Pets in stores (slight rant)

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Petco encourages pets to come to their stores and I love animals ( have had dogs and cats) but I am not a fan of people bringing pets in public places. I was bit in the parking lot of Petco (it shares it lot with Target that I was going to). It required me to get shots and my arm is scared. If I would have had my daughter with me it could have killed her.
 
It’s always better when the owner and pet is friendly.

Idk about a food store though, because of shedding. (The pet, not the owner…lol)
 
Yes. The shedding and dander. People are allergic. Someone comes in and puts FiFi the chihuahua in the cart. The next person has a dog allergy, and doesn’t realize a dog has been there, since the store has a no dog policy.

Not fair.
 
Why not just complain to the store and tell them you will be taking your business elsewhere, then do it?
If they decide then that they wish to continue to cater to people with dogs, perhaps because they have more customers who like the dogs than do not, the market will have taken its course.
 
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I love animals, but not a big fan of them being around food. But, with the way some people behave out in public, sometimes I’d rather be around dogs than people.
 
DeniseNY said:
I love animals, but not a big fan of them being around food. But, with the way some people behave out in public, sometimes I’d rather be around dogs than people.
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Yeah, dogs don’t leave rotting banana peels hidden on the shelves.
 
Yeah, but despite poor behavior and general lack of understanding to keep your hands to yourself, a human has never lurched out of a cart and tried to bite my kid.
 
Cradle_Journey said:
Hey, I dislike non-service animals being brought into stores as much as anyone. Give the store a break, however. They can post it all they want, but from my understanding (as told to me by my store managers), by law (at least in our state), all we can do is ask if it’s a service animal. If the owner says it is, we have to accept that no matter how absurd we think it is or how much we may doubt them. There is nothing that requires the owner to prove it’s a service animal - all they have to do is say it’s a service animal and we can do nothing.
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Yes, I have heard the same thing. There should be some kind of an official collar or vest issued from somewhere only for true service dogs.
 
Just another example of the general coarsening of society. “I’m going to take my dog(s) anywhere I want simply because I want to!” “I don’t care what impact it has on others!” This didn’t happen in years past.
 
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Irishmom2:
Yes, I have heard the same thing. There should be some kind of an official collar or vest issued from somewhere only for true service dogs.
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Do we really want the government doing that though?
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They do at the state government level, but because not all do, ADA law goes for the lowest common denominator. In some ways service dogs (and miniature horses, the only animals protected by ADA) are “employees” so perhaps it is very appropriate to register, identify and track these animals. Again, maybe better at the state level, like a drivers license?

It would also stand to protect consumers from fly-by-night “certification” services, badly trained “service” animals and other known fraudulent activities that are well known in the service animal community.
 
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DarkLight said:
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Irishmom2:
Yes, I have heard the same thing. There should be some kind of an official collar or vest issued from somewhere only for true service dogs.
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Do we really want the government doing that though?
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Well, I didn’t mean like a federal program or anything. More like the ASPCA or something like that.
 
Irishmom2 said:
Well, I didn’t mean like a federal program or anything. More like the ASPCA or something like that.
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The trouble is as the law stands now, there’s no official registry. Since there’s no official registry, a business legally can’t expect there to be a vest or anything. The government doesn’t want someone else being able to decide what does and doesn’t “count.”
 
I love dogs and feel secure when they are with me. I never take them to the store, though.
One thing I wish I could do, and I have no way of doing it is have my dogs along to scare away the bad guys. I keep getting harassed by these guys that come to the parking lots to drum up business for dent repair. My car is a beautiful copper-color, but unfortunately there is a dent on the driver’s side, which was a parking lot event. I intend to have it fixed but haven’t because I needed the car. I think these guys wait around parking lots so they can pounce on customers with dents. One of them I believe approached me in two different parking lots. I think they follow me around. I told the store, but they said they couldn’t do anything about it. There seems to be a lot of things stores “can’t do anything about.”
 
I’m just getting over the flu, and based on the timing of when I got sick, I’m sure I got infected by someone at a large grocery store. I’m much more worried about getting sick from other people than from a dog in a store. However, I don’t take my dogs anywhere than doesn’t explicitly welcome dogs. So I just take them into Lowes and Home Depot and a local farm store sometimes.

People always stop to see and ask to pet them. Recently a lady in very nice business attire crossed the parking lot to pet them, then gave a big sigh of relaxation like their happy faces and wagging tales were a sight for sore eyes after what may have been a stressful work day. Another time an elderly man came over to them. My big Smooth Collie knows she may not jump up on people. But she’s invented her own way of asking for a hug: she sometimes rears up like horse, but with her front legs tightly folded against her chest, and keeping herself within her own space. She made that “offer” in front of this elderly man, and he stepped in to her and wrapped his arms around her. He said, “Oh, this is so nice” with again, a sort of sigh of relaxation and longing. Who knows what else was happening in his life? Was he a widower living alone? Not everyone has plentiful opportunities to receive the warm physical affection that we all need. I’m glad my dogs were able to brighten other people’s days.
 
So are mice…but they still can create an unsanitary situation.
 
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