Discrimination at Flea Markets!!!
 

:thumbdown OMG.. this past Sunday, okay yesterday I went to the flea market with my mom and hubby and sista anyhow since we work a 8-5 schedule Mon- Fri (I come home for lunch ) I get only to spend little time with Gizmo, well except when he comes to work with me.. Anyhow we try to do things on the weekend that includes him... so we decided to go to the flea market and the first one that we went to , they personally came to the door to tell me that my little pup was not allowed!! I was FURIOUS!!! I told the man,"how silly is that, you let unsanitary people sell dogs here , and I can't bring MY pup in that is fully checked and vaccinated , and is MUCH MUCH more valuable than those mutts in their!!(okay, I was a little mad, ).... he said no so I said," well then we will go elsewhere because if he doesn't come in, neither do I!" So we left went somewhere else and since I was already mad evertime people would say,oohhhh he's soooo cute!! What is he a chihuahua or a poodle!!" OMG ..... let's leave the rest to the imagination huh! Some people!!


P.S- Gizmo was cleaner than most people's actual kids in their!
(Hope this didn't offend anyone, just had to vent!!)

I am sorry that hapened to you. Not all places are dog firendly. I dont see why it would have hurt to let him in though.

I had the same experience last year. I'm from Texas too! I'm not sure if all flea markets have the same policy but I went to the flea market on 290(?) and we refused to go anyway because there's no way I'm leaving my baby home for that! :D

I know I would have been upset. Did they give you a reason???? :(

Seems like they would have let you take Gizmo in there especially if there were other dogs in there...did they just say 'NO" or did they give you a reason?

Some people don't have much business sense. Last weekend we took Susan into a fancy antique store. The owner said it was fine as long as I carried her. That's a woman who understands her clientel -- lots of retired people on vacation and passing through with their motorhomes and small dogs. I can't believe a flea market thinks it's hoity-toitier than an actual antique store!

I'm sure not all flea markets have this policy. We take Susie to flea markets and garage sales all the time. But not if they're indoor sales; we wouldn't take her into someone's home without permission.

In Illinois we never had any trouble taking Boog everywhere with us...even auctioneers knew him by name and would say 'I have Boog's bid over here'. Now that we're in Florida I see lots of people taking their dogs into the flea markets and even stores...the signs at the flea markets say 'no pets' but they're everywhere in bags, strollers and front carriers. When we had our accident a couple years ago my husband and I were transported in seperate ambulances and I refused to leave without Boog so they took him with me and even checked him out for us :D I thought that was pretty great of them. We're getting ready to head to Nashville to the big flea market at the fair grounds...does anyone know if they allow pets inside?

That doesn't make sense that they can sell dogs in there but you can't bring one..

I am sorry that hapened to you. Not all places are dog firendly.We went to our family reuion and the same thing happened to us.

Well, here in CA, at least in our area, there is almost no place you CAN bring your dog, Yorkie or otherwise. The only places I know of that you can are Petco and PetsMart. And believe me we all take advantage of that! Every time you go into either store nearly all the shoppers have their furkids with them! It is so nice to go and see other people with their pets. (Takes you a long time to shop, you have to keep stopping and talking to other pet lovers!!!)

That man told you "no" because he knew that if you were there with your cute little dog, that the little grungy dogs wouldn't get as much attention. I've heard of people sneaking their dogs into restaurants...I am too scared to try that tho...has anyone else?

We took our dog into flea mnarket at Nashville and alot of people had theirs in a stroller.

That happened to me about a month ago, I went to the flea market with my son and his dad, and I took bia in her little purse, well one of the guards stopped me and told me I couldn't bring her in. I said "why not she is in a purse, and I'm not going to let her roam free." So he said I could talk to his manager, well 10 mins later his manager came to me and saw Bia in her purse, and said " oh how cute, I didn't see anything" I thought that was nice of him seeing as I drove an hour to get there, and it would have been such a waste. I don't know if I will be that lucky again, so I think if I do bring her next time I will hide her in my sons stroller in the bottom basket, until the coast is clear. I never thought it would be prohibited to bring in your dogs, especially ones that are so teeny tiny, into a flea market. I guess they don't want any lawsuits. I never try any other stores just because I know I don't want to get stopped, so I usually just take her to the petsmart and petcos around.

I cant believe you couldn't bring in your dogs to your own family reunion. Thats crazy, it's your family!

When I had “Tiki”, my fist little girl, she literally went everywhere with my husband and me. She was all over Mexico, Caribbean, and the United States. I would just put a coat over my arm with her under neath and you just could not tell. I would sign in motels and hotels and she never made a sound. She was also on a Ferry that absolutely scared me to death because it was in Mexico and they have no sense of humor if caught! Me and my husband one time went bowling for 12 hours and it was not till we were leaving did anyone know that Tiki was with us. She was an amazing little girl, all she wanted was to be with us. My next 2 little girls were no different, and little Dennis the Menace just yesterday went grocery shopping with me. I have been afraid to take him because he can be a wiggly worm as well as a little mouthy. However he surprised me and did not move a muscle or make a sound! I could tell you the most amazing stories of all my little ones, each one was as good as gold! I will forever love them all.

Sue

Were you trying to bring your dog in just in your arms? I NEVER bring coco anywhere unless she is in her bag. I don't see why people would just carry their dogs into places in their arms. I let her stick her head out the bag but thats its. Most of the time they don't even know she is in there. So we don't get kicked out of anyplaces. We did get kicked out of Target before. The very upscale stores really don't care if you have a dog. We go to Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdales and places like that and no one says a thing. For some reason its the cheap stores that care. Its just my opinion but I don't like to see dogs carried in peoples arms in stores especially if there is food around.

I took Asia to the flea market here in Tallahassee. They have "No Pets" signs all over the place. I carried her out in the open and got a lot of oohs and aahs. When I went to leave I stopped to talk to a friend with a booth there. One of the maintnace guys just said to me "I hope you were carrying her" I told him I was and he said O.K. I just didn't tell him it was because I didn't want her to get stepped on.

Asia is to big for a bag or purse.

I so don't understand why they don't let little dogs in to places. Tucker has a Service Dog patch so they have to let him in. I ALWAYS get a big kick out of it when someone says (usually very snotty) "You can't bring that dog in here" and I say "Service Dog". It shuts them right up! I love it!

I take Gus everywhere with me. He is always in his bag though. I was asked to leave Walmart by a new worker, (who was quite rude I might add) I told her that I've been bringing Gus in for the last past year. And never was turned away,,,, She didn't care, so I asked for the manager, (who I knew) and he said it was fine as long as he was in the bag. and just this last Friday while shopping for b-day gifts for Cherish, I had a lady who was behind of me in line at Target who had a baby that was in badly need of diaper changing! Who was outraged that I had the nerve to bring Gus in a plublic place. And was speaking her mind out loud. The lady in front of me just looked at me and rolled her eyes. We both made it a point to speak loud enough for her to hear that the godawful smell that was lurking around was not coming from Gus,,, and people should take care of thier own before talking sh** about others. We also pointed out that they do have changing tables in the rest rooms. I guess she wasn't too happy because she went to go snitch on me. The manager came up to me and said as long as I didn't take him near the cafe and he stays in the bag it was ok. But to maybe leave him home next time coming in, Then when the lady walked away, he told me where I can find a doggy bag that better hides a pet with pleanty of ventilation. He too has a furbaby that his wife takes every where.