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Bring dogs into a store and carry them in the shopping cart

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I had just went into a Walgreens store and long and be hold people were walking around the store with their pet poodle in the shopping cart. When I said something I was told by the old lady that they are allow to bring their dogs into the store around the pharmacy and food and that there is no law that said they are not allow to bring in the dog. I asked what happens if they mess or urinate in the cart and she said they just wipe it it won't hurt anything. I sure will not want my food in this cart after a dog messed in it. I have no problem with service dogs but not just pets. Should I contact the health dept. I sure am not shopping there and putting anything in a shopping cart.
 
What make you think the dog would "mess" in the cart. Id be worried more about the old guy in line ahead of you paying for his "Depends"...especially if he seems to be in a hurry. Not to mention all the sick people picking up their medicine at the pharmacy.. They shouldnt allow sick people in Drug Stores

Ive even seen people that put young children in those carts...wearing diapers

Face it...you are at risk every time you leave your house..my dog is the least of your worries.
 
Both of you:

Seriously???!!!
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I am against pets entering stores, restaurants, hotels and airplanes. Regardless of if they will mess anywhere or not.
 
I was in a diner in Miami and left my table to use the restroom. On the way past a booth in the back a woman was feeding her poodle at the table off of a fork! I know people can bring their pets but usually they sit outside.
 
I don't really buy food at a drug store so not clear on the problem. What food? The boxed stuff that sat in cases that bugs crawled around on? That at least one person had to touch to stock the shelf? Is there produce there that you wouldn't wash once home?

I guess I generally go in for meds, toothpaste, greeting card and never thought about there actually being carts. I hadn't thought about grocery shopping there.

OP, if you don't like dogs in the drug store, talk to the manager. Would you be satisfied if the store supplied a disposable cart liner? If you don't like his policies, you can shop his competitor instead. You can call the corporate office.

Save the call to dept of health when you see dog poop in the aisle but make that same call when the guy in line for prescription pukes.

First of all, though, see if there is a sign outside the store that says No Pets. If there is a posted rule, please do feel free to enforce it yourself. Things might have been less agitating for you in the last exchange if you had been able to say "No, you are not allowed to bring pets in. The sign outside the door says so." Repeat as your response to whatever dog owner says.
 
ronparise said:
What make you think the dog would "mess" in the cart. Id be worried more about the old guy in line ahead of you paying for his "Depends"...especially if he seems to be in a hurry. Not to mention all the sick people picking up their medicine at the pharmacy.. They shouldnt allow sick people in Drug Stores

Ive even seen people that put young children in those carts...wearing diapers

Face it...you are at risk every time you leave your house..my dog is the least of your worries.
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:hysterical::hysterical: I agree. I've been in Drug stores and the people that SNEEZE, mouth wide open and then do it 2 or 3 times in a row is what disgusts me. I just got back from Beirut on Monday morning. There was a dog on the plane on our connection from Dubai. The only reason DH and I knew it was there was because it was across the aisle from us. The dog never made a peep and it was a 15 hour flight. Some of the customers, however were gross. Some people should really NOT be allowed to drink more then 2 drinks on a plane. Absolutely no couth, loud, obnoxious, and rude to the flight attendants.
 
The new trend seems to be getting the small pocket mutts classified as service dogs because of emotional support. My friends wife got her doctor to agree to it and she takes the dog every where they go, cinemas, restaurants, etc., and carries the service dog paper work with them if anyone questions them about it. At least it is very quiet and you would never know it was around unless you happen to see his head pop out of her hand bag.
 
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Our grocery store provide clorox wipes at the cart corral, I'm more concerned about snotty nosed kids with poopy diapers in the top tray, I never use it.
 
I saw a dog on a leash at the local grocery store last spring. It just did not seem right. I happened to be walking out of the store just behind the dog and owner. There are some 4" posts right at the door to stop any vehicle from drifting into the store. The dog stopped and lifted its leg. Then the dog and owner just walked on toward the parking lot as if this is perfectly normal. Everyone else who saw it just looked at each other with stunned expressions.

A store employee who was watering plants outside the store, and who saw what happened, walked over and washed the urine off the post with the water wand while shaking her head.

I am glad the dog did not decide to mark the mac and cheese boxes in aisle 5. That is a wet clean-up that I don't want to think about. I imagine the other stunned customers might have been thinking the same thing.
 
Even a dog that is perfectly house/shop trained, has a bare/unclean anal area which is placed on the bottom of the basket if the dog sits, rather than lies, in the basket.

We are normally displeased when a person, who has presumably used toilet paper, comes out of a stall and doesn't wash his/her hands.

It seems to me the reason for the objection to the dog's being in the basket is perfectly clear.

As to those people who feel they have to take the dog everywhere they go, that's a totally different subject.
 
Just because some people do very gross things does not mean we need to lower our standards completely.

I am also against the lax policy of the airlines not asking if dogs are actually service animals that are allowed to fly up top in the plane.

Sadly a question "service dog" wins in the situation where someone else is allergic to dogs. That does not mean there is not damages owed if taken to court against the owner of said dog.
 
at a place I worked there was an unwritten rule that all dogs and most people were welcome. We kept treats for the dogs. Remember, service dogs are working dogs and are not to be treated as pets.
 
