[Ashley V]

It could have been said a lot differently... like the manager could have come up to you quietly and said that there are no dogs allowed.

I don't know why people get so upset about places not allowing dogs. A lot of places don't allow dogs and if that's the policy, then that's the policy. There are many reasons I can see why a store would not accept dogs, no matter what their size. I don't bring my dogs into any public place except for places that I know allow them, like pet stores or parks. My dogs are socialized just fine and don't bite anyone. As for screaming children - yes, they are annoying sometimes, believe me, one pulled a fire alarm in my office yesterday because mommy wasn't correcting him and shut down the whole hospital - BUT it is very illegal to leave a young child, whether a screaming one or a well behaved one, at home alone so of course there will be children in public places. Dogs you can leave at home. If I'm ever in a situation where I can't bring my dogs in a store and they happen to be with us, one of us (myself or DH) stays in the air conditioned car with them. No big deal.