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Have I missed something in the last year but when did it become acceptable to take a normal (non guide dog) into a shop?? I noticed it a few years before Christmas but today 2 dogs on 2 different occasions, one in hotel chocolat and one in John Lewis. A poodle and a poxy pug.
I also walked past a Pret and in the quaue was a guy with a cocker poo??
I also walked past a Pret and in the quaue was a guy with a cocker poo??
More common in small local shops, not so much in the larger ones. Part of the joy of taking our dog shopping is I have a legitimate excuse to stand around outside with a coffee while my wife is buying something else she probably will never wear. I assume shops are getting more desperate for trade and are just glad to get people through the door. I know a couple of pubs near us were vehemently anti dog, but you could probably walk in there with a wildebeest now.
Last time i was in the Clarks Outlet in Street, was trying to dodge the rain outside the Superdry store with our Shi Tzu while Lady Slopes went in. They made a point of saying i had to bring him in out of the rain. After the three very nice young ladies - he is definitely a young lady magnet this one - made a big fuss of him, cue the little beggar pulling me through the shop to find mum.
Normally though, unless it's a pet shop we stay outside and even with some pet shops he doesn't want to go in.
However i agree, since lockdown 1.0 it seems more and more people are allowing dogs in their shops but i still don't take him in as i can't trust him not to pinch something the little bugger
Normally though, unless it's a pet shop we stay outside and even with some pet shops he doesn't want to go in.
However i agree, since lockdown 1.0 it seems more and more people are allowing dogs in their shops but i still don't take him in as i can't trust him not to pinch something the little bugger
Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 28th December 18:48
It depends on the type of store here.
"The Food and Drug Administration's Food Guide lays down the law: with few exceptions, live animals of any kind are not permitted on the premises of a grocery store, a restaurant or other food establishment. The prohibition applies to dogs, cats, birds and other animals. Animals are unsanitary, and the law protects the national food supply from contamination from dog drool, urine, feces and other material that dogs carry on their coats and paws and might leave behind on store shelves or counters."
Maybe it's because we have on average each year 4.7 million dog attacks on people, add to that the drop of a hat litigation mentality, and it's easier to simply say no dogs.
https://www.pe.com/2014/02/27/murrieta-lowe8217s-s...
"The Food and Drug Administration's Food Guide lays down the law: with few exceptions, live animals of any kind are not permitted on the premises of a grocery store, a restaurant or other food establishment. The prohibition applies to dogs, cats, birds and other animals. Animals are unsanitary, and the law protects the national food supply from contamination from dog drool, urine, feces and other material that dogs carry on their coats and paws and might leave behind on store shelves or counters."
Maybe it's because we have on average each year 4.7 million dog attacks on people, add to that the drop of a hat litigation mentality, and it's easier to simply say no dogs.
https://www.pe.com/2014/02/27/murrieta-lowe8217s-s...
I would never dream of taking ours into a food shop and as i mentioned above, i am usually reluctant to take him into a shop but if i do, he is on a short leash. Same if people come up to him as he likes to jump up to say hello and i dont allow him to do that to people i know, never mind strangers.
I would only take ours into a shop that expressly invited dogs and didn’t have food at basset hound height. He did once have a massive dump whilst I was queuing to pay for some cheese at a farmers market which was somewhat embarrassing. The chap behind me in the line was less than amused and I don’t blame him. So nowhere with big queues either.
Was in John Lewis (Edinburgh) only the other day, and the experience bore out an earlier poster's remarks above about a firm which has apparently been allowing dogs in, with owners, for some time.
The owners* in question were a pleasant, youngish couple who'd brought a pushchair along for said dog - just in case, I suppose. Happily, it wasn't needed, since their much-loved canine was cheerfully walking about. And we hadn't come-in to buy any soft furnishings either, so that's all good too.
(*Owners who also appeared to be the only shoppers we saw present that day not required to wear Covid masks.... maybe just another one of those minor social privileges reserved to exceptionalists, I guess?)
The owners* in question were a pleasant, youngish couple who'd brought a pushchair along for said dog - just in case, I suppose. Happily, it wasn't needed, since their much-loved canine was cheerfully walking about. And we hadn't come-in to buy any soft furnishings either, so that's all good too.
(*Owners who also appeared to be the only shoppers we saw present that day not required to wear Covid masks.... maybe just another one of those minor social privileges reserved to exceptionalists, I guess?)
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