Dog Friendly venues...
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Topic: Dog Friendly venues...
Posted By: iGRF
Subject: Dog Friendly venues...
Date Posted: 28 Sep 16 at 7:58pm
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As the title says, is your club/venue dog friendly, whereas the clubhouse at Hythe is OK regrettably the council enforce a beach ban from End April to End September which is a bit of a ball ache. Personally I'd sooner see fish murderers banned, their hooks and broken glass cause more actually painful inconvenience than dog mess, which largely the days is picked up and bagged by most responsible dog owners.
This following on from comments in the travellers thread. If events are staged by dog friendly clubs I'd personally be more likely to attend all other issues being equal. ------------- https://www.corekite.co.uk/snow-accessories-11-c.asp" rel="nofollow - Snow Equipment Deals https://www.corekite.co.uk" rel="nofollow - New Core Kite website |
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Posted By: zippyRN
Date Posted: 28 Sep 16 at 8:08pm
| coastal clubs who share their beach with a tourist beach and waters owned by the water companies are the least dog friendly ... |
Posted By: Oinks
Date Posted: 28 Sep 16 at 8:08pm
Did an event at Tenby a year or so back. Dogs no problem. Fantastically friendly club. No getting around water and local authority regs I guess but, as a very loose rule, dog friendly clubs are generally very friendly clubs. But if you don't like dogs....s**t happens I guess 
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Posted By: winging it
Date Posted: 29 Sep 16 at 11:00am
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Surprisingly, Grafham is very dog friendly; dogs can even go in the downstairs cafe. At Hunts dogs can be on site but must be kept on leads, and aren't allowed inside. I'm sure it helps with the success of our opens, especially those where people camp on site. Rutland is the opposite, dogs are n't even allowed through the gates in your car! ------------- the same, but different... |
Posted By: turnturtle
Date Posted: 29 Sep 16 at 11:02am
| no dogs at draycote.... apart from the sly ones who sail Solos. |
Posted By: Oli
Date Posted: 29 Sep 16 at 12:13pm
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dogs welcome at Blackwater, but not in the club building, exception, i believe, would be made for guide dogs, and on leads except when walking round our lake where they're allowed to run free. ------------- https://skiff-media.teemill.com/" rel="nofollow - T-SHIRTS https://www.photo4me.com/profile/23908/" rel="nofollow - PRINTS |
Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 29 Sep 16 at 12:29pm
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Well I think we need a list and anyone organising an open should at least consider mans best friend, hell they let GP14 sailors in.. ;-)
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Posted By: PeterG
Date Posted: 29 Sep 16 at 12:34pm
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But if you don't like dogs....s**t happens I guess
A big part of the trouble is that sh&t happens whether you like dogs or not and all too many dog owners seem to assume it doesn't! ------------- Peter Ex Cont 707 Ex Laser 189635 DY 59 |
Posted By: turnturtle
Date Posted: 29 Sep 16 at 12:35pm
fortunately the same said owner is statistically just as likely to leave poochie in the car whilst out sailing for 4 races back-to-back without water, food or a window down. It only happens once though.....
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Posted By: Sam.Spoons
Date Posted: 29 Sep 16 at 2:34pm
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Leigh and Lowton SC is dog friendly (at least there were several around when I visited), Rossendale Valley SC not so, dogs are not allowed on site or on the footpaths around the lake though I don't know how strictly they enforce the ban. For the windsurfers amongst you, West Pennine Sailboard Club doesn't have a 'no dogs policy' (or at least didn't when I was Chairman). They don't have a 'no geese policy' either which is far more of a problem as the geese haven't yet learned to clear up after themselves..... |
Posted By: JohnJack
Date Posted: 05 Oct 16 at 4:27pm
| 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 |
Posted By: Steve411
Date Posted: 06 Oct 16 at 12:15am
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Somewhere with cats. ------------- Steve B RS300 411 https://www.facebook.com/groups/55859303803" rel="nofollow - RS300 page |
Posted By: Poole Pirate
Date Posted: 07 Oct 16 at 6:32pm
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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. Your best not leave them in a car or these days your dog will be saved from the heat with a brick through the car window Is it fair to all concerned, people and dogs alike! ps, I do like dogs but at a sailing club?
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Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 07 Oct 16 at 6:48pm
| Consider non-sailing family members who might be more likely to put up with turning up at the sailing club if they can take the dog for a walk etc. |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 07 Oct 16 at 8:16pm
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If you bring a dog to a club, it should be thought of like bringing a toddler, who you'd not leave unminded. ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: Sam.Spoons
Date Posted: 08 Oct 16 at 1:04am
My point exactly.
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Posted By: blueboy
Date Posted: 09 Oct 16 at 6:29am
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. |
Posted By: cad99uk
Date Posted: 09 Oct 16 at 9:47pm
| My club is no dogs. Long may it stay that way. |
Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 10 Oct 16 at 10:09am
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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. ------------- https://www.corekite.co.uk/snow-accessories-11-c.asp" rel="nofollow - Snow Equipment Deals https://www.corekite.co.uk" rel="nofollow - New Core Kite website |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 10 Oct 16 at 10:12am
Add to that discarded rotting bait as well and it doesn't sound like a place you should take your dog... |
Posted By: maxibuddah
Date Posted: 10 Oct 16 at 11:16am
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Dog's are banned at our club because of the water authority, not because of us as far as know ------------- Everything I say is my opinion, honest |
Posted By: Sam.Spoons
Date Posted: 10 Oct 16 at 2:08pm
| I suspect that may be the case at my current club but it makes no difference to my decision to move clubs. That is a product of several factors, dog friendliness being but one. The subs at the new club are 2.5 times the old (I was eligible for a senior discount but the new club doesn't offer them unless you have had 10 years of continuous membership). They don't have a joining fee and include a single berth/sailing right with the membership so it balances out to a certain extent. |
Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 10 Oct 16 at 6:32pm
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