It mutts be election day! Dogs are forced to wait in the cold at polling stations up and down the country while their owners cast their votes
- Polling stations are open from 7am until 10pm today and you don’t need your polling card to be able to vote
- You might need to wrap your dog up warm though as queues have already started to form across the UK
- Cute pooches of all breeds were seen out and about this morning as they waited for their owners to vote
- ***Did you take your dog to a polling station today? Share you cute pooch pictures! Email Terri-Ann.Williams@mailonline.co.uk***
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As many people brave the cold weather this morning as they line up outside schools and community centres to vote in the election, their pooches are also being forced to wait as their owners cast their votes.
Polling stations are open today from 7am until 10pm, you don’t need your polling card to vote, but you might need to wrap your dog up as queues have already started to form at stations up and down the country.
One cocker pup puppy, Reggie, was seen waiting patiently outside a polling station in Chester-le-Street, County Durham this morning as his owner exercised their right to vote.
Many dog owners took to social media this morning to share snaps of their beloved pets getting involved in what has been branded the Brexit election.
While you’re not allowed to take photos inside polling stations, you are allowed to take them outside, and many dog owners took the opportunity to snap their pooches posing today.
Reggie the cocker pop puppy waits patiently in the dark outside a polling station in Chester-le-Street, County Durham this morning as the cute pooch waited for its owner
This gorgeous dog was seen outside a polling station in Southampton this morning as many headed out to vote in the general election
Penelope (pictured above) was also pictured outside a polling station this morning as her owner Leticia snapped this cute photo of her
Strike a pose! One man posted this picture of himself and his cute dog outside the polling station and said: ‘gone early gone hard’
Prime Minister Boris Johnson also joined in with the trend this morning and was pictured with Dilyn the dog at Methodist Central Hall, after casting his vote.
He seemed in high spirits and waved to the cameras as the cute little pooch looked as though he wanted to get out of the cold.
Mr Johnson is the first party leader to cast his vote this morning as the UK heads to the polls in the most crucial election in a generation.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is also expected to vote early in his Islington North constituency with the result in the first December general election since 1923 said to be on a knife-edge.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson with Dilyn the dog at Methodist Central Hall to cast his vote in the 2019 General Election
One Twitter user called Leon posted this snap of his dog Loki and said the dog was turned away as it ‘couldn’t bear to look at the camera at this hour’
Another Twitter user Leanne Forshaw Jones posted this cute snap of her French Bulldog and said the most important job of the day was done
Lily the Border Collie was out and about this morning as her owner Simon took her to the polling station in Buxton today
A voter leaves with their dog after casting their vote at a polling station in Church in Brighton. The voter had made sure to put a little coat on the dog to keep it warm
***Did you take your dog to a polling station today? Share you cute pooch pictures! Email Terri-Ann.Williams@mailonline.co.uk***