Blues said:
+100

-Bob
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I am surprised at the venom against the OP. Traditionally animals are not welcome in stores. Do we want to change that policy? Next dept. stores where they can chew or tear clothing? And why not furniture stores so they can shed on sofas? They aren't always going to stay tucked into a bag.
 
Patri said:
I am surprised at the venom against the OP. Traditionally animals are not welcome in stores. Do we want to change that policy? Next dept. stores where they can chew or tear clothing? And why not furniture stores so they can shed on sofas? They aren't always going to stay tucked into a bag.
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Dogs that chew and tear clothing?? Unlikely. Far more unlikely than sticky-fingered kid touching everything. That reality is already here since kids don't stay tucked in a bag. Kids drooling on furniture or putting boogers on lamps... really, how are kids less gross than dogs??

My dogs paws would be on the ground, not the merchandise. Even in Petco, where do you see dogs going crazy chewing and tearing everything? I don't see it, and certainly there is far more temptation to behave badly in a pet store than there ever would be in a dept store.
 
We own two dogs - they sleep in our room. I am a dog lover. As much as I love my dogs, I don't always appreciate other dog owners.

I saw my first restaurant dog fight about a month ago. We were seated in the outside patio area of the restaurant. It is a pet friendly restaurant, but the outside area is small and tight. A woman came in with her little dog on a leash. As she followed the hostess to be seated at a table, a dog sitting underneath another table just lunged at the leashed dog and suddenly it was a snarling dogfight. It t was unsettling for everyone. Everyone that is with the exception of the man who owned the lunger. As far as this guy was concerned, dogs will be dogs, and his dog didn't do anything wrong. Luckily he was almost finished, so the waiter brought his check and he left quickly. No apology to the woman with the dog.

In my opinion, folks like this ruin it for everyone. They let their dogs do whatever and take no responsibility for anything that the dogs do.
 
SmithOp said:
Our grocery store provide clorox wipes at the cart corral, I'm more concerned about snotty nosed kids with poopy diapers in the top tray, I never use it.
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oh great , now I will never put groceries there again:eek:
 
ronparise said:
What make you think the dog would "mess" in the cart. Id be worried more about the old guy in line ahead of you paying for his "Depends"...especially if he seems to be in a hurry. Not to mention all the sick people picking up their medicine at the pharmacy.. They shouldnt allow sick people in Drug Stores

Ive even seen people that put young children in those carts...wearing diapers

Face it...you are at risk every time you leave your house..my dog is the least of your worries.
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I Agree.

And let me also add that you're far more likely to catch a zoonotic disease from one of the many DEAD animals in the store than one or two live ones.

http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/UCM187482.pdf
 
Patri said:
I am surprised at the venom against the OP. Traditionally animals are not welcome in stores. Do we want to change that policy? Next dept. stores where they can chew or tear clothing? And why not furniture stores so they can shed on sofas? They aren't always going to stay tucked into a bag.
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I don't understand your comment being directed at me. I was agreeing with the position that pets don't belong in stores, restaurants, etc; which is essentially the position of the OP, too. That is, I'm agreeing with OP, not expressing venom.
 
Blues said:
I don't understand your comment being directed at me. I was agreeing with the position that pets don't belong in stores, restaurants, etc; which is essentially the position of the OP, too. That is, I'm agreeing with OP, not expressing venom.
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This is where internet communication doesn't work. I was totally agreeing with your +100. I don't like that posters are slamming senior citizens and children. The ones around here are pretty cool. Or presuming that animals are perfect and belong in retail stores. They are ignoring the issue that it is against policy in most businesses.
 
silly

It took exactly 1 post to equate dogs with kids. People.....dogs are not your kids and just because you treat them exactly like your kids does not make them so.
 
We were shopping for a mattress and box spring a few weeks ago-Mattress Discounters. An elderly couple had their full size lab in the store with them. By the time they had decided to purchase, the man had set the dog up with a food bowl and water dish from his car-right at the salesman's desk. This is ridiculous.

Unless the dog is an assistance animal-and officially marked as such-it doesn't belong in stores except Petco etc.
 
There are no bad dogs only bad dog owners.

I own two dogs and it bothers me when other dog owners ruin it for everyone else. Don't take your dog to where people eat or buy food, clean up after your dog on trails, and if you allow your dog to be obnoxious or aggressive then just leave them home.

The only store I would take my dogs to socialize them is home depot and lowes.
 
bluehende said:
It took exactly 1 post to equate dogs with kids. People.....dogs are not your kids and just because you treat them exactly like your kids does not make them so.
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Two thumbs up!

I'd like to add to your post that, at least in the case of the people I know, not regarding dogs as children does not mean disliking dogs; they are liked--but they are dogs, not children. A dog owner's having chosen to disregard common sanitation rules regarding where dogs are allowed and not allowed does not change the facts: there are laws stating that dogs are not allowed in many of the spots their owners would like to take them because the owners cannot bear being separated from the animal. A person's personal desires do not justify deciding the laws don't apply to "Fido," or "Fluffy."
 
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