Taking dogs on cottage holidays.

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We want to take our lurcher Meg on holiday with us in December for a few days in Shropshire. Looking for truly dog friendly accomodation. She’s allowed everywhere in the house at home. Are there any Facebook groups or websites for truly dog friendly accomodation. Not just the ones that say they are then say no dogs on furniture etc. I know she’s a spoiled brat but don’t want to leave her at home.
 
East Ruston cottages are in Norfolk and are very dog friendly. There is a Facebook group called really REALLY multi dog friendly holidays for dogaholics , if you put what you are looking for on a post and if there is something that suits the holiday owners post links for their places . As my friend and I have 5 dogs between us we have struggled to find anywhere but we have booked with ERC for this year and we found one with Sykes holiday cottages for next year, might be worth looking at Sykes as well
 
A quick tip: my parents run a holiday let in France and accept animals (though they have recently had to add a one-off cleaning surcharge for guests with pets) and they do really appreciate considerate owners that bring their own furniture coverings to protect sofas, etc from hair and claws. This would probably be doubly so if you let the dog on the bed. It's a good way to encourage "on the fence" dog friendly places to stay dog friendly. Sorry if I'm stating the obvious.
 
I always take my dog on holiday. I do always hoover when I leave and take a blanket to put on the bed/furniture. I know a lot of them say no pets on furniture, but I don’t see how they’d know whether they’d been on the furniture or not.
 
Clodagh said:
Because having had holiday cottages people lie like mad about what little Fluffy is like. They will happily leave wee marks and dog hair circles.
We ended up banning all dogs as so many… and their owners… were vile.
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I suppose the really dog friendly ones assume that nobody will mind finding other people's dog hair on the sofa and the mattress and wee stains on the carpets and a general smell of wet muddy dog, and the possibility that someone has washed their dog off in the bath and/or shower - but as a property owner who allowed pets but asked that people didn't let them on the furniture, and then ended up having to bin duvet covers which filthy dogs had nested on, I completely see why some properties are dog free.
 
Clodagh said:
Because having had holiday cottages people lie like mad about what little Fluffy is like. They will happily leave wee marks and dog hair circles.
We ended up banning all dogs as so many… and their owners… were vile.
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Thank goodness in 10 years I’ve only had one dog who pee’d on the new carpet (😫) but the owners were mortified and paid to have the carpet cleaned. Either you were very unlucky or I’ve been super fortunate.
 
Rowreach said:
I suppose the really dog friendly ones assume that nobody will mind finding other people's dog hair on the sofa and the mattress and wee stains on the carpets and a general smell of wet muddy dog, and the possibility that someone has washed their dog off in the bath and/or shower - but as a property owner who allowed pets but asked that people didn't let them on the furniture, and then ended up having to bin duvet covers which filthy dogs had nested on, I completely see why some properties are dog free.
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Not at all! My cleaner is fabulous and I think I’ve been fortunate that I rarely have messy, mucky guests. Being so remote I tend to get serious walkers, wildlife enthusiasts etc and I rarely have dog issues (touch wood!). I do ask that if dogs are on sofas the owners bring throws and if on the bed to bring their own bedding.
I take my dogs on holiday and always leave it as clean (if not cleaner) than how I found it.
 
Rowreach said:
I suppose the really dog friendly ones assume that nobody will mind finding other people's dog hair on the sofa and the mattress and wee stains on the carpets and a general smell of wet muddy dog, and the possibility that someone has washed their dog off in the bath and/or shower - but as a property owner who allowed pets but asked that people didn't let them on the furniture, and then ended up having to bin duvet covers which filthy dogs had nested on, I completely see why some properties are dog free.
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I wouldn’t expect to stay somewhere that had dog hair on the sofa, despite using dog friendly properties. I do expect to pay extra because there is obviously more cleaning involved, but after my dog caught kennel cough from a B&B, I’m still fussy about cleanliness.

We stayed in a cottage recently. Before we left I’d hoovered and cleaned everything, floors and furniture, even though she hadn’t been on it.
 
