...I even saw a man bring his fairly large dog into the doctors waiting room one day ....when it was his turn, the doctor came out to call him - with a biscuit in his hand for the dog ! :)

Funnily enough I once took my Groenendael to the doctors with me, as it wasn't for something where I would expect to be examined, didn't occur to me that there might be a problem, but that was when I only had the one dog.

As I don't drive I pretty well take my dogs everywhere they re not expressly banned.

In the covered shopping precinct in Kingsw3ood near me I have the shop staff come out to make a fuss of the girls when I tie them to the roof supports while I buy my fruit and Veg or nip into Halifax.  Have taken both the fosters into Halifax as I didn't want someone petting them without me being there (in both instances I could watch the dogs while in the shop).

As a result they are very chilled out, well mannered, and I have even gotten all three on the bus at once when I bought heavier stuff than I wanted to carry all the way home.

Being just medium size (20 inch at the shoulder) and not rush hour I could shove two under the seat and one sat close by the side of the seat so as not to obstruct other passengers.

Robin Hoods Bay, North Yorkshire is the most dog friendly place I've ever been :-D  It's great- fair enough you can't take the dogs into cafes and pubs etc but they all have outside seating areas where you can sit with them and every single one of them have a bowl of water outside for dogs.  I've never seen anyone not clean up after their dog, dogs are allowed on the beach etc and there are the most lovely walks to take them on :-)  Quite a lot of the holiday cottages allow 'well behaved dogs' too :-)  If you're looking for somewhere nice to visit which is dog friendly I strongly suggest you visit :-D

http://www.robin-hoods-bay.co.uk/

Stacey x

RHB is good in the better weather..and   there is also a good camping site there.. not sure if they take dogs but I think they did. From memory RHB is very small and can have no beach in high tide so people would need to check the tides.  I wonder if the white dogs turn pink if they play in the clay?  Not been there with dogs so I've never expetimented! ;)

Whitby is near...I loved Whitby before dogs but find it difficult to eat there ... talking winters)....it has very small central cobbled beach for dogs which is a help and larger beaches out of facilitated areas.  Dogs are not admitted in the park near the museum, nore in the Abbey which was dissappointing as other Abbeys and Castles have been dog friendly .  There are cafes with courtyards you can tie out your dogs... but if there are any dog eating places in Whitby it would be good to know because it is an atmospheric place. Brid is good for dogs and has very clear maps to explain all the beach areas in Brid have facilities of some kind.

Skipton Castle is a lovely small one to visit..totally dog friendly except in the cafe which has plenty of outside seating...and it is a safe place to leave the dogs outside anyway if one wanted to.

I know in the summer there is plenty provision in most places as we see European outside lifestyle and city living arriving here.  ( York being an exception as it has very few outside seated European cafe/bar style areas.  )    For historic cites Lincoln is far more dog friendly and very people friendly and is not plastered with 'No this not' that rules and also is swamped with options for outside seating and some sheltered seating.  Durham is also worth a visit...  again plenty of outside seating and some indoor seating places where you can tie the dogs outside next to your seat indoors.

But ideally in the winter I really appreciate the dog friendly logos displayed in their windows..if anyone knows these places please post them!

.....when I mention York I go there very frequently and lived there for 20 years so I am not being unfair.. I love the city but find it very restrictive to visit...even so I plug on and visit it but it would be so much lovlier if it relaxed more like other cities do.  I  know it very well but when you visit York for a day trip it is hard even to find any place to even tie up the dogs safely in sight so you can eat. 

....and it really is a city for 'no this and that' and this s not new it is old 60+ years of 'no no' rules'.   Look at the age of the plaques on the city walls and the Minster garden!  They are OLD!  No one in living memory created the rules. In the Winter there is no one on the walls...we come all year round and want to walk on the city walls  and we can't unless we take turns to walk the dogs at the foot of the walls which we actually  have done and it is not easy as there is not a path all the way.

The city has improved a lot in recent years...in the past as kids there were no ball games in parks, no places to play and now there are more play facilities for kids and teens and more places they can play ball... ....so it has relaxed a lot which is good... but more relaxing still left to do...

In the Minster garden dogs can not even enter and several areas of grass dogs can nor step foot on..but other cities do not have these restrictions and also the lawns still manage to  stay clean and well cared for!Even in London with heaps more tourists dogs were not banned from sitting with us on the  grass!

The most ( well at the momemt unless you know of any othewres  it is the only ) dog friendly cafe in York is imo the one in Rowntrees Park and it is the nicest cafe location in the city to sit and relax.  Museum gardens would be nice but their cafe is out of sight with no outside seating and no where insight and safe to leave the dogs.

The National Trust trea rooms in York are friendly and have two doors so  let us tie up the dogs obstructing one doorway whie we ate but it was not ideal.

Mentioning London... we found this city central areas very dog friendly. Free access to parks, and plenty of outside provision of food. With food on sale in stations there is always the option of shelter and warmth in the winter.