A landlord has revealed how he spent a night sleeping on the floor of his pub looking after a dog that was left behind by a drunk customer.

The dog was eventually reunited with its owner, but she then allegedly gave the pub a only four-star review, claiming the merlot was “too cold.”

The Dreadnought is a pub in Leith, northern Edinburgh that was recently named City of Edinburgh Pub of the Year in the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) awards.

The man who owns the pub posted a picture on the Dreadnought’s Facebook page, saying: “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. Both now happily reunited with our owners.”

Naturally, the post received a large reaction, with many people praising the pub owner for his actions.

He then commented answering a few of the questions he’d been asked.

“1. Yes, someone actually forgot their dog and we both kipped in the pub,” he wrote.

“2. Yes, that’s a vest. I occasionally wear a vest when it’s cold. Nobody rips the piss when John McClane threads-up with a sleeveless tee.

“3. That’s not me hungover. I was sober. That’s just how I look in the morning.

“Hope this helps. The dog was good as gold btw and I never did catch her name.”

However, the landlord later took to Twitter claiming the owner of the dog reviewed the pub but only left a four-star review because the merlot was “too cold.”

Despite this, the man has this morning written another post on Facebook defending the woman, explaining that “the post was intended as a mildly amusing anecdote for the reprobates who frequent the pub. Particularly those who were in at the time and offered to take the dog home and look after it.

“It was a genuine and, in many ways, understandable mistake on the part of the dog’s two owners and the lass was distraught when she collected the dog next morning. I was perfectly happy to keep it company and it was as good as gold all night.”