If you have the right pet bag and you are not showing off your yorkie you can get in to anywhere I find. Little kids will notice her first. Mya is dark the inside of her bag is black, I keep a black towel in it, the mesh is black and she is very, very quiet. I have taken her to my restaurants and had her under the table where she was not noticed. I always make sure her bag is sitting in an airconditioned car or the house before I put her in it. I only zip it up to keep her head behind the mesh if I feel the store maybe a problem. Mostly she sleeps.

When Kloey was here with me I took her into a local GNC and the lady just loved her, in walks this couple and takes a look at me holding Kloey in my arms and says, "well if her dog can be in here then so can ares" and this man walks out to his car and gets his golden ret and walks him in, my mouth just dropped, I could not believe he did that. anyways....

so far Lillie has went to the Library with me in her bag and I was a nervous wreck, i thought for sure she was going to bark lol, she went into a local hardware store, Barnes and Nobles, Victoria Secrets, Post office, K-Mart, Wendy's, Logans Road House, A outside Mall, Sally's Hair upply (and was asked not to bring her back in again lol) pet stores, banks, outside ice cream place and this woman just went crazy over here.

I will not leave her alone if we are going somewhere and going to be gone more then a hour and I will not leave her in the car so if we go somewhere she goes and if they want to kick me out then so be it!
You can leave a kid in a car alone so why should you be able to leave a pet?

I bring Gia just about anywhere...


IHOP
Ikea
Walmart
Bed Bath & Beyond
AC Moores
Blockbuster
Mandeees
The Mall
PETCO


I won't bring her to the food store though, I guess I know I would be asking to get kicked out

Old Navy is extremely pet friendly. They even let you have them on leash walking around, all dogs.

Costco is extremely UN pet friendly. They are not even law abiding in regard to service animals.

As far as the Service Animal fake vest thing, i am not sure if it was serious or not, but I encourage you to not do that. I am actually prescribed a service animal to assist me with Anxiety attacks and carry a letter from my doctor. I have a hard time sometimes because of people that lie about their animals. If you are advised by a healthcare professional to get an emotional support animal and can get documentation from them great, but please don't lie about it. It makes it more difficult for people that have prescribed small service animals when employees encounter persons that are lying about it. It is already hard enough to educate people about the fact that not all service animals are seeing eye dogs.

Tika hides in my purse...
 

Tika hides in my purse, so I've been able to take her everywhere I go :D She's very quiet. Thought about taking her to a movie theater, but got chicken :laugh: Has anyone successfully brought their pup to the movies?

Hahahaha, good for that guy! If my boxer wasn't so vicious I would definitly bring him w/ me to all the petfriendly places. I don't believe in breedism, lol. :p

Do you mean can't? I think a child and a pet is a lot different under terms of the law. Even though we all consider our dogs are children, not everyone does. Also, I don't think a pet would "accidently" put a car in gear and drive off...I've heard soo many stories of kids doing that in the past year or so, but none of animals lol.

W/ my luck Rocky would start barking :yelrotflm

I'm afraid mine would do that too...even though she doesn't bark...that probably would be the time that she does :-)

It was the day we went to get her, and we didn't want to leave her in the car along. So we took her into Bob Evans. We put her in a regular sized purse, and put some blankets over her. Then when we were about to leave I just walked out petting her. A bunch of people were looking. It was sooo halarious:yelrotflm

When Mojo was itty-bitty, four months old, we took him into Wal-Mart, just to pick up something (nowhere near the food) and the door greeter said "no animals". So we just left and didn't do our business there for awhile (as if that affected them any).

We stopped at a gas station (a little crappy country one, that is dirty) to get gas, stepped in the door to pay and the lady yelled at me to take him out, so I told that he was cleaner than her fat a$$ and anything in the store. I was so mad...come on, you walk in the door, the counter is right there! Geez.

When Mojo was little, we took him antique shopping with us and went into a candy shop, the lady thought I had a baby (Mojo was wrapped in his blankie) and then when she realized, we had to leave, so I loudly told my daughter that we would buy our candy from the other store from now on. That same day, we ate outside on a patio at a little cafe and the manager spent more time talking to us about Mojo than doing his job! We also went in the other candy store (I actually stood outside, until they asked why I wasn't coming in) and they told me to come in, that they didn't care!

