Do you take your dog everywhere?

[Chiffy]

I have always taken my dogs Eventing, both when competing myself and now that it is my family doing it.
Virtually every dog I have owned has been to Badminton, Burghley, Blenheim, Bramham, Chatsworth…you get the drift! I have never had problems with it being too crowded and none have had heatstroke. They all enjoy it.
I don’t take my dogs shopping or anywhere else they might have to sit in the car on their own for ages.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

I don't leave the dog in the car she used to come to horses shows with me I don't do them much these days, our cars are not really dog friendly so she only really goes in them if it's really necessary.

I was queuing in a tesco metro last week and the women behind me had tied her retriever to a lamppost out side at the side of the road, a van pulled up alongside and the dog was so close it made me cringe, the dog was obviously distressed by having the vehicle so near.

I then said to her to go infront of me so she could get to the dog quicker, I could see she was panicking about it but then why do it it's obvious that it was too close to the road, I really hate to see dogs tied up outside shops I would never do it.

 

[poiuytrewq]

I’ve decided against the badminton trip. As someone mentioned above the shopping, I don’t want to miss that!
I am really enjoying having a dog I can take anywhere I like. Jessie collie dog just didn’t much like being away from the sofa and Doug struggled with too much walking.
Id love to take him on holiday, that would be a definite no from OH though, no way would he go with that idea!
Maybe we will go it alone for a few days walking during harvest while he’s super busy!

 

[Identityincrisis]

As my dog won't be left at home alone (I've tried training him, but he is just too stressed) he comes most places with me but i also restrict how much i do now to fit around him. He comes to the stables if I'm not riding and i park very close to my stable so we can both see each other, he has a bed and can lie down comfortably in there. I will dash into a shop on the way home but if I'm riding or doing a big shop, he goes to my parent's. I have told him he'd be much happier relaxing in the house but he disagrees ?

 

[oldie48]

We walk Stanley twice a day and he comes on holiday with us but I never take him shopping or leave him in the car. I definitely wouldn't take him to Badminton, it's too busy for a little BT although when my daughter was competing we'd take our dogs in the lorry, they really loved it and guarded the lorry! He's happy on his own at home provided he's been walked but if we go abroad or somewhere he can't come, I have someone who lives in. He's a very easy dog really.

 

[I'm Dun]

I took mine with me today on a cross country journey via taxi, train and car. I had to go and pick up my new to me car and as it was going to take 5 or 6 hours he came with me. 25min taxi ride to the station where he sat politely and quietly on his waterproof and fleece roll up blanket I bought for the occasion. Then the first train. We went through the barriers and out onto the platform. He was very interested and a bit amazed but very well behaved.Didnt react to the noise of the trains or the general weirdness of it all.

He then sat next to me, on the train, again on his blanket and slept. We changed at Birmingham New Street and it was heaving! He went up and down in a lift, coped with weaving between hordes of people, came in the toilet so I could have a wee and stood quietly while I went in for a coffee. I could see him at all times so he wasn't going to be stolen, but a big ask for a dog to stand alone in that environment.

We then had a 20min wait for the train and he laid on my musto coat as it was a bit warmer. Middle of Birmingham New Street, and he just quietly laid down with no fuss surrounded by people and noise.

He sat on his blanket next to me on the train and again, just slept. We got off the train and out of the station. Got into a strange two seater car and he had to be squashed into the footwell. Then we went into a garage workshop and he sat quietly while I did paperwork. Then into my new car and we drove home. He slept the whole time in the car apart from a break at the services so he could have a drink and a toilet break. I'd planned to go to the beach on the way home but he was pretty tired, so we came straight home instead.

He is used to coming all over with me but this was a long journey and so far removed from anything he sees in normal life. He took it all in his stride and had a lovely time and was impeccably behaved the entire time. I am so very proud of him. I think hes a brilliant advert for taking your dog everywhere with you, so long as its done sensibly.

 

[tda]

Willis our oldest terrier has been with me nearly everywhere for his whole life, he used to come to work with me, he's happier asleep in the car than staying at home so he does come to the supermarket with me.
We did once take him to a game fair but it was too busy

 

[GSD Woman]

I'm Dun, you are so lucky to be able to take your dog with you on the train and such.

I don't mind taking my dogs with me if the weather is right. If all they're going to do is sit in the car all day I would rather leave them at home. I think they prefer it as well.

 

[I'm Dun]

I If all they're going to do is sit in the car all day I would rather leave them at home. I think they prefer it as well.

Thats the thing with mine he would much rather sit in the car than be home alone, but I don't know if that would be different if he hadn't always been brought places with me. I suspect its a bit of both.

 

[Chiffy]

Fabulous dog I’m Dun.
Years ago I took my whippet by train and ferry to the Isle of Wight. She behaved beautifully. I remember she had her own seat on the train next to me , I paid for two pre booked seats.

 

[Errin Paddywack]

My sister's lurcher is a regular on trains, buses, boats etc. They have a historic narrowboat which they take all over and she loves boating. I have never tried with my collies but suspect they would not be fans. I don't take mine shopping, too risky but otherwise they go everywhere with me, prefer to be with me in the car to being alone at home although they don't object.

 

[scats]

No, they come with us if we are going out a nice walk somewhere with them and they occasionally come to the yard with me if I’m doing a quick visit (I then take them round the fields for a walk), but there’s too many of them logistically and JD can be a bit barky with people.
I tend to go to places that aren’t dog friendly, like shops.

 

[Tinkerbee]

Ive recently moved back to NI and places seem to be less dog friendly, so he's had to stay home a bit more. I will take him places over winter and leave him in the car while we have dinner etc but once its vaguely sunny/warm he just stays home. He seems happy enough to stay on the sofa and I'm lucky atm that my grandparents can pop in and let him out for me.

