Originally Posted by voodoochyl (Post 2549571)

I have only taken mine into Petsmart to try on a Christmas outfit. I guess I still can't overcome the man carrying a tiny dog in a doggy pouch thing...hahaha. I have already had several buddies threaten to suspend my man card for buying him clothes. He does come in the car quite a bit, until it gets too hot in the year to do that anymore.

Originally Posted by cpuff35 (Post 2548037)

I've taken Cassi to most of the stores and never had any problem. I usually keep her in the bag and when she starts to fuss a bit, I immediately leave the store unless they allow pets. One place I would never take her to is Target. We've taken Cassi to Target a few times and never had an issue. Until one day one of the Target employee told us that pets were not allowed and we said their was no signs on the door and also she was in a bag. So DH decided to take Cassi outside anyway, but since it was raining he stood between the two sliding doors. In any case, the front store manager gave my DH a real hard time and told him to 'get out of the store' and that he couldn't be on the premise. That's when DH asked to speak to the general manager, at which point the front store manager started to make a huge stink about it and started yelling and even cursing at him, she even stepped up to him and another employee had to pull her back. In any case, this whole thing left a real sour taste in my mouth and it was so embarassing. After leaving Target, I was still so upset that I called and asked to speak to the general manager (who appeared at the end of the whole embarassing scene) and filed a complaint. A few days later Target HR called and apologized and said that they would start affixing signs on the door to say 'no pets allowed'. Well after that incident I never went back to that Target. :mad:

Originally Posted by cpuff35 (Post 2548037)

I've taken Cassi to most of the stores and never had any problem. I usually keep her in the bag and when she starts to fuss a bit, I immediately leave the store unless they allow pets. One place I would never take her to is Target. We've taken Cassi to Target a few times and never had an issue. Until one day one of the Target employee told us that pets were not allowed and we said their was no signs on the door and also she was in a bag. So DH decided to take Cassi outside anyway, but since it was raining he stood between the two sliding doors. In any case, the front store manager gave my DH a real hard time and told him to 'get out of the store' and that he couldn't be on the premise. That's when DH asked to speak to the general manager, at which point the front store manager started to make a huge stink about it and started yelling and even cursing at him, she even stepped up to him and another employee had to pull her back. In any case, this whole thing left a real sour taste in my mouth and it was so embarassing. After leaving Target, I was still so upset that I called and asked to speak to the general manager (who appeared at the end of the whole embarassing scene) and filed a complaint. A few days later Target HR called and apologized and said that they would start affixing signs on the door to say 'no pets allowed'. Well after that incident I never went back to that Target. :mad:

Originally Posted by SophieKatesMom (Post 2550282)

SophieKate has been to many stores, Home Depot, Lowe's, Payless, Macy's, our local Mall, Ulta, PetSmart, PetCo, Ikea, Best Buys and the list goes on.

On the weekends when we have errands we usually will take her with us as long as we are NOT going to a food store or a restaurant.

Last week I took her with me to the Apple Store while I was taking a class, they were fine with her being there.

One thing we do is if we have a question on if she can be in there we will ask prior to taking her. Good example was Ikea, we were not sure so on a previous visit we asked.

SophieKate also goes to Farmer Markets, Flea Markets and Antique Malls.

I very rarely will let her walk around a store, she is either standing in the cart or, we have sling bag she will be in it with her head out. I feel she is safer up off the ground and away from feet or little kids who are tempted to pick her up and, I always have her close by in case I need to grab her.

SophieKate's favorite place in the world is Lowe's, she loves that store and the people who work there. We were remodeling in December and she went to that store A LOT so now when we walk in they all know her name and call out to her. Kind of like Norm on Cheers