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Originally Posted by londonteatime I guess I have to disagree. You can't compare a service dog with a pet. I'm disabled and, while I don't have a service dog, I do understand the need because I have to use a walker the way a blind person uses a service dog to go out. The Americans with Disabilities Act requires the admission of service dogs to establishments. These are perfectly trained dogs and, frankly, there just aren't that many people who use them so it's not like there are lots of them in stores all of the time.
If SOME dogs are permitted in stores, though, then ALL pets have to be admitted to stores since, I'm sure, every dog lover could make an argument for their pet. And while some pet owners are responsible, many are not!
As big a pet lover as I am, I would not want to go to a grocery store where there were dozens of pets. I had a chihuahua in a carrier lunge at me in a public place because I was close to its owner. That thing was an inch from biting me. I cannot imagine being in the produce aisle selecting vegetables with lots of people who are carrying dogs in close quarters. They could lunge and snap. Plus, there are many small children in stores who could approach the dog and be bitten. Many people have animal allergies, too. There are just too many reasons why dogs in stores can be aproblem.
I enjoy taking my dogs to Petco and that's "our time." We get ready, we go and enjoy, and then I bring them back. I schedule Petco outings for times when I have no other errands to run.
I agree that the other guy with the big dog behaved like an idiot; that's a really good indication, though, of what would happen if some dogs were allowed in stores.
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I knew there would be someone who misinterpreted my response. I said bringing her into Shoprite was wrong...I admitted that. I also said that I am not knocking the NEED for a service dog. What was NOT appropriate is his response to the whole, 'Your dog is dirty, but service dogs arent.' A dog, is a dog. If my dog was nasty to others, I wouldn't bring her places to begin with. But to say that a 'normal' dog would contaminate food, and in the next breath say that service dogs wouldn't is not an acceptable response. As I stated before: Just say, "Mam, dogs are not allowed in here." Period, blank, simple. Don't quickly try to cover up your decision. I apologize in advance if I feel like I am getting snippy, but I hate when people try to make me seem wrong, when I know I'm right. Wrong for bringing my dog to Shoprite, not wrong for thinking the manager was incompetent