Previously in England you could almost guarantee you'd find a cafe/pub allowing dogs in so he always came along

 

[Goldenstar]

Ive recently moved back to NI and places seem to be less dog friendly, so he's had to stay home a bit more. I will take him places over winter and leave him in the car while we have dinner etc but once its vaguely sunny/warm he just stays home. He seems happy enough to stay on the sofa and I'm lucky atm that my grandparents can pop in and let him out for me.

Previously in England you could almost guarantee you'd find a cafe/pub allowing dogs in so he always came along

I recommend The Salty Dog in Bangor.

 

[Pegasus5531]

My old Border Terrier came absolutely everywhere that he could with me (never left in a car or tied up) but if dogs were allowed I would take him. He was a very laid back dog though and he did come to Badmintion and Bramham with me several times. He enjoyed the walk around and just being with me. However my young Labrador I don't take to as many places, he gets more excitable and isn't as content to just sit quietly beside me wherever we end up. I would say it all depends on the dog

 

[BeansNsausages]

I just learnt that my bank allows dogs so will be taking my youngster there via a walk through the busy village next time I go.

 

[AmyMay]

I just learnt that my bank allows dogs so will be taking my youngster there via a walk through the busy village next time I go.

I’ve always taken my dog in to the bank.

 

[palo1]

Red Irish Terrier is cool about most trips. I wouldn't take him just to the supermarket but I would take him if I was going there and on to somewhere he could be out and about. He is fine in the car but I am very careful about the temperature and if I have him with me it is literally a dash in for milk or other essentials! He is generally very well behaved. Alternatively, levitating to eye height if we meet someone he loves...I know...But anyway, yes I trust him to behave pleasantly in garden centres, pub gardens, outdoor cafes, my office, other peoples houses and yards and days out to events. He is very polite to other dogs. I would loathe taking him to Badminton tbh and think a longer day at home would be better for him. I have always intended for my dogs to be happy to come with me more or less wherever I go that a dog is allowed. For me that is at least quite a big part of keeping a dog. On the downside, having a relatively unusual breed means that if someone who knows about Irish Terriers spots him, a lengthy conversation has to be had. And if we meet another one somewhere (there was one helping to fence judge at Badders last time I went which was 3 years ago!) then that is an even longer delay!! I am a dog person so I love having my dog with me when I can.

 

[SOS]

Our dogs are happy to muck in with whatever. They prefer to be with us but equally aren’t fussed being left at home.

We have crates in the back of most our vehicles and you can’t see into them. I pop into the supermarket/shops as long as the weather is okay. In the summer I am much more cautious about leaving them at all in the trucks as it just gets too hot without windows open/moving.

We both had jobs they could come to work (before I worked from home but my OH still takes them to work a few times a week), so realistically that means they occasionally have to be in the car alone, especially for fuel etc. We have always lived rurally and there would be no feasible way to keep dropping dogs off the avoid them ever being in the car alone…unless they stayed at home all the time.

They also have very little routine and seem to thrive off it - a day out with friends and family, quick walk around the high street dog formerly shops, pub stops and meeting lots of people and potentially a chip at lunch time, cool! A day slobbing on the sofa and a very quick nip round the village as it’s raining, yes please! A day going to yards and eating hoof with the OH, yum! A day at a vet practice behind reception and then in a kennel for a few hours but good park run at lunch time, no probs! A good off lead run before we head out for the day and they spend the time sleeping, happy dogs! They are very easy. BUT we have sighthounds, sprinters and low energy. Not every dog could cope with not having a fixed amount of exercise.

 

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My poodle is home alone when I work termtime only, some of the day. During hols I go to my part time job and can take him with me as my OH is the one of the Directors ?. We rarely go for lunch or evening meal/drinks unless he can come with us. He goes on the train, buses, ferry to IOW, holiday with us. He travelled on the Yorkshire steam train all the way to Whitby and back ?. I will leave him in car and pop into a shop for short time but not when the weather gets a bit warmer. He’s in a black fabric crate, car interior is black and privacy glass on rear windows so you cannot really see he is in there but I wouldn’t leave him long and not too far from a shop. I always, always take a comfy fleece blanket or bed. Hate seeing dogs having to sit on hard and cold floors in pubs etc ?

 

[GSD Woman]

I don't know if you realize how lucky you are to live where dogs are allowed so many places. Of course the average dog is better behaved that 90% of American dogs. I would to love to be able to take my dogs into shops, pub like places and all that.

 

[SOS]

I don't know if you realize how lucky you are to live where dogs are allowed so many places. Of course the average dog is better behaved that 90% of American dogs. I would to love to be able to take my dogs into shops, pub like places and all that.

I think perhaps we don’t realise! Most pubs in the UK are dog friendly in at least the bar area, lots of local shops and if you live rurally we have a lot of footpaths we can walk our dogs on. I took my dog to London last year on a training course for work (they needed demo dogs) and the whole city is very dog friendly, including public transport. Post covid my local cities shopping centre (as in indoor “mall”) has become dog friendly! Not that I’d take mine on purpose but if I happened to have them with me and NEEDED to go to the shops I’d pop them in.

We were lucky with dog friendly places before COVID, I think with so many people taking on puppies over the last two years (at a rate almost 75% higher than usual) many businesses are seeing the value in letting people bring their dogs into their shops, cafes etc. Some of that will be to not put off the owners that cannot leave their dogs due to lockdown separation anxiety (on both sides!).

 

[poiuytrewq]

I’m glad I didn’t take him, I think he’d have coped fine tbh but I wanted to go into the shops and dogs weren’t allowed in the main arena.
I was quite stunned at the dog crèche!
What the heck is the point in taking them and leaving them in a cage in a tent along with lots of other distressed sounding dogs
The noise was pretty sad.