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Originally Posted by nana911  Many people are passing their pets these days by getting online, bogus certificates. Whatever. I do not equate my desire to take my pet to the grocery store with the necessity of a disabled person who has to have his service animal to assist him/her with their activities of daily living. That would be pretty self centered, don't you think? |
WOW...getting a bogus certificate to pass a pet as a service animal is terrible! People like that have no shame!
My desire (and probably others too) to take my pet to the grocery store has nothing to do with a disabled person either. What I don't like is for store managers to come up to tell about some hygiene rule when a small pet is secured in a carrier. This happened to someone I know here and the store that complained has changed it's rules because of too many pet carrying customer complaints. They realized it was good for their business to accept small dogs in carriers. That is the exception, small dogs in carriers. They have even put in a huge pet products section with all sorts of pampered pet items for small dogs. They saw the
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I am very grateful that I live in a city where pets are considered as family members, and small well behaved pets are allowed to shop and dine (outdoors) with you in peace. There is nothing self-centered about that. The days of the back yard chained up pet are shrinking...at least for people who value quality living with good sense. But for a person who has a non-trained mis-behaving dog (or even children for that matter) a business should have the right to ask them to leave, because THAT is hazardous and disturbing for others.