Dogs in prams

Dog lover here, not wanting to open another dogs are ace/shit bun fight, just an observation about specific dogist behaviour.

Maybe this has been done before, but I’ve only just noticed. Loads of people out and about pushing dogs in prams/pushchairs. I was helping my wife with her stall at an outdoor event recently and we must have seen over 30 of them come past.

Dogs of all sizes too. We did laugh when one vicious bundle of fur, the size of a guinea pig (looked like Gnasher from the Beano) launched itself at another passing dog pram from within it’s own, knocking it over!

I could kind of understand if this was just letting previously active but elderly/injured dogs see the world. It was mostly young, fit dogs though. What’s the point? Is it just down to people taking the vomit inducing ‘fur baby’ concept a bit too far? Seems a bit cruel to the mutt to me.

The other observation from the event was that most other ‘normal’ dogs on leads, hundreds of them, were very well behaved.

*Warning large generalisation*

Lockdown “fur-babies” that haven’t been socialised nor trained properly by the pusher who think that they are doing a dog walk! The dogs get a bit of stimulation from watching but no sniffing/exploring/hunting behaviour which makes them more unmanageable. Rinse and repeat.

Were there any in handbags? 😆

Years ago* a bloke used to bring his  ferret into the pub after he had been rabbiting, for the most part,it just slept inside his jacket pocket.

*long before attention seeking took over 😉

I’ve noticed it a bit around here, but it’s generally elderly dogs, as far as I’ve seen.

I happened to be in Halfords yesterday and noticed a while display of prams and pushchairs for dogs. These things – https://tavopets.com/uk/all-products. Bizarre.

Were there any in handbags? 😆

Yes!!

😆 🤣 😂

Yeah, seen it. Freaks me out.

Whereas dogs in baskets on bikes warm my heart.

Odd double standards.

Kids are getting super hairy these days

Kids are getting super hairy these days

That’s Pat Mustard’s fault

Have you considered minding your own business, OP?

Have you considered minding your own business, OP?

What breed, what kind of pram?

May as well close the forum then.

That’s Pat Mustard’s fault

Deserves recognition!

Have you considered minding your own business, OP?

Found the “not a dog” dog owner

This seemed to be a very big thing in Japan. Lots of people have their dogs dressed up and pushed around in prams.

With the birth rate being so low there we found it was more likely that someone pushing a pram had a dog in it rather than a child.

I expect it’s mostly those poor deformed Pugs and other seriously inbred poor wretches

I honestly didn’t know the dogs in prams was a thing but…

There is a couple in my road that do use a pram for one of their two rescue greyhounds!

It’s a lot older than the other and can’t go for the same length walks. They felt too guilty having to sometimes leave one dog at home so they came up with the pram.

When they told me I actually got a little bit emotional as it is such a wonderful, caring thing to do.😂 The dog loves it, peering out like royalty as he’s wheeled down the road and he’s petted by pretty much every person that passes them.

Absolutely lovely stuff!👍😁

Have you considered minding your own business, OP?

He should have taken some photos,always nice to get some interaction with people.

@Poopscoop love that.  That use case I can absolutely understand 👍

My mum has been doing this with a couple of pups to get them out and about and a bit more socialised. They’re tiny, pretty much the size of big guinea pigs and couldn’t walk more than the end of the road. One of them has been sold now but she’s keeping the other and is going on holiday to Seahouses next week I think and taking it with her. She took them to the pub the other week and everyone loved them!

Two pups and their mum, Willow. shih tzu/bichon frise.

blokeuptheroad
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@Poopscoop love that. That use case I can absolutely understand 👍

I agree, I wouldn’t want to put a healthy dog in one, defeats the whole point of talking them out for a bit of exercise but great in this scenario.

It’s a thing. One sister has a proper dog, lab, that walks miles. The other has a cavalier and she treats it like a child (worse than a child) – they won’t leave it alone for long (WFH) even to the extent one will not attend a major family event (e.g. christening) if they have to leave it for an hour or more – it’s perfectly happy and just sleeps, blus they have a dog cam for it.