We take him inside the bank all the time. In fact, they all get upset if we don't bring him. They even buy special treats for him, because he won't eat the kind that they keep on hand! Isn't that funny?!

I am afraid of causing a scene, so Mojo normally stays home while we run our errands. He has never liked to be in a bag....has to be in my arms to see the world. But he is quiet and doesn't bark much, would kiss a person to death though.

I meet one lady at a green house with her Yorkie and said that she goes everywhere with her. And that they quit going to the places that wouldn't allow her to come in. She knew that didn't affect or hurt the places, but she just didn't understand why she wasn't allowed to bring her in. I would love to do that, but in my area, there just aren't many places to go.

I think that we should live in a pet friendly world! I would rather my little guy be in the store than some kids and people I have seen! I do not see any harm in taking in a little dog that is carried in her arms and never let down. My husband and I were just talking about that because we are going away for the weekend and can't take Mojo (my parents are house sitting for us, so Mojo will be in his own home).

I can understand the food places and I know that if you let one do it, all will have to do it (regardless of size) and some owners may disobey the rules and let theirs down to pee or poop on the floors, but still..............

If people are disruptive, they are asked to leave an establishment. The same could be said for pets. If your pet pees or disrupts, they shoudl be asked to leave. I don't see how a dog in a bag is going to hurt anyone. They could make rules so that we could take our dogs more places. I work all over..sometimes 1 hr away and it can be difficult when having a dog that you can't take anywhere so I got the celltei carriers and one from target (hobo bag) with the hopes of sneaking him in. So far, I always zip his head up if there is any food in the place (like a convienent store) and no one has noticed...or I don't think they have noticed. I can't tell how bulky the bag looks on me...if I look out of place. The problem is...when the bag moves...
suz

Funny but Sad
 

We used to be able to take dogs into Home Depot. This happened about a year ago.....I was going to go in the the "greeter" told me that dogs were no longer allowed in the store. Well to say the least I was a little upset...I lived 45 minutes away and was only going in for a can of paint...Anyway, my daughter is a hairdresser and one of her customers works there. I told her the story and she told me the reason for this.....There is an elderly man that used to go in there frequently with his 3 little Maltese, they were never tied in, and they weren't the friendliest little guys...Well, I guess the man had gone into the mens room and left the dogs in the carriage..When he came out of the mens room he was NAKED!! He was very confused and wasn't making any sense so they called an ambulance...The people in the store tried to take the dogs out of the carriage and they wouldn't let them near them..Of course I'm sure all the confusion didn't help either...Sooooo....No more dogs in Home Depot!

This weekend I took my bf's nephew w/ my to petsmart and I thought of another reason why dogs aren't allowed everywhere. His nephew is 5yrs old and afraid of most dogs...even Rocky. I told him there would be dogs there and he was scared, but still wanted to go..so after some convincing that dogs aren't bad, he was cool about it and acted very brave. Anyways, back to my point, there are alot of people afraid of dogs, big dogs, small dogs, medium dogs, etc. Now put yourself in that position, IF you were afraid of dogs, or any other animal for that matter, and that animal was allowed in the stores. I don't think many people would be to happy if THEY had to switch stores just because a fraction of the population thinks they can't leave their dog at home for an hour. This made me think, that what if dogs were allowed everywhere, and I had a kid that was afraid of dogs. What if I couldn't take my kid anywhere because there would be dogs there and he started screaming and making a scene because he was so scared?

Another reason is allergies, some people are allergic to dogs. Imagine if you had to go out of your way, because your local convience store allowed dogs and everytime you went in their you broke out in hives or had a worse reaction.

