Dogs and shopping

lostinrates

codemonkey wrote: »

I wouldn't do this because a few dogs have been stolen from outside our nearest supermarket and some have "gone missing" on walks. I'd never forgive myself if something happened to CD.

Ultimately I suppose someone good have the dogs from our garden or when I am ion the farm yard or fields and I am certainly not going to stop walking them.


But I really DO see the sense in minimising risk. Never mind not forgiving myself, i'd be worried about him.


Ok, I think we agree with DH.......town centres I think we'll continue, but only with me at all times.

Right now he is FAST asleep when he'd normally still be busy. Curled up with me and sleeping like a baby.

And we are going for a car drive to the station later, all of us. They LOVE getting DH from the station.

any_name_will_suffice

When Rocky was younger, his seperation anxiety was so bad, I used to try to not leave him home alone, as much as I could.

I have left him tied up outside a shop (I don't do it now) and the thing that really caused me concern was that people used to feed him- he is very good at putting on a " I haven't eaten for years and I am dying from hunger" face.

I came back to him once to find a man feeding him a cornish pasty :eek:

"but he looked so hungry" was the man's apology!

elsien

My particular bugbear is irresponsible parents letting their toddlers approach dogs without asking.
I've had the "they don't understand" routine -(no but they don't understand about cars either and you don't let them play in traffic.)
The classic yesterday was me telling the parents to please keep their child out of my dog's face as if the child insists on standing nose to nose my dog will jump and knock said child over. (Dog on very short lead, child starts at 20 feet and comes ever closer, arms outstretched.) Parents smile, ignore me and let child come up to dog's nose to try to stroke him. Then have the gall to say thank you, as I'm repeatedly telling Gitdog to sit, and holding his harness and head to keep him safely at ground level.
Don't ever underestimate the stupidity of the great British public.

GwylimT

I have never left mine outside a shop, although so far he is yet to walk that far in one go before deciding he has had enough!

The main reason I wouldn't do it is I wouldn't want my dog to be an inconvenience to other people, as really dogs tied up get in the way, but I would also be worried if in the mean time someone walked past with a dog or tied their dog up as you can never trust that a dog wont fight or become aggressive and I wouldn't want my dog hurt and I wouldn't him to hurt another dog.

MrsAtobe

I'm with elsien on this, I wouldn't leave the Moose tied up outside a shop because he is a very 'pretty' dog, that children love, unfortunately he doesn't love them back. Not that he's aggressive with them, he just tries to get away from them. He's already knocked one of the neighbour's toddlers onto her bum when she tried to cuddle him - her mum was more concerned at the time about how well the two dogs were going to get on, not watching the toddler.

I knew the dogs got on fine, but wasn't expecting a two year old to run up to the Moose and fling her arms around him! He circled away from her, around me, and she ended up on the floor unfortunately. Her mum was fine about it, thankfully, but hopefully it will have given her food for thought. I now know to get between the Moose and any small humans as well

LiR could you take him 'shopping' but leave him in the car when you pop into non-dog friendly shops?

lostinrates

MrsAtobe wrote: »

I'm with elsien on this, I wouldn't leave the Moose tied up outside a shop because he is a very 'pretty' dog, that children love, unfortunately he doesn't love them back. Not that he's aggressive with them, he just tries to get away from them. He's already knocked one of the neighbour's toddlers onto her bum when she tried to cuddle him - her mum was more concerned at the time about how well the two dogs were going to get on, not watching the toddler.

I knew the dogs got on fine, but wasn't expecting a two year old to run up to the Moose and fling her arms around him! He circled away from her, around me, and she ended up on the floor unfortunately. Her mum was fine about it, thankfully, but hopefully it will have given her food for thought. I now know to get between the Moose and any small humans as well

LiR could you take him 'shopping' but leave him in the car when you pop into non-dog friendly shops?

I have to watch one of my dogs with people, so I know this feeling of them trying to get away. Kiwi isn't great with some men for some reason. ( I am 99percent he's had no bad experience, came from breeder straight to us and loves the men in the family but is wary of work,en here for example, but loves my female clients.....' But not aggressive in the least, nor defensive.


I think the resolve is I just don't go anywhere he isn't welcome. The towns I'm thinking of exploring more are cutesy pedestrianised chichi towns, nice for me window shopping,:D parking a distance.

Lets face it, kiwi might even save my wallet some abuse if I resolve not to take him in anywhere. :rotfl:

teddysmum

I am 100% in agreement with your husband and especially as, on an animal orientated forum I use, there is an article about the increase in dog thefts (small dogs are easier).


You dog could be stolen.
He could be kicked or hurt or poisoned by some of the dross that find animal cruelty funny.
He could panic at being 'abandonned'.
He could panic and bite someone, landing you both in a lot of trouble.


If he's left home, the chances are that he'll sleep while you are out and probably won't notice how long you are gone. Then when you get home, you can take him out and do things that dogs like, which don't include being tied up and left in a strange place.

Savvy_Sue

lostinrates wrote: »

Maybe were I to take a newspaper somewhere ever now as a again and sit outside, leaving kiwi to order some coffee might be possible in a nice place.

The delightful ambiguities of the English language, I read this as 'I'll let kiwi order some coffee', and thought "Gosh, what a clever little dog!" :rotfl:

PlymouthMaid

I am another one who wouldn't risk it even outside my little local shops. Stealing is certainly a worry but my biggest concern would be an idiot child getting bitten when it shoves its hand up the dog's nose or some such thing. My Sprollie loves riding about in the car though and so long as it isn't a Summer day is happy to sit in the back for fifteen mins or so when I am shopping. In the Summer I have to leave him behind normally.

catkins

lostinrates wrote: »

I wish we were more dog friendly in uk and well behaved dogs were allowed in more non food shops!

I couldn't agree more. I lived in France for a few years and it is far more dog friendly there than here. Me and OH used to take our dog into shops and restaurants and never once had a hotel refuse to take us.


In this country more hotels refuse dogs than accept them and often even eating places with outside seats don't allow dogs. We were even told we couldn't sit in a pub garden with our dog in the summer. A perfectly well behaved quiet dog but screaming children running riot were allowed.


We have a lovely tearoom not too far away which allows dogs inside and it is always packed