Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 21 Location: Center Slope
Wed Apr 26, 06 3:59 pm EST
Hi All. Have any of you ever taken your dog to the Gate on 5th and 3rd st? I've read that they allow dogs and am curious to hear from those who have done so. I have a cute, well behaved pup and am considering popping in. Thanks.
kensingtonmom Guest
Wed Apr 26, 06 4:19 pm EST
Hmmm, why do people get all bent out of joint over kids in bars but don't mind dogs? I personally don't like to see either. I love kids and love dogs but don't want to hear yelling toddlers when I am out with friends, or a barking dog or a get in between two dogs growling at each other. Why can't we agree that bars are for adult people? Not babies, not ferrets, not snakes and not dogs? I propose that all accessories be left at home.
pitu Fake Buddhist
Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 6489 Location: Utopian Park Slope
Wed Apr 26, 06 4:49 pm EST
The Gate is cool because there is a patio, so you're *outside* with the dog.
We went last week and it was great. There were other dogs there so I guess the word is out. Obviously you have to have a low key animal, that won't go nuts if there is another dog under the table next to you.
My dog kept a child in a stroller amused the whole time . . .
quijibo Crooklyn Ninja
Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 2028 Location: taintalicious!
Wed Apr 26, 06 5:32 pm EST
i take my dog to the gate and great lakes all the time
if i'm not going inside, she'll still pull me in anyways
i think she likes the jukebox at great lakes
and many of the patrons enjoy being able to pet dogs
pero, por supuesto, el perro tiene le tiene que gustar la gente y la bulla
kosherdave The Kosherist
Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 988
Wed Apr 26, 06 8:55 pm EST
LatinaSloper wrote:
Hi All. Have any of you ever taken your dog to the Gate on 5th and 3rd st? I've read that they allow dogs and am curious to hear from those who have done so. I have a cute, well behaved pup and am considering popping in. Thanks.
I'm just curious, but why do you need to bring dog to the bar? I personally dislike seeing dogs in restaurants, stores and the sort, (except for assistance dogs). And I happen to LOVE dogs, and grew up with big dogs. But why do people need to take them to human places? Whats next, the movie theatre?
Please silence your cell phones and leash your dogs, the movie is about to start.
kosherdave The Kosherist
Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 988
Wed Apr 26, 06 8:56 pm EST
LatinaSloper wrote:
Hi All. Have any of you ever taken your dog to the Gate on 5th and 3rd st? I've read that they allow dogs and am curious to hear from those who have done so. I have a cute, well behaved pup and am considering popping in. Thanks.
Wait, do you mean ugly chicks? That kind of dog?
LatinaSloper Newbie
Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 21 Location: Center Slope
Wed Apr 26, 06 9:46 pm EST
Thanks for the feedback.
A mi perrita le encanta la gente y se porta muy bien, or she else gets the chancleta (kidding)
Kosher, not nice about ugly chics being dogs, funny though. To explain, I'd want to bring my dog along because if she's around, I'm able to relax with friends as opposed to looking at my watch. Single dog owners would probably identify best with this. I feel more at ease knowing that my dog is with me rather than home alone, especially on weekends. Dogs are pack animals and are happiest with their pack. For now the pack is just me and my girl so the more time she gets with me the better (or so she says).
GuestGuest Guest
Wed Apr 26, 06 10:33 pm EST
I generally really like dogs, but I'm sick of people bringing dogs everywhere - many people have allergies, don't like dogs, are afraid of them, don't want hair on their clothes/in their food, etc.
Bars are for people - cute, well-behaved dog or not! Same goes for clothing stores, coffee houses, etc.
I'm single, but I don't need to bring a DOG along with me wherever I go. That's a strange explanation.
quijibo Crooklyn Ninja
Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 2028 Location: taintalicious!
Wed Apr 26, 06 11:02 pm EST
a lot of people on 5th ave
can't afford to have their own dog
they're sharing like 2 people in a 1BR
so they miss their own dog back home
and enjoy drinking a beer while actively petting a dog
she loves the attention
it's a win - win
esta es una foto de mi niña engreida
carga una bola de tenis en la boca
-- esta enlodada de jugar con su bola en el parque
Dude at the Slope Guest
Wed Apr 26, 06 11:08 pm EST
You need a dog! why so bitter? maybe a blow up doll will do
Kensingtonmom Guest
Thu Apr 27, 06 8:59 am EST
LatinaSloper wrote:
To explain, I'd want to bring my dog along because if she's around, I'm able to relax with friends as opposed to looking at my watch. Single dog owners would probably identify best with this. I feel more at ease knowing that my dog is with me rather than home alone, especially on weekends. Dogs are pack animals and are happiest with their pack. For now the pack is just me and my girl so the more time she gets with me the better (or so she says).
