Bringing your YT into a restaurant...do you or don't you?

[ErinsWhitney]

I've gotten up and left a meal once or twice. I make a conscious effort to not impose on people that way, but I think Britster's plane scenario fits my point better. The times when it really isn't possible to leave, and the crying baby or over-tired toddler really can't be helped. Getting glares and mutters from people for those situations is what makes being a mom with no choice but to take your young kids with you where ever you go so much more stressful. Sometimes it feels really unfair to be made to feel that way by people who just are not understanding. Most are, but some are just crotchety about it.

[Loving Furgie]

I have a really cute dog purse for Furgie. She has been everywhere with me, even places she is not supposed to be. She never makes a peep when in her purse. She has been to restaurants, stores, the movies.

Careful though....I feel like I have created a problem though. I hate to leave her alone. We don't have a very active household so when she is home alone, its just her, no one is in and out. I will leave the TV on, but she peeps or poops in her crate 75% of the time. I am going to start leaving her alone every day I am off for at least 20-30 min a day (She goes to doggy day care 3 times a week during my 12 hour work shift), cause I can't bring her everywhere. All of my friends think I am already crazy in regards to Furgie.

Check out www.bringfido.com the website lists all dog friendly places

Have fun!

[AnimalLoverKris]

Well I have two kids and two dogs....both are equally misbehaved. LOL!

But it does seem like "kids" are being attacked on the thread. Let's face it...kids are kids and just like the previous poster said sometimes they have bad days. Heck I don't like other people's kids but I know what the parent with the screaming toddler is going through so the last thing I'm going to do is make a face at her.

But to the OP...no my dogs do not go into resteraunts or anywhere else they aren't allowed. If I know I'm going to non-pet friendly place I just leave them home.

[gidget529]

Originally Posted by Loving Furgie

I have a really cute dog purse for Furgie. She has been everywhere with me, even places she is not supposed to be. She never makes a peep when in her purse. She has been to restaurants, stores, the movies.

Careful though....I feel like I have created a problem though. I hate to leave her alone. We don't have a very active household so when she is home alone, its just her, no one is in and out. I will leave the TV on, but she peeps or poops in her crate 75% of the time. I am going to start leaving her alone every day I am off for at least 20-30 min a day (She goes to doggy day care 3 times a week during my 12 hour work shift), cause I can't bring her everywhere. All of my friends think I am already crazy in regards to Furgie.

Check out www.bringfido.com the website lists all dog friendly places

Have fun!

Thanks for posting the web site. Did not know it existed but will use it!

[katienme2002]

Originally Posted by AnimalLoverKris

Well I have two kids and two dogs....both are equally misbehaved. LOL!

But it does seem like "kids" are being attacked on the thread. Let's face it...kids are kids and just like the previous poster said sometimes they have bad days. Heck I don't like other people's kids but I know what the parent with the screaming toddler is going through so the last thing I'm going to do is make a face at her.

But to the OP...no my dogs do not go into resteraunts or anywhere else they aren't allowed. If I know I'm going to non-pet friendly place I just leave them home.

I used to be the person with no kids , who shunned other parents when there kids were acting out..But now I AM that parent, not now that my daughter is older, but when she was two having a temper tantrum. And I feel like until you are IN that situation, you have no right to judge. Granted some kids are way worse than others, but still I too feel like kids are being attacked in this thread. I feel like if dogs arent allowed in a resturant or where ever, rules should be followed. This is JMO of course, but why cause a stink over something that isnt allowed to begin with? Again JMO.

[chachi]

Honestly the person that sneaks their dog into a restaurant when its not allowed is just going to justify it anyway they can. Sorry snotty nosed ill behaved children arent banned from restaurants dogs are. Another thing I dont do is sneak my dogs into hotels that dont allow dogs. I think thats equally as wrong but I know some on here are going to justify thats okay because they do it and see nothing wrong with it.

[cowgirlc]

I live in a country town in Texas so my baby goes everywhere with me in his carrier. In my town all the stores, banks, resturants know Gizmo, and he is welcomed in these places because he is so well behaved in his carrier that no-one would know he is there. He is allowed to have his head out in all the places I go in town except Dennys and Brookshires Grocery, for those places he is zipped inside, while I run in and run out. But shopping at the dollar stores or going to the bank, if they see me they expect to see him and is received with warm welcomes. He is never left in the car, he even goes to walmart with me because again he is trained to his bag and will sit quietly inside and no-one ever sees him. The only time he is left at home is when I go to school two days a week, during that time he gets to stay home and have the run of the house with hubby keeping an eye out. For the most part I would say that 90% of the time that I leave my house...Gizmo is with me as I am older and home everyday so my routine is pretty much the same and I usually stay in my little town where my baby is well known.

[yorkietalkjilly]

That is one reason I don't want pets in a restaurant - all the hair some of them seem to leave in the air every where they walk. I am made very sick by hair in food. Restaurant owners know many folks cannot stand even the idea a hair might be curled up on top of the sizzling hot steak - ugh! That is one of the reasons I had to get a none-shedding dog. I can't imagine what it would be like to try to eat an expensive meal sitting one table over from some of the shedders I have seen out with their owners whose clothing is so hairy! I'd have to get up and leave with my ultra weak stomach - and I would not pay for that meal. I really love my Tibbe to death but I find other ways to enrich his life and mine other than taking him to restaurants. The worst of it is, I think he would be miserable in a closed up carrier smelling all that good food, salivating like crazy as he listens to us cutting and chewing food. My little dog would hate it. And knowing Tibbe, he would growl at some of the sounds he'd hear that he didn't approve of!