*These are just some reasons I thought of as to why dogs probably aren't allowed in certain stores. Everyones bringing up the cleansiness issue, but I think these are understandable reasons too. As for each individual store, I have no idea why they allow/don't allow dogs

I don't think that the kids in the car thing is just about them driving off alone. Exposure to the elements can be deadly when lock in a vehicle. I live in Texas and there is always a report of an animal or a child being cooked to death in a hot vehicle.:mad: :mad: I agree that if you can't (and shouldn't) leave a child in a vehicle the you shouldn't leave an animal in one. If I tried to go into walmart with my child in a dirty diaper, no shoes, no clothes, messing hair, snot running down it's face, and filthy feet people would stare but nothing would be said (I've seen it!). :eek: But if I bring my freshly bathed, shiny, brushed, smell pretty, Daphne:aimeeyork in there I risk being kick out. That is just plain ignorant.:confused: Some of the kids (and adults) are more unhygenic than my dog and probably more likely to bite!:D

I know a lot of people are dirty, and a lot of dogs are cleaner than most people. But imagine the lawsuits that would come up if they told a person that they couldn't come in the store because they smelled. They can't discriminate like that.

Then why is it okay to dicriminate against my animal. They can't ask someone to leave their bad a$$ little kids in the car to cook (nor should they) but they can ask me to let my baby bake! I just say it is unfair. Value in life is value in ALL life, not just human life.

Sorry I'm so wound up...I just get so tired of hearing ,"it's just a dog". It is life regardless of canine, feline, or sapian.

I've always took Gizmo (hand held) with me to CVS pharmacy, Sally’s Beauty supply, Payless and Staples. No one every said anything to me, until last week. We went into the CVS and I decided to look in the doggie section they have. There was a kid there; as soon as he saw me with Gizmo he squeezed one of the toys. He loves those squeaky toys. He started barking and so the security guard told me I had to leave :( . I bought the toy FIRST! Haha Then I left. :grin2:

I AGREE!!! My dog is my baby and I feel ALL life is important. In the end, all of this is not important: stores and material things. What is really important is respecting all life...and things like that.
My other yorkie passed away last august. It was 3 years of hell because he had gotten SO sick after a vax. Well, I had a guy tell me that until I had kids, I would never know what it is like to truely feel pain over someone getting sick.
I'm also sick of people telling em that my baby is "just a dog".
suz

I feel bad that that kid was afraid but I don't think that is a good enough reason to not allow dogs who are in bags in a place. I was afraid of MANY things as a kid...one being men and they were everywhere and I did not avoid stores that men were in.
Also, it is not about leaving a dog home for an hour. There are many other reasons why it would be very HELPFUL if people would allow dogs in stores especially for those of us who travel, work on the road, or live far from things. Dogs should have a right to leave the house too.
suz

Leaving a dog in a car to bake is wrong, torturing anyone or any animal like that isn't right. If a dog isn't allowed somewhere, then just leave him at home and avoid the issue. If your not sure if dogs are allowed somewhere, then leave him at home. If the dogs aren't allowed you can't expect all stores to make an acception for you, because then it has to be done for all pet owners.

I think fear and allergies is a good enough reason. If you can't be home to take care of your dog and you know that its not allowed in most places you go, then unfortunatly maybe you shouldn't have a dog.

Well, we have to agree to disagree here because fear and allergies is not a good enough reason for me. Most of the chemicals they use to clean stores with are far worse for allergies then a dog in a bag who doesn't shed. I have TERRIBLE allergies and my brother is far worse.
Fear...well unfortuatly you can't change the world just because someone is afraid of things. Dogs have a right to be out and about too. Just as people should be respected and want to take their kids places with them, dog owners should be respected too. People have tow ork to make money and survive. It is not too much to ask to want to take your dog out with you if you've been gone all day or if you are stuck in situations where you brought your dog on a trip or out and about...it is nice to know that some places would let you stop in with them. It's not cut and dry "leave your dog home". It extends far beyond that.
I have respect that people want to have kids and take them out. People should have the same respect for me.
suzie

Sadie has gone to Target before

Okay, well this seems to be a rather sensitive subject. Look, all I am saying is that we should be able to take our "babies" with us. And I have 2 skinkids too! My son is scared of larger dogs, even though we had two. That doesn't mean that I immediately run out of petsmart when a pit walks in.