Babies and Toddlers really like to be with their mothers. When I am out at a bar, it would be so much better to have my two toddlers with me--This way I don't have to keep my eye on my watch and wonder how much money this is costing me in childcare costs. I think parents would get this more. And there are so many single people without children who might really enjoy spending quality time with my kids while I knock a few back. It is cute when they push the buttons of the juke box as fast as they can or start to run full speed the length of the bar shrieking in that glass breaking scream that only a darling toddler can make. And here is an opportunity for people who don't have kids to practice disciplining them and pinning them to the floor. Kids really enjoy the group setting of bars and it gives me an opportunity to spend more quality time with them while in a drunken haze.
Not trying to be snotty, just pointing out a double standard some single people have with their dogs! (I personally do NOT bring my kids to bars, nor my cats).
kosherdave The Kosherist
Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 988
Thu Apr 27, 06 9:10 am EST
Kensingtonmom wrote:
Babies and Toddlers really like to be with their mothers. When I am out at a bar, it would be so much better to have my two toddlers with me--This way I don't have to keep my eye on my watch and wonder how much money this is costing me in childcare costs. I think parents would get this more. And there are so many single people without children who might really enjoy spending quality time with my kids while I knock a few back. It is cute when they push the buttons of the juke box as fast as they can or start to run full speed the length of the bar shrieking in that glass breaking scream that only a darling toddler can make. And here is an opportunity for people who don't have kids to practice disciplining them and pinning them to the floor. Kids really enjoy the group setting of bars and it gives me an opportunity to spend more quality time with them while in a drunken haze.
Not trying to be snotty, just pointing out a double standard some single people have with their dogs! (I personally do NOT bring my kids to bars, nor my cats).
Wow, I suspected this was in jest at first, but I was starting to worry! I like the idea of pinnin kids to the floor though.
I guess if there was a bar that everyone took their dog to, and did not go to all the other bars, that might work out ok, if it was known that dogs go to that bar, which I still think is REALLY weird. But if you never know which bar you might go to might have kids or dogs, I'd say I am 100% opposed to it.
Pak animal or not, a bar is not a place for pets or kids.
Rose Ninja
Joined: 10 Nov 2005 Posts: 911 Location: South Slope
Thu Apr 27, 06 9:47 am EST
kosherdave wrote:
Wait, do you mean ugly chicks? That kind of dog?
Ah, great thread. Dog hating, kid hating, and a little misogyny for good measure.
I go out to bars to get away from my kids and my dogs.
quijibo Crooklyn Ninja
Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 2028 Location: taintalicious!
Thu Apr 27, 06 10:31 am EST
kosherdave wrote:
Wow, I suspected this was in jest at first, but I was starting to worry! I like the idea of pinnin kids to the floor though.
I guess if there was a bar that everyone took their dog to, and did not go to all the other bars, that might work out ok, if it was known that dogs go to that bar, which I still think is REALLY weird. But if you never know which bar you might go to might have kids or dogs, I'd say I am 100% opposed to it.
Pak animal or not, a bar is not a place for pets or kids.
exercise your displeasure by not patronizing bars that allow pets. or kids.
-- that's the american way!
but since you choose to live in park slope... you've got a long uphill battle on your hands
kensingtonmom Guest
Thu Apr 27, 06 10:46 am EST
Rose wrote:
Ah, great thread. Dog hating, kid hating, and a little misogyny for good measure.
We just need to add yuppy hating, double stroller hating and hipster hating and we have the perfect hostile thread.
glitch p-udding Guest
Thu Apr 27, 06 10:56 am EST
i've taken my dog to both the gate & buttermilk. but, i understand that there are people who want to go to bars that don't allow dogs. fortunately there is an unlimited supply of bars in NYC...and most don't allow dogs.
if you don't like dogs, go to a different bar. i don't actually bring my dog along very often, but people are SO happy to see him when i do.
Joined: 10 Nov 2005 Posts: 911 Location: South Slope
Thu Apr 27, 06 11:05 am EST
kensingtonmom wrote:
Rose wrote:
Ah, great thread. Dog hating, kid hating, and a little misogyny for good measure.
We just need to add yuppy hating, double stroller hating and hipster hating and we have the perfect hostile thread.
