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A pub landlord spent the night in his boozer after a drunken punter forgot to take her dog home with her.

The unnamed owner set up camp on the hard wooden floor so the pet wasn't left on its own.

The Edinburgh owner uploaded a snap of him and the abandoned pooch in the Dreadnought Pub on social media, the Daily Record reports.

And the post has since gone viral.

He wrote: "When your wife wants to know why you didn't come home last night and you have to produce evidence to support your implausible claim that one of the punters forgot to take their dog with them.

(Image: @DreadnoughtPub)

"Both now happily reunited with our owners."

However the pub's unsolicited doggy day care wasn't enough to persuade the punter to give the venue a five-star review.

The bar later tweeted: "So the p*****-up woman who forgot her dog on Saturday night has just given us a 4* review. Hang on, I LOOKED AFTER YOUR DOG ALL NIGHT.

"Merlot too cold, apparently."

One bemused punter replied on Facebook: "How p***** does someone have to be to forget their dog!?"

Another wrote: "I'm wondering why you just didn't take the dog home with you ..."

The pub owner quickly replied: "I have cats but, more importantly, a daughter who wouldn't have let her leave again!"

Others replying on Twitter joked that the woman had named her dog Merlot.