Three pet dogs in Trader Joe’s this morning

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People are overstepping their bounds with walking dogs into establishments.

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Anonymous wrote:I think dog owners all miss a critical gene that allows them to have common courtesy towards others. I don't see it with any other type of pet owner. We all MUST love your dog, even if they are AH and even if we are allergic.

No, all dog owners are not like that and I am specifically speaking for one I know very well (as well many others) and that would be myself. But you are clearly a dog "hater" and it shows, probably hate kids too, that's a you problem. With respect to the grocery store, etc. dog problem, Europe has arrived on our shores. I know so many people who come back from Europe and bring their disgusting habits with them. I have a neighbor who not only is building a greek goddess statuary in his side yard (last trip was to Greece) he also let's his dog poop everywhere but his own yard. Bonus he does not clean any of it up and when approached by his neighbors he says it's natural and no one should have to clean it up.

HAHAHAHAHAHAA well I am ACTUALLY European and in general, we are a lot less likely to let our dogs run the roost. We know they are animals and don't let them distrub us or others. Sounds like your neighbor is actually American and it proves my point that dog owners have little consideration for others. You just proved my point for me silly.

There is dog poop all over Paris, I know, I've stepped in it. Europeans are disgusting.

I'm from Paris and agree about the dog poo. Try pushing a stroller! Also, just when you've congratulated yourself on not stepping on something, a pigeon poops on you.

But saying that Europeans are disgusting is racist and untrue.

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Anonymous wrote:The Trader Joe's I go to allows dogs. I see a dog in there almost every time I go. The supermarket near me allows them too. It's fantastic.

Which TJs allows dogs? Not Old Town, not Springfield, not 7 Corners, and not Arlington.

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Anonymous wrote:The Trader Joe's I go to allows dogs. I see a dog in there almost every time I go. The supermarket near me allows them too. It's fantastic.

Which TJs allows dogs? Not Old Town, not Springfield, not 7 Corners, and not Arlington.

I live in NY.

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Anonymous wrote:The Trader Joe's I go to allows dogs. I see a dog in there almost every time I go. The supermarket near me allows them too. It's fantastic.

Which TJs allows dogs? Not Old Town, not Springfield, not 7 Corners, and not Arlington.

I live in NY.

Are you sure they allow it, or do they just not enforce rules?

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Anonymous wrote:The Trader Joe's I go to allows dogs. I see a dog in there almost every time I go. The supermarket near me allows them too. It's fantastic.

Which TJs allows dogs? Not Old Town, not Springfield, not 7 Corners, and not Arlington.

I live in NY.

Are you sure they allow it, or do they just not enforce rules?

I don't know. I see staff interacting with the dogs at both places.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a dog and love well behaved dogs, but I can’t believe anyone thinks a dog that isn’t a trained service animal (or at least in training to become one) should be allowed in a grocery store. Mine is a pandemic dog and hasn’t spent much time alone, so he has some separation anxiety, but I’d still never consider this. I sure hope these were small dogs confined to shopping carts because I’ve never been in a TJ’s that had room for two carts to pass each other with a dog in between them.

Oh good let’s put your dogs smelly butt in the cart I’m putting my food in there.

I dont pretend carts are clean, boxes are in the floor, etc, but let’s not compound things.

I sort of agree but I also have kids who have had massive diaper blowouts in those carts and I have to say, that's been WAY more disgusting than any potentially "smelly dog butt" my dogs have had (I don't think they have smelly butts...)

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1) Service dogs are not required by law to wear vests, and any service dog that is wearing a vest got it from the internet. Wearing or not wearing a vest is not an indication that a dog is a working service dog.

I've been thinking for years that they need to make service dogs wear something official, or make the owner wear something. There are official disabled placards that people have to display on their cars for parking, so there's no reason why they can't be done for service animals. That would make it easier for people that work at stores....no badge, decal or placard, no entry!

I am the PP you quoted, and I agree this might be a solution. People would need medical documentation that they need a service dog and the dog would need to undergo an evaluation. But the fact is that this doesn’t currently exist. So judging a handler based on whether their dog wears a vest that is available to anyone on the internet and isn’t required isn’t OK.

The post I read said there should/could be such a thing. I agree.

Mind you it would probably be enforced about as well as handicapped parking.