Give it time, we'll get there.
kosherdave The Kosherist
Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 988
Thu Apr 27, 06 11:17 am EST
Rose wrote:
We just need to add yuppy hating, double stroller hating and hipster hating and we have the perfect hostile thread.
Dogs and kids in bars were never a problem before gentrification. Back in the good old days, PS was too dangerous to go to a bar if you were a kid or a dog. Those were the good old days!
I kiiiid, I kiiiiid!
findcate Local
Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 243 Location: park slope
Thu Apr 27, 06 7:14 pm EST
I've petted dogs at the Gate. (I mean the 4-legged type). Never been bothered by them...I love dogs. I was also in a movie theater when a dog started barking during the preview. the owners were pretending they were clearing their throat to try to distract, too funny. But once the movie started the dog settled down. No worries.
kosherdave The Kosherist
Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 988
Thu Apr 27, 06 9:01 pm EST
findcate wrote:
I was also in a movie theater when a dog started barking during the preview. the owners were pretending they were clearing their throat to try to distract, too funny. But once the movie started the dog settled down. No worries.
wooooowww, that's taking it too far! a dog actually in the theatre!!
Flexichick Windsor Terrorist
Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 9623
Thu Apr 27, 06 9:13 pm EST
A dog at the movies is just plain stupid
- Flexichick (aka Flexi - who finally registered)
quijibo Crooklyn Ninja
Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 2028 Location: taintalicious!
Fri Apr 28, 06 9:51 pm EST
Flexichick wrote:
A dog at the movies is just plain stupid
- Flexichick (aka Flexi - who finally registered)
i doubt many dogs fantasize about going to the movies
then please try to check out Stray Pride this Sunday, July 16 (yes, 2006)
sorry for the advert in the forums, but what we think is so great about the Brooklyn Animal Foster Network is that you can take in a dog as a foster parent until a permanent home is found. This means that you can help animals and can have a "temporary" pet, which is ideal if your lifestyle doesn't support having a pet permanently. We love being foster parents and have been really lucky to meet so many great dogs.
Anyway, this is a fundraised to help Brooklyn Animal Foster Network. And a great excuse to drink on a Sunday afternoon with dogs in a bar!!
:)
Here's the blurb
“STRAY PRIDE†BENEFIT FOR BROOKLYN’S HOMELESS ANIMALS
Brooklyn’s animal lovers can demonstrate their pet pride AND help support Brooklyn’s needy and homeless animals by attending this summer’s STRAY PRIDE Benefit.
This event, which is fast becoming a local tradition, will once again be held Sunday, July 16, from 2 to 5 pm at Ginger’s Bar at 363 Fifth Avenue near Fifth Street in Park Slope.
Brooklyn Animal Foster Network (BAFN) http://www.BrooklynAnimalFosterNetwork.org has been saving hundreds of homeless and unwanted pets, primarily by removing them from Brooklyn’s Animal Care and Control center on Linden Blvd. as part of the shelter’s New Hope Partners Program http://nycacc.org/programs2.htm?newhope . The center quickly becomes overcrowded and works diligently with its rescue partners to save thousands of animals every year. Many stray pets and shelter animals are brought in ill, under-socialized, frightened, recovering from surgery, or too young to fend.
In order to accommodate the large number of animals it saves, BAFN has enlisted a community of over 170 foster homes -- and growing -- who lovingly care for and nurture pets until they are ready for permanent placement. Since its inception in October of 2005, the “Network†has placed well over 500 cats and dog’s rescued from the gardens and alleyways of Brooklyn.
"If vision, dedication and commitment are the answers to pet homelessness in Brooklyn, BAFN is the solution!" says Mary Martin, Executive Director, New York City Animal Care and Control. “BAFN has brought countless sick and injured homeless animals to our emergency hospital†says Dr. Brett Levitzke, founding partner and medical director of the Veterinary Emergency and Referral Group in Cobble Hill — Brooklyn’s only 24 hour emergency and specialty hospital. “These animals were treated here, then paid for, and subsequently adopted out by BAFN. I can assure you that these unfortunate animals would not have been given a chance had it not been for this incredible animal rescue organization†he continues.
Patrons of Stray Pride will be treated to mounds of politically correct food, some contentious bingo, embarrassing dancing by guests, hot raffle prizes, and plenty of howlin’ karaoke! Bring the kids for a four-stepping sing-along and enjoy Ginger’s fabulous outdoor garden complete with family style tables.
Admission to the benefit is a only a $20 donation at the door, or, purchase tickets on-line at http://www.BrooklynAnimalFosterNetwork.org/benefit.html All proceeds will go towards BAFN’s considerable medical and transportation expenses.
