[richards6402]

I just got back from getting groceries at our local Walmart. I was walking in the cereal aisle and looked over and saw a woman pushing a shopping cart with a dog bed in it. Inside the dog bed was a s**th Hu (sp). The dog was sitting peacefully inside the bed and not making a noise but it was sitting nose to nose with a package of chicken breast along with other groceries. People were watching her and you could see them talking and shaking their heads.

I just happened upon an Asst. Mgr. and asked her if Walmart lets dogs in their grocery side of the store and she surprised me with her answer. She said Walmart can't ask a person if the dog is a service dog or the dog doesn't have to wear any kind of a service dog harness. She said when she worked in New Mexico she heard of people bringing in minature horses and even a monkey as long as the animal was a service animal.

I am a dog lover and take Macy where I can but I'm not sure how I feel about people just bringing in animals to a grocery store. If the dog was a service animal I think the animal should wear some kind of identification. If a dog is wearing a service animal harness you pretty much know not to try to touch or pet the dog, if they aren't wearing a vest I would think they are a pet. What do you think? Is this nation wide or just the state of Illinois?