Actual service dogs undergo extensive training. I think there could be something the dog wears that is issued similar to how a parking placard is issued.

I agree that there could be, but there isn't. So, saying "that dog isn't a service dog because it doesn't have this thing that I think should exist but doesn't" is ridiculous.

OP seems to be judging people for not having something they have no way of getting.

[Anonymous]

I regularly see dogs at the Gaithersburg or Wheaton Costcos and even dined next to a pit bull at a sushi restaurant in Pike and Rose. The pit bull was eating rice and drinking water out of the restaurant’s china. It’s out of control. Someone brought a dog to my relative’s wedding too.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a dog and love well behaved dogs, but I can’t believe anyone thinks a dog that isn’t a trained service animal (or at least in training to become one) should be allowed in a grocery store. Mine is a pandemic dog and hasn’t spent much time alone, so he has some separation anxiety, but I’d still never consider this. I sure hope these were small dogs confined to shopping carts because I’ve never been in a TJ’s that had room for two carts to pass each other with a dog in between them.

Oh good let’s put your dogs smelly butt in the cart I’m putting my food in there.

I dont pretend carts are clean, boxes are in the floor, etc, but let’s not compound things.

I sort of agree but I also have kids who have had massive diaper blowouts in those carts and I have to say, that's been WAY more disgusting than any potentially "smelly dog butt" my dogs have had (I don't think they have smelly butts...)

People putting kids in carts with food, dirty shoes, diapers that leak, far more gross. Our dog gets bathed more than some kids.

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Anonymous wrote:I regularly see dogs at the Gaithersburg or Wheaton Costcos and even dined next to a pit bull at a sushi restaurant in Pike and Rose. The pit bull was eating rice and drinking water out of the restaurant’s china. It’s out of control. Someone brought a dog to my relative’s wedding too.

That sushi places has outdoor dining. That's fine.

[Anonymous]

Things aren't going to change unless the rest of us start bringing our non-dog pets with us everywhere. I say we do it.

Put that pet tarantula in your shopping basket, leash your chickens, put you cat's carrier in the cart, carry your pet hamster in your bag.

People with real needs for service animals aren't going to be bothered if their service animals require documentation - they have nothing to worry about. It's the attention whores who have "anxiety" and want treat their furbaby like it's a child's stuffie.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I have a dog and love well behaved dogs, but I can’t believe anyone thinks a dog that isn’t a trained service animal (or at least in training to become one) should be allowed in a grocery store. Mine is a pandemic dog and hasn’t spent much time alone, so he has some separation anxiety, but I’d still never consider this. I sure hope these were small dogs confined to shopping carts because I’ve never been in a TJ’s that had room for two carts to pass each other with a dog in between them.

Oh good let’s put your dogs smelly butt in the cart I’m putting my food in there.

I dont pretend carts are clean, boxes are in the floor, etc, but let’s not compound things.

I sort of agree but I also have kids who have had massive diaper blowouts in those carts and I have to say, that's been WAY more disgusting than any potentially "smelly dog butt" my dogs have had (I don't think they have smelly butts...)

People can't leave their young children at home, dingdong. I have pets and no kids, but you have to be a real simpleton to make the comparison between kids and pets.

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Anonymous wrote:I regularly see dogs at the Gaithersburg or Wheaton Costcos and even dined next to a pit bull at a sushi restaurant in Pike and Rose. The pit bull was eating rice and drinking water out of the restaurant’s china. It’s out of control. Someone brought a dog to my relative’s wedding too.

That sushi places has outdoor dining. That's fine.

But we were indoors.

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Anonymous wrote:I think dog owners all miss a critical gene that allows them to have common courtesy towards others. I don't see it with any other type of pet owner. We all MUST love your dog, even if they are AH and even if we are allergic.

No, all dog owners are not like that and I am specifically speaking for one I know very well (as well many others) and that would be myself. But you are clearly a dog "hater" and it shows, probably hate kids too, that's a you problem. With respect to the grocery store, etc. dog problem, Europe has arrived on our shores. I know so many people who come back from Europe and bring their disgusting habits with them. I have a neighbor who not only is building a greek goddess statuary in his side yard (last trip was to Greece) he also let's his dog poop everywhere but his own yard. Bonus he does not clean any of it up and when approached by his neighbors he says it's natural and no one should have to clean it up.

I would scoop it up and dump it all in his yard.