And a great excuse to drink on a Sunday afternoon with dogs in a bar!!
:)
that's pretty hilarious
muddyh2o wrote:
Mary Martin, Executive Director, New York City Animal Care and Control.
Do you happen to know if Mary Martin is still with NYACC? Just curious. She's fantastic.
We fostered a great dog on and off for awhile - it's a great system. We did it after our dog died, and we weren't quite ready for a new one . . . but we missed going to the park with hounds. It was good to have a clear fostering relationship -- we were obliged to give the dog back (but could make arrangements to keep her, our option) AND there was no pressure to adopt.
vanilla Carneviento Devotee
Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Posts: 1434
Thu Jul 13, 06 4:16 pm EST
luckily we live in brooklyn. maybe there will be a bar just for moms & babies and they can all go there & i will know to avoid it.
the thing is... dogs are way cooler than kids and most people.
that's just the way it is.
raw "Way Too Incestial"
Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 2036
Sat Apr 21, 07 1:27 am EST
LatinaSloper wrote:
Hi All. Have any of you ever taken your dog to the Gate on 5th and 3rd st? I've read that they allow dogs and am curious to hear from those who have done so. I have a cute, well behaved pup and am considering popping in. Thanks.
My husband who is a musician will often take one or both of our maltese dogs to music venues in the neighborhood.. they have been in Perch and Puppets and the Tea Lounge and, and and.. Together these dogs don't weigh 15 pounds and they have grown up in a home where they can sit on a lap and listen to music for hours. They are sweet friendly, don't bark and know how to behave better in public than most toddlers.
I am not a crazy dog lady
But shoot me anyway...POW!
The Chipster Irregular
Joined: 15 Oct 2006 Posts: 672
Sat Apr 21, 07 8:01 pm EST
Why does it make you a "better" person for being so "loving" about your dog?!! But it makes mothers so awful??@! You can't have kids/don't want em? Who cares?! Leave em both at home so I don't have to give you my fake smile, which I also leave at home, when tripping over your right to do whatever the F you want cuz you're SOOOO SPECIAL!!
And sooo different! Self proclaimed Dog Lovers (as opposed to just dog lovers/owners, always had em, can't live without em; get over it) apparantly have the capacity to FEEL more--I mean, lookit, ya can't even be without your dog for a minute! Oh, errr..except when you're at work all day. Ooops!
Lookit my cute dog!! LOOK DAMMIT!! I DON'T HAVE OR WANT KIDS--SEE HOW HIP I AM?!!@@
If you don't have a dog/kid/allergy/cancer/alcoholic mom/ you wouldn't understand. *sigh* the sigh of the wearied, patronizing, self important "My cause is better than your cause," vegan.
Rant, rant, rant, now I need a drink, but I won't go without my baby, who I'm still breastfeeding. Guess I'm not going out tonight.
Flame away. _________________ Ask a burning question, get a burning answer.
Oiseau Wacky Tobacconist
Joined: 07 Sep 2005 Posts: 660 Location: Who wants to know?
Mon Apr 23, 07 11:28 am EST
^^^^FINALLY A POST THAT TELL'S IT LIKE IT IS^^^^^
Keep your dogs and kids at home. When i see a child in a bar I make sure I use as many curse words and talk real loud. If I'm outsixde, I try and blow smoke in their general direction.
Dogs are less of a problem then kids. But really, if you can't leave the dang thing at home while you go out, then you shouldn't have a dof in the first place.
quig Hey You Kids! Get Offa my Stoop!
Joined: 23 Jan 2005 Posts: 268 Location: Undahill
Mon Apr 23, 07 12:25 pm EST
I can live with that as long as you don't dispense medical advice.
raw "Way Too Incestial"
Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 2036
Mon Apr 23, 07 10:00 pm EST
kosherdave wrote:
Pak animal or not, a bar is not a place for pets or kids.
Or moms. A bar is no place for moms!
I write this after a peer informed me that MY mom was hitting the happy hour scene.
God, I just can't stand to waste the energy on being annoyed by these things anymore. I don't know how you guys keep it up.
bkgypsy a cruel talent
Joined: 18 Apr 2007 Posts: 10 Location: South Slope
Tue Apr 24, 07 8:38 am EST
how is drinking at a bar with your kid there a good idea? annoying for all. at buttermilk a few weeks ago..3 moms with 4 kids......running around and fussing. the moms were not even paying attention to them. everyone spent most of the evening sending evil eye vibes in their general direction. is the end near? haha. _________________ That which does not kill us, makes us stranger.
