I’m a dog lover, we currently have 4. But I am not thrilled by the extension of Jewish celebrations to those who could not be eligible.
I have a dear friend, whose 15 year old dog died Motzei Shabbos. On Monday, he posted a montage of pictures of the dog’s life. The pictures included the dog’s Bark Mitzvah which occurred at a small CT synagogue run by Chabad (Chabad took over a dying shul, 90% of the congregants are not frum). I did not find this amusing. It was in bad taste, similar to a Bar Mitzvah dinner I attended in 1965, when the family dog was dressed in a Tuxedo and brought into the hall to light a candle on the cake.
There is a time and place for dogs to mingle, I don’t believe it is in shul r a banquet hall.