Now don't misunderstand. There should be restrictions. Why can I take my Daphne into a shopping center if she is in a bag or taxi suitable for air travel. That would take the "dangers" away. There would be no threat of injury to anyone. Now that means that a larger breed dog would be in a large crate but if someone's vet is 1 1/2 hours away from there house and the supermarket is in the same parking lot, why can't I go get what I need without fear of being kicked out of a store? I don't believe in breedism, so yes the regulations should be the same for small animals as it is for large. If the animal is contained enough for an airport, then it should be contained enough for a Target.

I'm not saying everybody should be an animal person, I'm just saying can't we all be a little more tolerant of other peoples life styles. Some of which include animals.


As far as allergies, come on people. Take the allergy meds you have and it'll all be okay. If you're allergic to oak do you stay inside all day with sulafane wrapped around every possible crack in your house? I myself refuse to live in a plastic bubble and so do most people. People that don't want animals in public because of allergies, normally just tend to be intolerant of animals in general.

JMHO!


Now with that said, I have snuck Daphne into Walmart, I have taken her to work with me on the weekend, to the daycare to pick my kids up. That's about all I've dared to do.

I am all about taking my baby in places... but, personally I think that is a bit harsh for you to say that in reference to allergy suffers. Some people dont have health insurance or the money to get the "meds" for it. I guess they should not live in society because of the lack of funds and so forth.
And no if you are allergic to poison ivy/oak you avoid being around it. I am a nature girl thru and thru, but I have learned what the plants look like Very well and stay away... :)

Very Well said... I agree :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

I'm not trying to be harsh, but most people have Benadryl in there medicine cabinet. Anyone that has allergies that doesn't think a dog should be in public just doesn't like dogs! Now of course I'm speaking generally. I understand that there are those that have pretty severe allergies. My BF is one of them, but he still loves our cat and would risk his life for her, and he's allergic to her. He suffers horribly at times, but he doesn't blame the cat. Fortunatly he's not allergic to Daphne!:D

I'm not trying to judge anyone, I'm just saying that MOST of the people I've met that say they can't be around animals because they are allergic don't go into sneezing fits when they come to my house. Yes, their eyes get itchy so I know that they are really allergic, but it's NORMALLY tolerable. Most of them just don't like animal or respect them as God's creatures and their allergy is their crutch. Again, I am speaking very generally.

Keep in mind also, that there are those out there that are intolerante of children. They don't go to a children's park, but you can't always avoid kids. The whole thing is just proof that people don't have the same respect for animals as they do for humans. I've actually heard someone say that animals don't have souls and can't feel. :mad: This came from a chi owner!:eek: I guess I've just been reading way to much about all of these cases of animal cruelty and hearing people tell me that I shouldn't do so much for Daphne cause she is "just a damn dog" and it has me in an uproar about the equallity of animals.

Well Benadryl would not due for me... and I love Animals... I have a Golden Retriever and 3 Yorkies. If a cat gets around me ... I dont just get sneezing fits my throat closes and I have to go to the hospital for breathing treatments... it is utterly awful! I love cats... But I cant have them... Needless to say I dont have med. insurance to get SHOTS and shots and shots nor the money ... It takes a build up of shots for it to take affect and so on... Soooooooo, therefor I just stay away from cats.
So, for a lot of people it is not Tolerable.

And I completely understand that. Like I said, I was speaking very generally. Let me clarify by saying that IF I did have Daphne somewhere and I saw that someone near me was being bothered by her or was scared of her, I would remove myself from the area. But to be kicked out of somewhere just because somebody noticed she was there, that is what I consider unfair. I don't want anyone uncomfortable or suffering because of my children or animals, but I don't want to be kicked out of Walmart because I took Daphne to the vet and had to run into Walmart to get pullups for my son to sleep that night. I also don't see driving an hour back home to take Daphne home and then turning around to drive an hour back to Walmart and then drive back home again. I just wish people would be more tolorable of others. Pet owners...allergy sufferers...parents...non-parents...black...white...brown...I would like to see everyone live in harmony. As cliche as it is...can't we all just get along!!!