Dog Friendly venues...

I take  our Rottie down for a walk around Shotwick Lake near Chester when I am not sailing. Dogs just have to be on leads around the club house when their are lots of people around. Otherwise free to run around the lake

Is there a need to mix Dogs, cats or animals at a sailing venue.  Grass areas, picnic areas, bare feet, children, changing areas,food ?  And what do you do with them when your afloat. 

If you bring a dog to a club, it should be thought of like bringing a toddler, who you'd not leave unminded.

Originally posted by Poole Pirate ps, I do like dogs but at a sailing club?

I don't take my dogs but I'm very happy to meet the dogs who do get taken. Not everyone goes to a sailing club in order to sail.

Dogs are like toddlers, that's exactly the comparison. To most of us they are part of the family and most of the sort of dog owning fraternity likely to turn up at a sailing event are responsible black poly bag carriers who deal with the likely fall out of their four legged children.

Not taking the dog/dogs to an event also increases the cost with kennel fees etc and or forces the none attendance of other family members which may or may not be a good thing.

So just as I pointed out earlier, I for one would be more likely to travel to an event if we can bring the dog as would a lot of other folk I know. Going down the lake for an hour or two on a Sunday morning is no problem although why they have a no dog policy is beyond me they let fishermen in with their detritus, beer cans old fish hooks and their lunch wrappers. However spending a weekend away packing up and driving on Friday returning Sunday, it's an RV event anyway within which there is ample accommodation for dogs.