Thoughts on dogs in grocery stores?

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Anonymous wrote:I love dogs, and I mostly hate seeing any of them indoors, at all, but especially in restaurants, grocery stores, and other food-specific places. A home depot? Maybe. A pet store? Sure. Beyond that, no. And I don't want to hear how it's your "emotional support" animal. Also no.

Actual service dogs performing actual services are easy to spot, especially in a sea of Covid-era pups. If you NEED a service dog, I hope you have one, and I hope that all the liars, posers, boundary-pushers and excusemakers stay home with their poorly-trained animals and keep out of your way. Your fscking Havanese that just took a crap on the floor isn't performing a service and you and I both know it. Go home.

Some of the are well trained. My dog doesn't like to be home alone as we rarely leave her home alone. Home depot , pet stores and other stores allow it.

Honestly, who the F cares if your dog doesn't like to be home alone? So what?

Train your dog, and it'll be fine at home.

But honestly, I suspect it's mostly emotionally unstable owners who have attachment issues. Or attention seeking issues.

Agreed. Why are the dog's alleged feelings being given greater priority than basic health and human sanitation in human-specific environments? that's mental.

I don't get this. How are dogs unsanitary? If anything, your shoes walk in bathrooms and then walk all over the store. The dog is the same...

My shoes aren't on the merchandise, the carts, or other people, nor do they shit/piss/drool on the floor.

I highly doubt you've seen dogs crawling on the produce. The carts are nasty with or without dogs.

I would never bring a dog to the store, but I don't get how riled up people get about the sanitary aspect. Being out in public is a germ fest.

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Anonymous wrote:I would never do it but it’s pretty far down my list of things to care about, even in a grocery store.

This. I live in an area where it's pretty common. It's worse in the winter when we get snowbirds who take their dogs everywhere. I would never do it, and I kind of side-eye the ones who do, but I don't give it a second thought.

So happy for you. My sister was almost mauled by a dog when she was 5. She would much rather get her groceries without having to navigate other people's pets.

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Anonymous wrote:I love dogs, and I mostly hate seeing any of them indoors, at all, but especially in restaurants, grocery stores, and other food-specific places. A home depot? Maybe. A pet store? Sure. Beyond that, no. And I don't want to hear how it's your "emotional support" animal. Also no.

Actual service dogs performing actual services are easy to spot, especially in a sea of Covid-era pups. If you NEED a service dog, I hope you have one, and I hope that all the liars, posers, boundary-pushers and excusemakers stay home with their poorly-trained animals and keep out of your way. Your fscking Havanese that just took a crap on the floor isn't performing a service and you and I both know it. Go home.

Some of the are well trained. My dog doesn't like to be home alone as we rarely leave her home alone. Home depot , pet stores and other stores allow it.

Honestly, who the F cares if your dog doesn't like to be home alone? So what?

Train your dog, and it'll be fine at home.

But honestly, I suspect it's mostly emotionally unstable owners who have attachment issues. Or attention seeking issues.

Agreed. Why are the dog's alleged feelings being given greater priority than basic health and human sanitation in human-specific environments? that's mental.

I don't get this. How are dogs unsanitary? If anything, your shoes walk in bathrooms and then walk all over the store. The dog is the same...

My shoes aren't on the merchandise, the carts, or other people, nor do they shit/piss/drool on the floor.

Your shoes are absolutely spreading shit piss and drool. I'm just saying that the sanitary component isn't there. Dog's mouths are found to be cleaner than human mouths in fact.

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Anonymous wrote:I love dogs, and I mostly hate seeing any of them indoors, at all, but especially in restaurants, grocery stores, and other food-specific places. A home depot? Maybe. A pet store? Sure. Beyond that, no. And I don't want to hear how it's your "emotional support" animal. Also no.

Actual service dogs performing actual services are easy to spot, especially in a sea of Covid-era pups. If you NEED a service dog, I hope you have one, and I hope that all the liars, posers, boundary-pushers and excusemakers stay home with their poorly-trained animals and keep out of your way. Your fscking Havanese that just took a crap on the floor isn't performing a service and you and I both know it. Go home.

Some of the are well trained. My dog doesn't like to be home alone as we rarely leave her home alone. Home depot , pet stores and other stores allow it.

Honestly, who the F cares if your dog doesn't like to be home alone? So what?

Train your dog, and it'll be fine at home.

But honestly, I suspect it's mostly emotionally unstable owners who have attachment issues. Or attention seeking issues.

Agreed. Why are the dog's alleged feelings being given greater priority than basic health and human sanitation in human-specific environments? that's mental.

I don't get this. How are dogs unsanitary? If anything, your shoes walk in bathrooms and then walk all over the store. The dog is the same...

My shoes aren't on the merchandise, the carts, or other people, nor do they shit/piss/drool on the floor.

