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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I take my dog into CVS. It is allowed per their rules. I only take her in after she has done her business so there is no chance of accidents. I don’t have a car so can’t leave her in there. And certainly wouldn’t want to tie her up outside unsupervised. By the way, there are many posts kvetching about people who tie their dogs up outside. Some of you people just hate dog owners no matter what we do.  [/quote]

Asking seriously and without snark: Why is she with you when you are heading to a place like a store? Do you mean you're on the way home from taking her to the dog park? Picked her up from her "dog day care" as you're walking/taking a bus home from work and need to stop at CVS? Heading home from taking her to the vet? Or just combining the tasks of walking her and going to CVS?

Genuinely trying to understand the circumstances in which an owner has the dog with them when knowing they plan to enter places where (even if the store "allows" it) bringing in a dog is going to get you the side eye at best and is possibly going to affect someone with allergies, for example. Not busting your chops over this, PP. Just not getting how the dog ends up being part of the CVS trip at all. My guess is that you're walking the dog and use the walk to go to the store as well, doing two chores at once.[/quote]

We don't hate you.  We just hate the fact that you are impeding our human, fear-free, and allergy-free shopping experience.  Recently there have so many dog incidents.  Every pet owner thinks his or her dog is fine and maybe it is, but that doesn't make it right for you to deliberately disobey store policy in any store.  Some of us are terrified, partially due to scratching and biting incidents (I know a dozen or so), some of us have bodies that react with hives, and some have both.  Have a little consideration.  I have heard screaming children in stores because they were terrified of dogs, large and small.  I felt so bad for them that I actually wanted to cry.  I know people, adults and children, who have been bitten by dogs where the owners basically laughed and walked away without helping or giving contact information for shots, etc.  Also, if your dog is a pet or emotional support animal (also not covered under the ADA), PLEASE do NOT say it's a service animal to get it into stores and other businesses.  I reiterate:  we do not hate you; we just ask you to have consideration for us.  There are places to tie up dogs outside; I've seen it done.  If you don't feel comfortable doing this, then leave the animal at home.  People have been doing that for centuries; I don't know why suddenly for the past few years this has become a problem for pet owners.
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