It only takes a few bad eggs to ruin it for the rest of dog owners.

I use Air bnb and filter dogs allowed, i wouldn't expect my dog to go on anyone else's furniture , what they do at home is totally different to what i expect from them elsewhere . Just like when we visit friends and they are invited they don't do it.
 
SDMabel said:
It only takes a few bad eggs to ruin it for the rest of dog owners.

I use Air bnb and filter dogs allowed, i wouldn't expect my dog to go on anyone else's furniture , what they do at home is totally different to what i expect from them elsewhere . Just like when we visit friends and they are invited they don't do it.
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I think that's how it should be. Respect for the property you are staying in. Having rather gladly given up my own holiday let (tbh it was the people who were generally worse guests than their dogs) I spent a year working at a local wedding castle/self catering venue, and the expectations of guests around what their dogs were allowed to get up to was eye opening, even for me.

Anyway, sorry to hijack the thread OP!!
 
We have a cottage booked this winter.

Dogs allowed.

Does not say anything about dogs not being allowed on the furniture, however we will be taking multiple throws to cover the furniture with anyway
 
Clodagh said:
Because having had holiday cottages people lie like mad about what little Fluffy is like. They will happily leave wee marks and dog hair circles.
We ended up banning all dogs as so many… and their owners… were vile.
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I was speaking to someone at work today who also works cleaning some holiday cottages and she said the owners were considering banning children as they've had enough. There are 6 cottages and at the last changeover 3 had extensive mess/damage caused by kids, and none of the parents reported it. One had a sofa ruined as it had been extensively drawn on with a permanent pen, one had what looked like a litre of juice spilled over the carpet where a high chair had been moved into the sitting room to face the TV, and the third had drawing on the walls in one bedroom and the sitting room. The holiday makers are disputing the extra cleaning/replacement costs :mad:
 
SilverLinings said:
I was speaking to someone at work today who also works cleaning some holiday cottages and she said the owners were considering banning children as they've had enough. There are 6 cottages and at the last changeover 3 had extensive mess/damage caused by kids, and none of the parents reported it. One had a sofa ruined as it had been extensively drawn on with a permanent pen, one had what looked like a litre of juice spilled over the carpet where a high chair had been moved into the sitting room to face the TV, and the third had drawing on the walls in one bedroom and the sitting room. The holiday makers are disputing the extra cleaning/replacement costs :mad:
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And none of that surprises me 😐
 
when we went away and took the dog it didn’t say anything about no dogs on the furniture but i took my own bedding anyway, and a throw for the sofa.

what i didn’t factor in was the little pest, who at the time didn’t tend to wander far from me, darting through a gap into “their” side of the garden for his morning 💩!!

que me dashing across in my pyjamas to catch him and collect it, and of course he’d chosen right in front of their french doors to do it🤦🏼‍♀️ no idea if they were in, i ran off too quickly to look🤣

Eta to add that he’s a toy poodle, so he’s not shedding all over the place!
 
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There are quite a few holiday companies who are very dog friendly and say they can go on the furniture as long as it’s covered and if you want them to sleep on the bed that’s ok if you bring your own bedding. My friend and I go to a cottage that says exactly that and the owner is very happy how we leave the place and we are going back for a 3rd time next year
 
I recently went on holiday to a lovely place in Wales with a group of friends. It was dog friendly as a few of us had dogs. There was a dog friendly living room and a smarter ‘no dogs please’ living room. In the end I didn’t take Daisy as she’s getting on a bit and gets anxious in unfamiliar places. But I was shocked that my friends just completely ignored the requests to keep dogs out of that 1 room. And let them on the sofas in the smart room too. It seems many people have a blind spot when it comes to their dogs and their kids.
 
splashgirl45 said:
There are quite a few holiday companies who are very dog friendly and say they can go on the furniture as long as it’s covered and if you want them to sleep on the bed that’s ok if you bring your own bedding. My friend and I go to a cottage that says exactly that and the owner is very happy how we leave the place and we are going back for a 3rd time next year
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Link please? Thanks.
 
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