She started the pram thing when it was a pup, so it doesn’t do long walks now – it’s will happily opt for the pram rather than walk far.  It’s perfectly healthy and could walk. It’s embarrassing

@ads678 they look like fun! I sort of get that in the puppy stage when it can’t walk too far. Does she plan to keep doing that when it’s an adult dog?

Have you considered minding your own business, OP?

🤣🤣🤣 This has cracked me up.  I think it’s the comma that really makes it for me.

We see quite a lot of dogs in prams when out walking our pooch.  Elderly dog still getting to go outside, get fussed etc is lovely.  People pushing young dogs around like a newborn baby werids me out.

@blokeuptheroad No, Willow, the mum, doesn’t use the pram and the pup she’s keeping won’t when it can start to walk a bit more. For such a small dog Willow can actually walk a fair distance. Think she just needs an insurance policy for when they’re going places when she’s on holiday and the pup starts flagging!

They are great fun.

Yup our elderly Basset Hound would go in the pram. Would walk incredibly slowly on its own for as long as it could. Also loved doing the school run with me when the kids were small. The way the dog would invariably be flat out in a pram on the way back.

I saw a dog in a manger once. Proper scenes

We’ve got one for our Dachshund. He’s got IVDD (basically back issues) so he can’t walk too far but he’s young, fit and healthy otherwise. When he has a flare up we take him out in the stroller so he doesn’t go mad inside and to still sniff. It also lets us get outside too. If we go for long walks then we take it so we can all go out.

This is a bit of a sore topic for me as I get fed up of sneering, whispered comments when we’re out with him. It’s his equivalent of a wheelchair – see also various discussions about people parking in disabled spaces and walking into the supermarket.

And yes, I’ll likely also get a rucksack to out him in for walks where strollers aren’t appropriate.

Wtaf..

I have never seen this in my life. Scottish dogs must be made of harder stuff. My hound would go bezerk if she was put in a pram!

did once have to carry her home (she’s not a small dog) after a particularly energetic run at the park however. She just sat on the pavement half way home and refused to budge

Only seen it with very elderly dogs. Not something I’d choose to do myself, once they’re at that point it’s kinder to let them go.

@davidr understood.  I suppose in some cases it’s like the human ‘not all disabilities are visible’ scenario.  I confess to doubting that all those I saw were in this category, but acknowledge that some may have been. Food for thought. I didn’t mean to disparage those in your situation, apologies if that’s how it came across.

Only seen it with very elderly dogs. Not something I’d choose to do myself, once they’re at that point it’s kinder to let them go.

I’ll show my mum this as she’s knocking on a bit and I have to take her out in a wheelchair when we  go out  😉

Saw a woman a few months back walking her dog, nothing strange about that until you notice the dog had a little red boot on each paw 😯

I’ll show my mum this as she’s knocking on a bit and I have to take her out in a wheelchair when we go out 😉

🤣😂🤣

As long as you’re not carrying her about in a rucksack, we won’t call social services just yet.

We’ve got one for our Dachshund. He’s got IVDD (basically back issues)

Because it’s a poor inbred little wretch, you are part of the problem if you buy these puppies…..

Of course if you adopted the dog from rescue you are part of the solution and I salute you sir.

I think the proper solution that would be satisfactory to most would be to place the infirm dog in a small carriage which in turn could be pulled by a second or even third dog if the infirm dog was a larger breed. This would help reduce the number of dogs in rescue centres as they could be gainfully employed, and most rescue dogs seem to like pulling. There would be a fantastic market for dog carriages,, as there would be lots of designs such as royalty inspired models, traditional two wheel traps, Roman chariot etc. Then of course all the after market accessories

Anyone caught doing this kind of nonsense should have the dogs taken away from them by the RSPCA,  banned from keeping dogs and have their hard drives checked.

I’m in Leeds, outside Laynes by the station…

…just seen a CAT in a pink pram.

Pink panther?

Rinky dink