{"id":59092,"date":"2026-03-12T10:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T10:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/?p=59092"},"modified":"2026-03-12T10:32:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T10:32:49","slug":"dragons-den-success-brings-spaniels-from-across-sheffield-to-pub-meet-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/dragons-den-success-brings-spaniels-from-across-sheffield-to-pub-meet-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon’s Den success brings Spaniels from across Sheffield to pub meet-up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

More than 50 spaniels took reign over Sheffield\u2019s Slug and Lettuce during a Cocker Spaniel Cafe on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pop and Bark, a national event organiser as seen on BBC\u2019s Dragons\u2019 Den, turned their venue partner on Holly Street into a dog paradise for the afternoon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event included toys, treats and even a puppuccino bar with the perfect opportunity to socialise with other dog lovers. Tickets for adults ranged from \u00a311.75 to \u00a315.75 with dogs getting in for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organiser Sebastian Maitre, who has run 75 previous Pop and Bark pop-ups, said: \u201cThese events create a massive sense of community between like minded individuals, dog owners meet at Pop and Bark events and later return together.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With 55 Spaniels and 110 dog owners at the event, Mr Maitre said: \u201cIt is a unique thing to experience in a social, off-lead environment that caters to all.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With six sessions catered to different dog breeds spread across the day, owners and their dogs came from all over Sheffield as well as neighbouring cities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ellie Rhodes and her grandmother, Kate Robson, came from Chesterfield with their dog Luna. Ms Rhodes, who had attended a previous event held by Pop and Bark last year, said: \u201cIt took a while to find a cocker spaniel based event\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tickets were a Christmas gift from Ms Rhodes to her grandmother. Despite the wait, Ms Robson described the event as \u201cspaniel heaven\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Luna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Not all attendees felt the excitement presented by the dogs were matched by the owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bod Cantwell, who described himself as a \u201cproud dog dad\u201d said: \u201cI thought it would be a bit more sociable\u201d but explained how he believed this to be due to the closed layout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Cantwell said: \u201cCocker spaniel owners get each other but it would be nice to have a bit more of a chat.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Pop and Bark have been coming to Sheffield since 2022, the interest in these events are clear and gives a new expansion opportunity in the hospitality industry transforming cocktail bars into interactive and off-lead experiences for all pet owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find more Pop and Bark events on their website https:\/\/popandbark.com\/events\/<\/a> or @popandbark on Instagram and Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than 50 spaniels flooded Sheffield’s Slug and Lettuce on Sunday for a cocker spaniel cafe event run by company Pop and Bark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":336,"featured_media":59099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,166,1],"tags":[1176,831,1178,135,1177,12],"class_list":["post-59092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-top-story-2","category-uncategorized","tag-cafe-2","tag-dog","tag-popandbark","tag-sheffieldnews","tag-slugandlettuce","tag-sheffield"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/336"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59092"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59110,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59092\/revisions\/59110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}