"Maggie Was Turned Away"
 

I'm as mad as a blood drained ole bat. My husband and I went to Petsmart today to purchase the Outward Hound Walk 'N Roll Pet Stroller. It is very nice, with mesh sides, zipper top, pockets, sun shade and very easy to roll. We bought it so that we could shop the new Cabela's Store in Fort Worth. We were met at the door by an employee asking if he could put our dog in the kennel. I said "No", she is just fine and secure in her stroller. I thought he was asking a question, instead it was an order. He said that the dog could not shop the store. I told him "Since When". Well, here came the manager and said that our little Yorkie could not shop with us, regardless of the stroller or not. My husband told her, "You just lost our business".
Maggie was a lot cleaner and smelled better than the majority of the customers there, including the employees. I have already written Cabela's and Outward Hound. The stroller box said take your pet anywhere you would take a stroller.

Okay I feel better. But final word, "Our babies are not welcome, everywhere". :mad:

That's unreal - if a baby can be IN a stroller why NOT a yorkie ? I don't get it - it's not like you were holding her in your arms or on a leash ?

I'll say this - it's probably the first time they EVER saw a cute little yorkie in a stroller and probably had no idea what to do and just said no to cover their butts....I hope you let Maggie out for a nice poop in front of the store. ...just kidding ...but it's a nice thought :)

I would have been so upset too! Poor Maggie, I hope she didn't take it personally?! I get so upset if my girls are not allowed somewhere too - had to laugh when you said Maggie was a lot cleaner than many there as this is always my argument too! I thought dogs were allowed in Petsmart? Wish we had one in Wales..! We do have a largish pet store (nothing by your standards) and our girls always go in with us. Don't let it upset you too much, Maggie's too good for them! Ana xx :aimeeyork

I do wish more businesses in our country were dog friendly as there is no reason for them not to be. Dogs do go everywhere in a lot of places in Europe and I think if we start taking our dogs everywhere and doing just what you did by not ginving them our business then businesses will be foced to change these ridiculous policies.

I don't have the problem because all of mine are service dogs and have to be allowed unrestricted access with no charge to any place that is open to the public. I am not blind, but my disability is such that I can use a dog to help me with my normal daily activities such as picking things up, retrieving items, alerting to certain situations and sounds, etc. It is a great law and I would never encourage anyone who did not have a condition which qualifies under the law to do this, but most of us have some malady that our dogs could assist us with and so for them it is the best. They can have their baby with them always.

We have a long way to go to educate the public about the health benefits of dogs, as evidenced by some of the negative feedback I've gotten even here on this forum, but it is a proven fact that dogs reduce stress and can even give people a reason to live. Our legislators recognized this when they enacted the Americans with Disabilities Act and I am trying my best to educate everyone about the law. It helps everyone...the disabled, the dogs and the able-bodied. It harms no one. It's a win win.

I agree! We should be allowed to take our babies anywhere we go in a stroller or a bag. I mean, if you put a baby in a stroller and let them in the store, why not a Yorkie? A Yorkie might actually be less trouble and less noisy. Gosh! People can be so rude!

Our local pet stores are generally good, we have a local store called Jollys and you see loads of dogs in there! We also have a local store that used to be a Pet Smart but is now a Pets at Home (I think they bought out Pet Smart in the UK) and she has always been allowed in there on a lead. We don't even need to carry her! I cant see what the problem is to be honest, especially if you had her in a stroller! I mean, what could she do??!! :confused:

I understand totally how angry that made you!! We have had several incidents similar and my husband reacted the very same way!! :) If business owners only knew how much they lose because of that attitude maybe they would change some of their rules! Is Cabela's the same one that sells sporting goods?

I just HATE it when people look at my dogs and give them that "evil" look as if they carry some kind of disease with them - we have a "family member" that thinks her english stafford pees perfume and looks at our babies as if they craweld out of the garbage can :mad: - my friends and cousin have yorkies, when we have something going at my house they bring their dogs on my request, they all welcome!! last week when we had a birthday party at my house, she was here too and she told my cousin that shes pathetic to bring her dog along to MY house, to say the least i was furious about that comment and decided that this specific human small dog hater is NOT welcome in MY house anymore - i could not believe the "look" on her face.... it disgusts me to no end!!
She also told my cousin that she is NOT to bring her dog to HER house because her stafford is affraid of small dogs, yet when her friend brings her two small dogs along for a visit at her place she sits back and smiles :confused:

Like they say: u can chose ur friends but not ur family :( :mad:

Wait a minute I thought all places like petsmart and petco allowed dogs. When did this change?

well how rude they should of just let her she wouldnt of hurt anyone those people are mean
allison'n'belle

Hope I didn't type the thread wrong. Maggie was welcomed with open arms at Petsmart. Should be :D , I think I own most of the store now. :D She even PP'd on the floor, and they thought that was so cute. The store employee even cleaned it up. It was the huge sporting store Cabela's that she was not welcome.

Around here, several of our downtown shops have 'shop dogs' little precious ones that run around the store. It is really cute.

There is a problem with taking pets into stores. You have to remember the people who's dogs have no business in public places. How do the stores keep them out and let us in. At least a service dog has training, one part of the training is being able to behave in public. Just a different thought - I remember a thread recently about a schnauser jumping out of a cart at PetSmart trying to attack a yorkie. :teeth:

Yes, Bettyeanne, it's the same one. This is a brand new store. It is one of their biggest in the nation. I couldn't believe it when we drove up to it. This is so funny. Cabela's called our home about one hour after I sent the email letter to administration. My husband talked to them and told them they would never have to worry about our little Yorkie again, because he was taking his business to Bass Pro Shops.

Way To Go Maggie's Daddy!!! :thumbup:

Too funny! I think I would go back and make sure she had her potty break!

That's SO dumb! Oh my gosh, what an idiot on a power trip! I just don't understand ANY reason that they would turn you away like that!!!!!

Ok, so if dogs shed, they don't want dogs in their store. - Well, people shed more than yorkies do, it seems, so that shouldn't be a problem.

People can be allergic to dogs. - But not yorkies, so that's not a problem.

Dogs can pee on things or chew things up - but not a cute yorkie in a stroller!

Even children make messes, run thru the aisles of the store hiding in the racks, disrupting customers.... We love kids, but I'm just saying it's possible. We all know that, of course...which only makes us more mad at the fact that they turned you down.

We're all with you! They suck for doing that!!!!

Sounds like a really cute new stroller tho! You ought to post a pic of Maggie in it! I would love it see!