Karl the Druid on facebook i am now
Joined: 18 Aug 2006 Posts: 910 Location: nethermead
Tue Apr 24, 07 10:12 am EST
plan b: start drinking in the playground. that'll learn 'em who is boss
plan c: the morning dog run _________________ destination: roam
JoanJettofArc Empress of the R Train
Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 139 Location: Park Slump
Tue Apr 24, 07 10:38 am EST
personally, i love seeing a dog in a bar; however, i am a crazy dog lady who annoys her boyfriend to no end by stopping to pet every dog i pass.
raw "Way Too Incestial"
Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 2036
Tue Apr 24, 07 9:45 pm EST
Karl the Druid wrote:
plan b: start drinking in the playground. that'll learn 'em who is boss
plan c: the morning dog run
Yeah, can't all the dog owners just bust open their Buds on a bench in the dog run? Washington Square isn't that far away.
plan b: start drinking in the playground. that'll learn 'em who is boss
plan c: the morning dog run
Yeah, can't all the dog owners just bust open their Buds on a bench in the dog run? Washington Square isn't that far away.
And don't worry, caaahyoko. Now that I have my own mom back on her leash, I'll back off the other dogs.
Hey, don't let me stop you. Good luck with your mom!
veets "Way Too Incestial"
Joined: 16 Feb 2007 Posts: 2248
Tue Apr 24, 07 10:58 pm EST
I am hoping that my rational comments will close this thread.
Here is my stance of authority.. I am 58 years old.. old enough to be the mom of almost anyone on this forum and I am a hip mom..ask any one of my 3 PS children (born and bred and one of them even went to John Jay.. G-d help him.. he became a school teacher for the Board of Ed. after he realized that if he survived that HS he could survive anything that would give him a 180 day work year.... I digress) So I have raised kids in Ps and roll my grand kids through the hood (3 of them at this point) and I save my drinking for when I am kidless. Now I do visit the wine store on 5th Ave with one of the grands once a week but my drinking is saved for when I return the kids to their parents. Advice to moms.. Wait till your kid is asleep to get a baby sitter if you must plant your keester at the Gate or any other of the PS bars that have replaced real service stores in the neighborhood...Wait till you are my age to over-endulge and spend long evenings hanging out with your dogs at the superb bars of PS (annoying all those moms of the future generation) . You are your kids prime care takers and source oF moral and ethical boundaries.. stay sober. and suffer like I did till your job is done.
On to the pooch part. .. I have lived in the PS so long that I have not only raised 3 humans here but have been possessed (and I really mean possessed) by four dogs in this time frame. One lived till she was 16, one 13 and the 2 Malts that I have now are 7 and 8 years old. It is only the 2 Malts that go out to Bars! I find now I have the time to train these guys really well.. far better than the 3 kids. If they go to a bar they know how to sit in a lap barkless. If the bar has live music they know how to sit quietly and clap at the end of a tune... (o.k. that LAST PART was a little exageration) and unlike my kids, these dogs never leak in public from either end!.. I bath them only once a week (which is a lot for a dog ) but try that with you little kid whose prime mission is to leak from the bottom end and get the end where hands are attached as dirty as possible to collect germs. These germs get in their mouths and cause illnesses that are invariabley passed on to their brothers and sisters. Tell the truth. Who did convince you that one was not enough? Was multiple procreation an idea you picked up at your ivy league college? Admitted it... those sick kids have kept you housebound for weeks this winter and you can't wait to get out and have a drink at one of those bars that proliferate on every PS street. Well you can't do it!! No bar hopping till the kids get raised! But see the bright side.. You can get two toy breed dogs (to replace your kids when they grow up) take them along to the PS Bars and annoy all those people almost as much with the dogs as they would be annoyed if you shlepped your kids along!!
Great idea, right?
But downside.... you will probably have to be my age (or older) to be kidless and possessed by grandkids and dogs only because you waited so long to have your kids in the first place!
Can we close this thread now or do we have to wait for someone to come along who is more honest, annoying and obnoxious as I have been and can't even write as well?????!!!
Jamzer Lifer
Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Posts: 911 Location: Park F'ing Slope
Wed Apr 25, 07 9:09 am EST
As a parent and a dog lover, but not a dog owner, I would rather not have to step over either to get to my beer. I do love the little creatures anyway!
raw "Way Too Incestial"
Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 2036
Wed Apr 25, 07 9:04 pm EST
Jamzer wrote:
As a parent and a dog lover, but not a dog owner, I would rather not have to step over either to get to my beer. I do love the little creatures anyway!
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