall and another one pee'd in my friend's bag when she put it down to take a rest while out walking. I certainly don't want to see dogs in food shops and restaurants becoming the norm.

Well, a word of support for GSM - none of my 12 dogs or fosters pee indoors.
Dogs don’t toilet where they live. My latest pup, a lab had one pee indoors at age 12 weeks, handler error I’d answered the phone as he was waking up

Mind you, there are a lot of fur babies around who don’t understand good behaviour

In a supermarket full of dogs, I'm pretty sure there would be some widdling going on.
Marking territory, submissive and excitable wees, frightened ones (that would be me!)

Sounds revolting

Did you complain to someone. I would - and have contacted them online later - and gone hughe up the chain if the response was unsatisfactory.

I am in constant wonder at people who recognise famous people in the supermarket. I might meet King Charles in my local supermarket, but I wouldn't realise who he was.

We bought a car through an advert in a local paper and the current owner was famous sports reporter. We got the feeling that this bloke expected us to recognise him, but even when he gave us his name to put on the cheque, it meant nothing to us. We have never watched sport on tv.

It was a week later I happened to see this man mentioned in the main part of a newspaper, with a picture and realised who he was.

Thanks Iam. None of my rescues has ever peed indoors - even the latest who, because she had previously been chained up outside (what a life) and the rescue centre said she might not be house trained. I have never known a dog which would behave as Grey describes.

Another one here with rescues who have never peed indoors, so l agree with GSM. My latest was originally from Romania, in the shelter for at least 8 years and in the 4 months l have had him not one single accident indoors.
I am a huge dog lover but there is no need to take dogs into shops, supermarkets or indoor restaurants. The only exception being guide dogs of course. I never realised that supermarkets would allow dogs on their premises, maybe the employee was star struck by Russell Brand. Shouldn't have been allowed though.

My dogs never peed inside but one did pee down someone's leg once. I was mortified.