I always like to bring Trinity with us places and since I've been reading the Take Paws blog I am have been thinking about more places to take her. This year I want to be able to take her on a mini vacation to see how she does in a hotel or cottage. But if she wants to go with us she needs to be well behaved at a restaurant. Here in New England their are not many places for dog's to eat outside. I always read others blogs and how they have outdoor seating at a pet friendly restaurant. Then I get jealous that we don't have many here. But I have found some and on Thursday before our class we went to Panera Bread to eat where they have an outside seating area. She was very good. She only barked once and it was more of a 'I'm nervous about this please reassure me it's ok being here.' bark. Which we did, we gave her a lot of treats for lying down and being silent. She just watched other people walk by while she continued to lay down. I was very happy she didn't want to meet every person who walked by, especially kids, she loves kids.
On Friday we went to a surf & turf car hop restaurant where they have picnic benches to sit at. Once more she was very good. She was more concerned with what we were eating than the other people around us. This time she barked at the birds for a few times, but then stopped after they were done mocking her.
A few more times of doing this and she will be ready for a real restaurant.
So great! We are so lucky here in Chicago that we do have a lot of options. I also think if maybe there are a lot of good dog ambassadors out there, maybe other restaurants will invite pups on their outdoor spaces too?
ReplyDeleteYes I think so to. I also think that people in New England tend to assume dog's are not allowed places. Sometimes you just have to ask. I would love to be the good dog ambassadors when people look at her and say, "I wish my dog was like that." ;)
DeleteGlad to hear you were successful in taking Trinity to a restaurant. We'd like to take Badger to a restaurant too. (We still have some work to do before Mushroom is ready.) I think we'll start with not our favorite restaurant just in case they kick us out forever.
ReplyDeleteYes that would not be good to be kicked out of places you love to eat. But im sure Badger & Mushroom will do just fine one day!
Delete