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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Embarrassing, one time was in a pet store, another time in a hardware store. Is this normal?  When we go for walks, he dies tend to stop and “mark” a lot.

Anyone experience this?[/quote]

Whyyy are you bringing your dog into stores?!

Do not bring your dog inside stores.  It is rude, selfish and entitled.

Keep your dog at home or have one of your wait outside the store with him.

What is wrong with dog owners in this area???[/quote]

Dogs are allowed at pet store and Home Depot but op needs to clean it up and leave dog home if they cannot figure this out. 
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No.

Service animals only at Home Depot and other stores.[/quote]

Take it up with those stores. They have decided to have open pet policies. [/quote]

Do they?  I can’t find any pet policy on the Home Depot website, but Google seems to think that the official corporate policy is to only allow service animals, but that individual stores may have the discretion to adopt more liberal practices.  It sounds like the official policy is service dogs only, but corporate isn’t going to make their branches enforce the policy when they know someone trying to bring a (non-service) dog into a store is inherently selfish and unreasonable.

Moreover, just because something is allowed, doesn’t validate it.  There are many things that may be allowed, but that doesn’t male it okay.  I doubt Home Depot officially prohibits nosepickers, but picking your nose would not only be rude and socially unacceptable, but also a potential health risk to your fellow shoppers, somewhat akin to taking a dog (especially one with a habit of marking) into a store.  Even if pet stores are “for pets”, that doesn’t mean pets are required.  You can buy pet food and even toys for Fido and Fifi by yourself, without their supervision, and no employee is going to regret missing the chance to clean up their puddles.

A store shouldn’t have to forbid something for their customers to show a little courtesy and respect towards their fellow shoppers.[/quote]

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