Going to a restaurant with your dog, is it possible? Can I go to a restaurant with my categorized dog? All my dog ​​friendly advice and addresses!

 

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Holidays are synonymous with pleasure, so we often take the opportunity to eat at a restaurant. Is your dog allowed to come with you to the restaurant? How should he behave there? What accessories should you provide for the comfort of your dog? So many questions that this article will answer.

In a restaurant, there is a lot of traffic: children playing, waiters passing between the tables… Let's remember here that not everyone likes dogs, and some people are even afraid of them. Proximity to others in restaurants therefore implies rules that must be respected so that everyone can have a pleasant and convivial time. I suggest you read these few tips and special instructions “I take my dog ​​to a restaurant”.

Small legislative point to start: dogs are prohibited in food shops for reasons of hygiene but on the restaurant side, the law does not specify anything. It is at the discretion of the owner of the establishment. How to know if a restaurant is dog friendly ? The first solution is to consult the list of restaurants on the site. Wouafer's around the world, like you and me, share their Too Woof Addresses online day after day. By the way, if you've tested and approved restaurants with your dog: share them too on the site. You can also check on the front of the restaurant if there is a sticker allowing or prohibiting dogs. Or you will have to call to ask the question frankly before booking.

Reservation & details

Dog-friendly restaurants welcome your dogs and are very understanding. Remember to call them beforehand for a reservation, specifying that you will be accompanied by your dog and indicating whether it is small or large. This information is important because it allows the restaurateur to organize the placements so that you and your dog have sufficient space and are settled in quietly. The bigger your dog, the more “cumbersome” you are… If the restaurant is crowded, unfortunately you will be welcomed less easily than if you had a y. This prevents dogs from getting too close if there are several or even disrupting the service.

When you call, you will be asked how your dog usually behaves. If he is calm, if he is sociable… Likewise, if you arrive with him in front of the restaurant, the waiter will determine in a few seconds if your dog seems good or not. If he is agitated, pulls on his leash, barks, jumps on the waiter… there is a good chance that you will be refused access to the restaurant. For the moment to be friendly for everyone, your dog must know how to be discreet and wise. A young puppy who wants to party everyone will be more complicated to take to the restaurant.

Two essential accessories: the collar and the leash

It is very likely that other dogs are already installed in the restaurant with their masters. The restaurant is not a canine meeting place. You will not be able to let your dog go to greet his congener. In addition, you know, some dogs are less sociable than others: no need to start a fight in the restaurant! And it also avoids a fall of the server which could (unfortunately) end up on your knees (and this in the best case!).

Your dog will need to stay attached to your feet with his leash. I often take a microfiber dog towel with me. It's discreet to slip into my bag and it allows me to define a space for my dog. It's a bit like “his carpet” at home. Musher lands on it and doesn't move. When I arrive, I watch how the waiters move between the tables to determine where Musher can fall asleep undisturbed. The waiters appreciate it and it saves Musher from being trampled during the service.

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What about categorized dogs?

Remember that only you know your dog. Category 1 and 2 dogs are despite themselves victims of facial offenses (and yes it even exists in dogs) and can scare people who do not know them. It is very important to respect the wearing of the muzzle in public places and especially if you go to a restaurant and keep your dog on a leash.

Is it possible to traveling with a categorized dog ? To take stock, read or reread the article devoted to the subject. 

Find here the list of restaurants accepting categorized dogs!

To each his own bowl!

Some restaurants welcome your dogs with pleasure, however they have not necessarily thought that each size of dog has its bowl size. When you have a large dog, it is best to think about bringing him his own bowl because it avoids having a format that is too small and that your dog cannot drink or even spills his water. Some dogs lap like little cats, it's too cute. Musher drinks like a thirst and sprinkles the surroundings. It's carnage. Again my micro fiber towel save me. It allows you to leave a clean place when you leave. It can also allow you to wipe your paws in winter, for example. Thus, we enter the restaurant without a trace.

Restaurants are public places where we should respect the people around us. To be welcome in a restaurant, your dog must be educated. Your dog will therefore have to know how to stay calm for an hour or two, not to jump on the waiter each time he approaches your table, not to cry to ask for food, not to bark if another dog settles down at a table. close to yours… he must know how to be discreet.

Following these few tips will ensure that this meal is a moment of relaxation and not of stress.

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One last tip

One last piece of advice: do not feed your dog leftovers from your plate. Your dog may ask for more, maybe drool or have a slightly aggressive reaction if someone approaches him at this time... 

A small note for lunches or dinners on the terrace. Often; the birds get into the habit of pecking at the crumbs that fall to the ground. Watch your dog's reaction… It happened to a friend of mine who has a very big dog, landseer of 60 kg. She was eating quietly when she found herself on her buttocks. His dog jumped on a bird and chased it on the terrace. Her dog was tied to the chair. When he jumped up, the chair followed with him… On the discretion side: zero points! Luckily no one was hurt, not even the little bird...

Of course, one avoids going to the restaurant with his bitch in heat under penalty of creating a riot if male dogs have lunch/dinner there with their masters and/or a dog in full moult. I am thinking in particular of dogs with very thick long hair who lose them in large clumps during moulting…

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