I highly doubt you've seen dogs crawling on the produce. The carts are nasty with or without dogs.

I would never bring a dog to the store, but I don't get how riled up people get about the sanitary aspect. Being out in public is a germ fest.

No it's not. And you can most certainly reduce the "germ fest" by not having animals in the grocery store.

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Anonymous wrote:I love dogs, and I mostly hate seeing any of them indoors, at all, but especially in restaurants, grocery stores, and other food-specific places. A home depot? Maybe. A pet store? Sure. Beyond that, no. And I don't want to hear how it's your "emotional support" animal. Also no.

Actual service dogs performing actual services are easy to spot, especially in a sea of Covid-era pups. If you NEED a service dog, I hope you have one, and I hope that all the liars, posers, boundary-pushers and excusemakers stay home with their poorly-trained animals and keep out of your way. Your fscking Havanese that just took a crap on the floor isn't performing a service and you and I both know it. Go home.

Some of the are well trained. My dog doesn't like to be home alone as we rarely leave her home alone. Home depot , pet stores and other stores allow it.

Honestly, who the F cares if your dog doesn't like to be home alone? So what?

Train your dog, and it'll be fine at home.

But honestly, I suspect it's mostly emotionally unstable owners who have attachment issues. Or attention seeking issues.

Agreed. Why are the dog's alleged feelings being given greater priority than basic health and human sanitation in human-specific environments? that's mental.

I don't get this. How are dogs unsanitary? If anything, your shoes walk in bathrooms and then walk all over the store. The dog is the same...

My shoes aren't on the merchandise, the carts, or other people, nor do they shit/piss/drool on the floor.

Your shoes are absolutely spreading shit piss and drool. I'm just saying that the sanitary component isn't there. Dog's mouths are found to be cleaner than human mouths in fact.

hahhaa ok you've lost all credibility there. You do know they lick their ass, right???

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love dogs, and I mostly hate seeing any of them indoors, at all, but especially in restaurants, grocery stores, and other food-specific places. A home depot? Maybe. A pet store? Sure. Beyond that, no. And I don't want to hear how it's your "emotional support" animal. Also no.

Actual service dogs performing actual services are easy to spot, especially in a sea of Covid-era pups. If you NEED a service dog, I hope you have one, and I hope that all the liars, posers, boundary-pushers and excusemakers stay home with their poorly-trained animals and keep out of your way. Your fscking Havanese that just took a crap on the floor isn't performing a service and you and I both know it. Go home.

Some of the are well trained. My dog doesn't like to be home alone as we rarely leave her home alone. Home depot , pet stores and other stores allow it.

Train your dog better. Your failure to train your dog to be alone doesn't obligate society to put up with your ill-trained dog.

That’s not bad training. Some breeds are know for wanting to be with people and anxiety.

Anxiety is not a norm, should be trained out/treated. It's not the reason to bring your dog with you to the grocery stores (home depot/outdoor restaurants for socialization/convenience are ok in my books)

It's absolutely crucial a dog learn to be left alone because there absolutely will be circumstances where the dog cannot come along. You cannot bring your dog to the hospital, or to court, or on a job interview. Not dealing with separation anxiety is setting the dog up for disaster.

Not true. In fact, the staff provided an in-room cage for the patient's room.

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Anonymous wrote:I have seen a pet pig in a shopping cart.
That is crossing the line.

If you’re dog is 110% potty trained, and otherwise trained/obedient, I don’t care.

Maybe you saw it going in,but it may not have come out (unfortunately).

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Anonymous wrote:My thoughts are that people have become very weird about their dogs. It's not like they treat them as humans, they treat them better than humans. It's become creepy. Don't be these people. And they're not service dogs. You can tell the difference in the dog's behavior and the person's. Even if they don't have a visible disability. It's just their dog thst they take everywhere.

This sums it up perfectly.

I’ll start this by saying that we’re a dog family and we currently own two English Labs. We love them dearly, but they are our family pets, and we’re aware that they cannot go everywhere with us, and if we have guests over who might not enjoy interacting with them, they go in a separate area of our house. My DH and I have throughly instructed our two teen daughters when they have the dogs out, be mindful that not everyone loves dogs and we a responsible for the dogs actions.

It would never occur to me to bring them in a grocery store, as it would gross me out to see other dogs in there. So many dog owners are simply clueless and entitled.

Your dog is your dog. It is a pet, not a child. How we’ve gotten to this point that people are placing their dogs on the same level as a child is beyond me.

+1

There are still normal dog owners out there, but they seem to be a larger and larger minority. Thank you for understanding that you dog doesn’t get to go with you everywhere.

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I'm forever baffled how cat people/cat ladies got a bad rep.

Crazy dog people are far, far worse - and numerous.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm forever baffled how cat people/cat ladies got a bad rep.

Crazy dog people are far, far worse - and numerous.

They're two very different neurotic personalities.