[chachi]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

That is one reason I don't want pets in a restaurant - all the hair some of them seem to leave in the air every where they walk. I am made very sick by hair in food. Restaurant owners know many folks cannot stand even the idea a hair might be curled up on top of the sizzling hot steak - ugh! That is one of the reasons I had to get a none-shedding dog. I can't imagine what it would be like to try to eat an expensive meal sitting one table over from some of the shedders I have seen out with their owners whose clothing is so hairy! I'd have to get up and leave with my ultra weak stomach - and I would not pay for that meal. I really love my Tibbe to death but I find other ways to enrich his life and mine other than taking him to restaurants. The worst of it is, I think he would be miserable in a closed up carrier smelling all that good food, salivating like crazy as he listens to us cutting and chewing food. My little dog would hate it. And knowing Tibbe, he would growl at some of the sounds he'd hear that he didn't approve of!

Im the same way if im at a restaurant and I get a hair in my mouth I will start gagging to the point of throwing up. I know people on here just justify it by saying there dog is nonshedding but Im sure some dogs that are small and do shed are being sneaked into restaurants also. I fully understand why restaurants and grocery stores dont want pets in there. I also wanted to say to the person that said that parents of screaming kids have an obligation to leave and not disrupt others. You have a obligation to restaurant patrons not to take your dog in where its not allowed and disrupt someoned dinner. Especially someone with extreme allergies

[Lucyana1129]

This is an interesting thread. I have two kids (1 1/2 and 1 month) and they certainly DO have their "bad days". As a mom I have more important things to worry about that glares and mumured comments when one is throwing a fit or playing with their food. Personally, I love it. That's what being a mom is all about. Sometimes I wish I could get away with a "bad day". Haha! As for taking Bentley in with me. Yep, sure do. He knows when I pick up his bag he's going. He hops right in, lays down and takes a nap. No one ever knows he's there. The few times he's had "bad days" and barked once the people working are taken aback so much that there's a 3.5 lb dog in my bag that they usually just want to see him. He stays home sometimes so he knows he can be alone but he has gone pretty much everywhere with no problems. I think as long as they are behaved its okay. Everyone assumes his bag is a diaper bag in my case. And he truly enjoys being in it. Just another chance to grab a quick nap for him and be out and about experiencing new things, places, and noises. <3

[AlicetheYorkie]

I'd never sneak Alice in anywhere, but I'm very much a "rule follower" lol and I'd just be too nervous about getting caught. The only places she's gone into with me are pet stores and to pay the car insurance because an employee has her dogs laying around in there all the time and they like to see Alice.

I don't see a problem with a small dog being in a carrier or purse in a restaurant though, I'd do it if it was allowed and wouldn't be bothered by someone alse doing it.

[Deuce]

Honestly I think European kids put a bad taste in my mouth for kids. I can't get away from them, I decided to try to have a night out with the BF where I thought there would be no kids. And lo' and behold' there are kids doing zig-zags throughout the restaurant...It was 10 PM btw. I've seen kids playing kick-ball near the kitchen, the dirty ball flying into the chef's area where he was making pizza, the guy picked the ball up and tossed it back to the kids and continued making the pizza (no glove change or hand wash).

Kids in Europe, for the most part, are irritating, obnoxious, and rude. And the parents do nothing, NOTHING to correct them. I've witnessed big kids, like 13, push little kids, probably around 6, out of their way. The little one will fall down and start crying and nothing happens, parents don't come over and correct them. Shoot, I've had a 10-ish y/o kid shove his way through me on an airplane while trying to find a seat! RUDE!

Kids on airplanes...gah...I don't care if their crying, I feel for them. I understand how much it sucks being cramped up, bored, and having your ears hurt. However, if they start kicking the back of my seat, it is on. I've given parents dirty looks in that case, I've even turned around and told the kid to stop it.

I cant wait to get back to American kids, where for the most part the only time you see temper tantrums are if the kid is having a bad day. And even then the parent is usually trying to make it stop. Maybe then I'll decide if kids will ever be a part of my life...for now there is no freakin way!

[yorkietalkjilly]

My poor father was way worse than me. All you had to do was say the word "hair" around him if food was on the table and he would gag some!!! My brother and I made his life miserable at times teasing him now that I think back about it! He would gag and gag and throw up if he ever ever found a hair in his food and our whole family has had to troop out of a restaurant if he ever found one and he would be soooo sick outside. Poor guy! I'm not that bad and I don't gag if I see one - I just call the waiter or manager. Can't help it but I cannot eat a bite of food for hours and hours after I see a hair in food. Wish it were different but it isn't. I've managed to use it to my advantage as weight control as I do not take in calories of any kind for a long time after seeing a hair in or near food! There are some advantages to being weird! Ha!

[Baroness]

I wouldn't do it. It is a no-no and is against health inspection regulations for restaurants. I wouldn't want to cause problems for a business owner by doing that, so no pets will go with me out to eat. Outside areas, maybe, if it was ok with the manager.

[Cerise]

Originally Posted by Deuce

If the dog is sitting quietly in its carrier at the owners feet I don't see a problem with it. I haven't sneaked Rizzo anywhere, I'll just stop at an outdoor cafe if I have him with me and the people working will usually bring out a bowl of cold water for him. Personally I'd rather have a restaurant full of dogs, quietly in their carriers then one little kid running around screaming and making obnoxious noises.

Amen to that!

I love living in Austin. It is very common to see dogs at the many restaurants that have patios here...and I mean a lot. Sad to say, but they also behave better than the children.