Forget banning children from pubs, it's dogs we need to bar from our boozers

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Forget banning children from pubs, it's dogs we need to bar from our boozers
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Not all of us want someone’s pup having a cheeky sniff at our groin when we’re just trying to get a round in 🖋️ colin__drury for ipaperviews

but – through dog bowls and dog ice cream – actively encouraging it. I mean: what? Why? Who are you, out there, that have become so surgically attached to your animals that you cannot nip out for a quick jar on an evening without dragging them along? How did that become a thing?

But, right now, there are city-centre boozers across the country where, even on a Friday night, it feels like you’re basically having a pint in a kennels. You literally have to negotiate straining leads and tails to get around the place. Last week – and I kid you not – I witnessed a dog sat in a seat drinking from its bowl, which the owners had put on the table. I half expected them to open a bag of crisps and lay it out for them all to share.

It’s not just pubs, I’ve noticed. Attractions designed for children are increasingly selling themselves asI was at a mini-railway the other day, specifically aimed at toddlers. I watched as an English bull terrier – all muscle and teeth – strained at its lead at any passing child. I wondered why such a place would effectively contract out the safety of its youngest visitors to any random person who wanted to bring an animal bigger than the average three-year-old.

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