The Fairhaven in Lytham St Annes, has earned the prestigious title of the Best Dog-Friendly Pub in the North West. That’s according to Rover.com, the world’s largest online marketplace for loving pet care and its expert Public House Officer, who embarked on the ‘Great British Pub Crawl’ - meticulously reviewing more than 110 pubs across the country.
00:00When I came here, Northcars sees people walking dogs. I've never seen so many people walking dogs.
00:22And I thought, we've got to let, no matter what, we're having dogs in the pub.
00:26The whole idea of the pub really is that people come here, they feel comfortable, it's welcoming, whether you're young, old, you've got dogs, children, whatever.
00:39And so it just, no, it's just what we want of the pub.
00:44Every single member of the team, they love the dogs. It makes your day so much happier.
00:49If you're having a bad day and you walk through and there's a dog looking at you, you smile, you smile at the dog.
00:56If the dogs are always pleased to see you, they're not troublesome.
01:02We have our water station outside with our dog bowls, which is especially in the summer, that's incredibly important.
01:09We always have free biscuits on the bar.
01:11So there are a number of dogs that come in knowing that they're going to get their biscuit and are very disappointed if their biscuits aren't there.
01:18Then we do actually have a dog menu as well, which is Wolfchester Dog Menu.
01:23We always have blankets available.
01:25Every week on our Facebook page, we have a dog of the week.
01:29Basically, our team randomly go round, take photos of dogs, ask a little bit about the dog, if a dog they particularly like.
01:36And then at the end of the week, Camilla, who organises our Facebook page, she will publish a picture of the dog and then they get a present.
01:45They come in, they get like a little party pack with some dog biscuits and a toy and a ball or something as a reward.
01:51And that's every single week we do that.
01:53And we have all sorts, great big ones, cute puppies, all sorts.
01:56Oh, that's Nigel.
02:01Richard.
02:02We've got this one guy who always comes in with his dog and his dog is called Richard.
02:05His name's Nigel.
02:06And when he comes in, the first thing, and I've just noticed it the other week, all the team do.
02:11The first thing they go, hello, Richard, you all right?
02:14That's the dog.
02:14Then they go, hey, Nigel, how are you doing?
02:16And they all do it.
02:18They're very, very important to us.
02:20I think there's a bit of a myth attached to dogs that dogs are difficult things in public.
02:29They are not at all.
02:31You'll get the odd bark normally when they come in, but on the whole, the dogs are really well behaved.
02:35We have little walls in place, like you're supposed to have them on the lead and respect to the people.
02:42But ultimately, no, they're not at all troublesome.
02:45I've had people buy steaks for their dogs.
02:52Not very often, but I have had people buy an actual steak for their dog.
02:57And our steaks aren't cheap.
03:04Particularly in this area, because a lot of the people are retired here, a lot of the people have dogs.
03:11And their dogs are a really important part of their life.
03:14You've got people visiting, they bring their dogs on holiday, you've got people in camp vans.
03:20The Fairhaven Lake is beautiful, and it's fabulous for dog walkers.
03:24Not to let put dogs in this, to me, was insanity.
03:28And there we go.
03:29Oh, my.
03:29Oh.
03:30Absolutely.
03:31That's, but it's me.
03:31In fact, obviously.
03:32Things for dogs like me.
03:33Very positive.
03:33Sitting.
03:34Sitting
03:47And eating.
03:48Mm-hmm, and that's beer.
03:49And I said he makes their dogs Ha Queen, just Xing.
03:50ja driver comes to it.
03:51And your second fish in class, that's the Alto.
03:53Wait a minute and drink.
03:55Yep, and I'll add to you go down the Fahrenheit,
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