First came 'Manland', now doggy parking bays: IKEA designs spaces so customers can leave their pets outside while they go shopping
- Furniture giant designed the waiting areas to stop dogs being left in cars
- Dedicated spaces come with artificial grass and a water bowl
- The first store to launch the dog bays was in Cologne, Germany
If you have ever wanted to go shopping but had nowhere to leave the dog, IKEA may have come up with the perfect solution.
The Swedish furniture giants have created doggy parking bays where customers can leave their pooches while they have a wander around the store.
The dedicated spaces, complete with artificial grass, water bowls and a secure place to tie them, have been set up outside stores in Cologne, Germany.
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Popular: Doggy parking bays have been established outside an IKEA in Germany so shoppers have somewhere to leave their dogs while shopping
It gives customers with pets a place to leave them while they negotiate their way around the furnishings shop.
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The company is well known for its childcare areas and even set up a special installation - complete with a flatscreen TV showing sports and computer games - for retail fatigued men in Sydney, Australia, one Father's Day.
This latest concept, which has proved popular with social media users, is designed to stop people from leaving their dogs inside hot cars.
Shannah Fedus wrote: 'IKEA is awesome and these need to be everywhere!'
Adriane Zane tweeted: 'This is brilliant. German IKEA has #Dog Parking Lot so no dogs in hot cars. Good idea!'
But shoppers should be warned not to take pets to its shops in UK yet as the facility has not been made available at British stores.
Dedicated space: Shoppers can leave their dogs on bays with artificial grass and water bowls while they go shopping at IKEA in Germany
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