Are dogs becoming the new smoking?

Here we go again...

why are dogs allowed in restaurants?

No idea. The cynic in me thinks it is so because the hospitality industry needs as many customers as it can entice through the doors, and there are a lot of people who are out and about walking their dogs.

Because it’s good for the hospitality business

Indeed ViceVersa a subject people don't seem to tire of.

* lixy* I think you’re totally correct in that assumption.
I hate it, and I like dogs but their hair floats all over the place in restaurants and pubs and cafes.

ViceVersa

Here we go again...

There was 18 pages on this subject two weeks ago.

I'm not a huge dog fan but I am happy to look after our daughter's border collie. I don't mind dogs in pubs and cafes if they don't annoy anyone but on the odd occasion I bother to get dressed up to go to a nice restaurant I prefer it to be dog free. There seem to be more dogs allowed in eateries since Covid. Maybe to attract more custom?

MartavTaurus

ViceVersa

Here we go again...

There was 18 pages on this subject two weeks ago.

My point exactly. This thread is just going to rehash all those arguments - on both sides of the fence.

MartavTaurus

ViceVersa

Here we go again...

There was 18 pages on this subject two weeks ago.

... which would seem to indicate that it's a topic many are interested in - isn't that how it works?

There isn't an embargo on posters starting a thread on a matter that has already been discussed, witness the number of threads on Harry & Meghan, for example.

And they smelllllllll! Nice sstench assaulting my olefactory sense when I am trying to savour some good food. Don't tell me they are allowed in top class restaurants as well?! That would really be taking the dog biscuit!

I knew this thread may not go well.

Personally I was not on the last thread. Not even sure I saw it.

I like dogs.
Not in eating places though[thankfully around here I dont tend to see i]. At all. Though I dont go in restaurants a whole lot.

I like hygiene[hence I started a thread a couple of months ago about some takeaway places not using gloves[as it happens i was in a takeaway place this morning. Lady cleaning a stand. Not wearing gloves. It wouldnt have affected my hygeine personally, but even at home I often wear gloves. To protect my hands and not to contaminate myself with more germs than I need to].

fwiw, I watched a tv progeamme I think it was a few days ago. The lady said that nowadays, every 1 in 3 homes in the Uk has a dog.
I was surprised it was as high as that.

The reason dogs are now tolerated or even welcomed in places where they weren’t until fairly recently is because it is good for business. This is why many small shops eg book shops and many charity shops, will usually say yes.
Traditional “boozers” have allowed regulars/locals to bring dogs with them for donkeys years
Shopping centres will usually refuse entry even if you are just making a shortcut through to the other side but smaller high street shops might be less inclined to object if it encourages more footfall and spontaneous purchases. Same with some pubs-grub style premises during the day if they already welcome families with children. They need all the help they can get I suppose🤔

MOnica
You have made it quite clear on previous threads, despite what you say about not being anti-dog, that due to some past trauma you really do not like dogs. Your choice. I think the general consensus from the previous thread was that dogs should not be allowed inside restaurants or food shops but it was allowable in outside areas. Why are we repeating this discussion. Make your feelings known to the restaurants you visit. Perhaps there would be a compromise to be made by having a no dogs area then everyone would be happy.

John Lewis allow dogs. I don’t take my dogs out shopping or to restaurants much but I am always happy to see other people’s. There is too much obsession about hygiene these days, as my grandma used to say “you’ve got to eat a peck of dirt before you die”.

Most dogs are better behaved in restaurants than some children.

Whether Monica likes dogs or not is not the point I like dogs but I HATE having other peoples dogs in restaurants, cafes, coffee shops or the charity shop I work in.
People have humanised dogs they come in in pushchairs, one woman wears her dog round her neck (all the time), they growl at each other and moan cos they don’t really want to be there. They often smell depending on the type of dog. The puggy type ones, snuffle and snort their way round the shop One old lady bought a baby hat off me so she could keep her dogs ears warm!!!
Leave them at home in the warm.

They are not more hygienic than children Merlotgran I ve never seen a kid lick its own backside

Well said Merlot (and yes, I’ve got GCs).

Hospitality these days is a cut-throat business and if ‘dog parents’ are spending money, most establishments will welcome them. Our local garden centres have doggy areas set aside from regular seating.

Why not just go elsewhere if the dogs bother you? In Durham, a couple of the cafes are always packed with students, who occupy tables for hours, but spend very little. I give those a wide berth.

MOnica , as others have pointed out (and I’m sure you aren’t aware ) the Dog Issue is a regular, divisive feature.
I’ll retreat my previous comments. I grew up with various dogs, in my 76 years, onky three of them have been years where I didn’t live with dogs.
I currently share my life with two, a spaniel and a Labrador. In the past I’ve had three and fostered for a specific breed charity. So there we have it, mad dog lady

I’m absolutely fed up with fur babies. They’re absolutely not. They’re domesticated (ish in some cases) they aren’t babies, children etc, they’re dogs. They need to be treated like animals, they need their breed characteristics responded to. They shiukd lie under the pub table, ignoring everything. They should learn to ignore other dogs and humans. This involves a novel idea for some, Training

Right, restorative glass of wine needed

I only read the title and agreed with you
My dog is able to STAY AT HOy

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GoodAfternoonTea

And they smelllllllll! Nice sstench assaulting my olefactory sense when I am trying to savour some good food. Don't tell me they are allowed in top class restaurants as well?! That would really be taking the dog biscuit!

I’ve never seen a dog in the Ivy so you’re probably right GoodAfternoonTea

I like dogs, I don't like or trust unknown dogs. I prefer no dogs near food where food is sold.

It's probable pub owners need to attract customers.