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Originally Posted by MandiesMom  Guess I don't see the big deal about dogs being in a grocery store/section. All the food is boxed, bagged, or wrapped...well accept the fruit and veggies, but I wash those before i eat them anyway so...
I can see how the "idea" of it is offputting, but when you think of the logistics (even the one licking the plastic on the chicken)...they aren't touching or harming any food product. And, with the licking thing, not only was it the plastic, but I plan on cooking my chicken before I eat it. I'm far more concerned about salmonella than a dog lick (mine kiss me all the time so obviously licking doesn't concern me lol) |
I do think 'the idea' can be offputting to some people and I wouldn't want to 'offput' them myself...doesn't seem fair at all to do so...but, I suspect if there was a genuine way to get true numbers, it would be discovered that most of the 'ick' that makes us sick comes from human sources rather than animal sources in stores where pets are allowed. I wouldn't want to take a dripping jar off a low shelf doggie 'urinal' or slip in excrement on 'aisle 3' either.
But, seriously, even back in the day when dogs were allowed everywhere...and in some parts of the country/world (like Italy) still are, I never saw diseased, dirty, disheveled, or unkempt dogs being taken everywhere by their owners. Most of 'those kind' of owners that don't care enough for their pets to keep them clean and brushed don't bother to lug them around, either. Always, it was those of us who truly babied our furries and treated them as our 'children' and 'rolled our eyes' over how spoiled our little ones were (thanks to us...lol) who bothered to tend to them so much of the time, keeping them with us, and fussing over them.
It is so much easier to just leave 'Fido' home alone and on his own...he is 'an animal' after all, isn't he?...and go have a good time ourselves, free and clear of worry and bother, than carry leashes, water, kibble, treats, combs/brushes, toys, wipes and towels, etc. in the 'doggie diaper bag' to keep 'FiFi' clean, dry, detangled, de-burred, safe, happy, hydrated and gorgeous for all that oooo-ing and awww-ing. lol
By contrast...and I have children who were young once, too...lol...and picked up frogs and toads, and insects and mud, etc. in their once clean hands...this was before all the nice 'wet wipes' in 'travel pouches' too...when bulk foods were first put into the supermarket where I shopped in NH back in the '80's, I watched a young boy open the clear acrylic lid on a bulk barrel of candy and take a piece out. No store personnel were in that dept...it was 'self-serve.' That grossed me out...I know about kid hands! lol and what can fall into an open barrel. What happened next still turns my stomach...his Mom saw him take the candy and as she started saying, "put that back," the kid popped the candy into his mouth, and hearing then the 'directive' duly removed the candy from his mouth and returned it to the large barrel from which he'd taken it.
To this day, I will not buy things from bulk barrels, and only buy things like organic popcorn and coffee beans from pouring type 'hopper' style bulk displays. Kids don't tend to eat those...or "put them back"...and both are going to see some high heat before touching my lips...and I am not even a germ-o-phobe.
