Comments on: 12 Simple Rules for Dining Out With Your Dog https://www.somethingwagging.com/12-simple-rules-for-dining-out-with-your-dog/ Helping Your Dog Love The Boat As Much As You Do Sun, 18 Aug 2019 20:29:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: lauren https://www.somethingwagging.com/12-simple-rules-for-dining-out-with-your-dog/#comment-33986 Sat, 23 Jun 2012 01:05:23 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=5387#comment-33986 Awesome tips! Number five is my favorite, even if we don’t have the dog. 🙂

]]> By: Jura https://www.somethingwagging.com/12-simple-rules-for-dining-out-with-your-dog/#comment-33521 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:54:18 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=5387#comment-33521 Great tips! I live in Hanoi, Vietnam and luckily due to no ‘health and safety’ rules I take my dog to a lot of restaurants with no problems at all. The more they come out the more acclimatized they are and hence settle quickly. I also would have to agree with what someone else above about 5 and 7 that it is not really a good idea to feed them from the table or generally. Tala has never been fed like that and hence other than a quick glance up when food arrive is completely disinterested. She is actually just really content to people watch and sleep! http://juraphotos.wordpress.com/about-tala/

]]> By: Pup links! « Doggerel https://www.somethingwagging.com/12-simple-rules-for-dining-out-with-your-dog/#comment-33519 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:14:45 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=5387#comment-33519 […] 12 Simple Rules for Dining Out with Your Dog. Pamela’s great list of tips for those who want to dine out with the pooch. We’ve taken Pyrrha out to eat with us twice now, and she’s done very well, but I think that was purely out of luck. We could certainly use these bits of advice and work on training her in that environment. (Something Wagging This Way Comes) […]

]]> By: Mary, Roxy and Torrey https://www.somethingwagging.com/12-simple-rules-for-dining-out-with-your-dog/#comment-33483 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:13:46 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=5387#comment-33483 Always great advice. It’s nice that more and more places are becoming dog friendly too.

]]> By: Keri @ Trinity's Love https://www.somethingwagging.com/12-simple-rules-for-dining-out-with-your-dog/#comment-33482 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:12:41 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=5387#comment-33482 This is a great post! I have just recently started to take my pup to outdoor eating areas. Were not quite ready to be going to sit down restaurants right now. But she’s doing great and we definatly use these tools to help her be a good attendee!

]]> By: Kristine https://www.somethingwagging.com/12-simple-rules-for-dining-out-with-your-dog/#comment-32902 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 18:08:38 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=5387#comment-32902 Terrific advice! As always. 🙂 We have never taken Shiva to a restaurant other than drive-throughs, and we all know how well she behaves there… I don’t know if she’ll ever be calm enough in public places to handle all that food near her at once but I would love to try one day. She may even surprise us.

It’s great you’ve been able to find so many places that welcome dogs. I agree with rule 11. We need to let restaurants know how much we appreciate their pet-friendly atmospheres.

]]> By: Georgia Little Pea https://www.somethingwagging.com/12-simple-rules-for-dining-out-with-your-dog/#comment-32869 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 05:17:47 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=5387#comment-32869 That’s a great list. I follow most of the rules except 5 (even I rarely get to eat chips) and 7 (G gets to eat only after we’re done). As for 10, that could have been the most important rule with Rufus. Without exaggeration, sometimes our meals woud go cold while a stream of passersby stopped at our table to coo, take pictures and chat. I always used to think they were so thoughtless.

]]> By: Tina Holmes https://www.somethingwagging.com/12-simple-rules-for-dining-out-with-your-dog/#comment-32868 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 05:13:49 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=5387#comment-32868 A great list, thank you. I eat out with Stan a lot – initially this was to get him used to new things as he was such a scared little boy when we first got him from the rescue. Where we live there are not many places to eat inside with him but we go sit outside at several places including the new local Costa, national trust cafes and a local cafe that has great bacon butties. This worked well in the winter as we were the onloy ones brave enough to sit outside and eat (we live in the UK) but now the weather is better it is more difficult and he gets scared sometimes when it gets busy. I do believe in consistancy so I will be following the idea from the comment left by Colby – Stan will, from now on sit at my feet every time I eat – even at home.

]]> By: Julie https://www.somethingwagging.com/12-simple-rules-for-dining-out-with-your-dog/#comment-32860 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 03:01:48 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=5387#comment-32860 We have only taken Cali to the Lucky Lab in Portland a couple of times . . she spends as much time as possible scouring the floor and looking pathetically at anyone that will look her way . . “look at me . .my humans hardly ever feed me and I’m starving!”.

I love this list – and Honey looks like a perfect dinner partner 🙂

]]> By: Colby https://www.somethingwagging.com/12-simple-rules-for-dining-out-with-your-dog/#comment-32853 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:39:40 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=5387#comment-32853 Hi Pamela!

I hope you’re having fun on your vacation. As guide dog puppy raiser and a bachelor who doesn’t cook much I take my guide dog pups into restaurants almost every day from the time they are wee pups. Our rules are a little more strict so we can’t follow all of your tips (btw, great list). A few things I wanted to add that we do.

We always scan to make sure the floor is clean so our pups don’t go licking and picking everything up off the floor (just as you mentioned). If the floors are too dirty we ask the waiter if someone can come by to sweep up or move us to a different table. They’ve always been very accommodating to us.

We have our pups heads under our chairs and butts under the table. This helps to protect their “floofie” 🙂

Our guide dog pups stay at our feet whether we’re eating at a restaurant or at home. They figure out pretty quickly that this is the place they go when it’s time for the humans to eat. Stetson, my career changed guide dog still tries to lie down at my feet during dinner even though that’s now Apache’s spot since he’s my current puppy in training.

Take care,
Colby

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