The Beehive - poor Rex!
Thanks Tris. I think this one (then the Mitcham Mint) was even worse. I assumed the dogs were only playfighting as there was no blood!
Neither dogs or children should be in pubs.on Thursday I was in the black dog brentford early afternoon.8 customers one well behaved dog and one inquisitive 2 Yr old child.children should be inquisitive but not in a fecking pub.if I was to vote the child and idiot father rather than the dog should have been ejected.
'Beer is for all day, not just for breakfast'.
Absolutely children should be banned from pubs, until at least the age of 21. They are allowed to crawl all over the place and if someone's carrying a tray, the view of the floor is concealed; it would be very easy to tread on one. When my dad smuggled me into pubs as a kid, I'd sit obediently on a chair; if I'd gone roaming, I'd have felt the back of his hand.
Perhaps lock them in the cellar? You are right in that a lot of rural pubs are heavily dependent on dog walkers.
Worse than that, in a well known former sports pavilion in SW London we were sat opposite a couple having their lunch accompanied by an incontinent dog. The creature shat messily on the carpet. The bloke made an attempt to clear it up then went back to his lunch, hands unwashed. The staff didn't appear to give a toss.
We left and will never enter that pub again.