I have a aunt like this. It is weird.

 

Basically only a pet store is feed store is the proper place to bring a dog.

Unless of course it's a service dog it should be at home or in a vehicle with the car windows rolled down enough.

Was in Lowes and wasn't paying attention, out of the corner of my eye thought that a kid was going to fall out of the child seat part of the cart, turned out to be med poodle about ready to fall out of the cart

There was a show on television once, I think it was called "Me Or The Dog."

It showcased a lot of people who owned dogs and treated them as they were people, expecting their animals to be shown the same courtesy as a human.  The show was evidently intended to highlight the dog owners' propensity to prioritize their pets over their spouses, dates, or even children (though fortunately a lack of children appeared to be something of a common thread with these people).

I think a lot of people in this thread could have easily been cast into that show.

I'm sure glad I don't know people like that.

I bring my Lama for the Drama
 

Never thought about it much, either way.

bettr?

I'm guilty of taking my GSD to TSC once a month to buy his food.  The cashier encouraged me to bring him when my local store opened last year.  My dog loves the trip and all the employees we come in contact with really seem to like him.  I would never allow him to piss on the floor.  Since I live in the boonies, it's one of the few chances I have to socialize him with other people.  IMHO, there are things more worthy of raising an eyebrow than a well behaved German Shepherd.  

I do it to socialize my dog when i need something. but never a special trip. Also my city just open an off leash dog park.










 

My dog doesn't go out to stores, restaurants or gas stations with me... she's the yapper variety so if she goes anywhere it's only to visit relatives.

No, despite the implication on the title, "Me or the Dog" was a show about an animal behaviorist that taught people how to deal with dog problems, some of which were extreme.

ETA:  However, there were a few cases where your description did fit.

I dunno, I guess I grew up in a different era because I don't ever remember seeing people parading their pissing dogs around in stores when I was growing up.  It seems to have became part of  pop culture over the last decade or so and is now the norm. Go figure.  

You mad?
ETA your spelling.

Childless baby-boomers (or estranged parents) trying to get a little of what they are missing, while denying the magnitude of the difference.

Probably has more to do with where he grew up/lived.  Wasn't uncommon for the mechanic shop to have an old hound wandering around, same for the general store.

I'm still trying to figure out what the fuck he thinks he means.

Why would I be alone?  I've got my dog.  Hungry?  Why, the dog will eat all my food?  My mouth open???

Oh, and my dog is far better behaved than more than a few kids I've seen, too.

I was thinking more of the "My dog is the same as your child" person.

This. lol.



 

A guy used to come into Kroger with his "seeing eye dog".
He drove to and from the store.

Just the feed store. I don't see the need for her to go into other places.

   



 

I can imagine you and piccolo having an interesting conversation....

Never been to a Gander Mt, but Bass Pro allowed us w/ our dog, but no dogs in the shopping carts....so, I went out to the car, and got my son's old ALICE pack- he fit fine in there, and eventually went to sleep on my back while I shopped.

When I was a kid in the 60s and 70s, you could take your dog into stores. The prohibition started when liberal activists, terrified of dogs, started acting up in the 1980s.

piccolo gets around

Don't you know they can tell the driver when to turn and to stop

Why would a handicapped person lock their dog in the car when they go in someplace?

Would you request people paralyzed from the waist down to leave their wheelchair in the car too while they shop?

Also, if dogs are only allowed in pet stores then im going to declare that your children are only allowed in toys-r-us.


Look, i know my dog isnt a kid. I dont treat her like a kid. I take her places because she needs the exercise and socialization and i enjoy the company. If shes not hurting you or disturbin you then you shouldnt want her banned just because you dislike the presence of dogs in public.
I dont like liberals but i dont want to ban them from public places (unless they're obnoxious or disturbing)

I am horribly allergic to dogs.
But if she isn't scratching (raises dander) or in my face, it doesn't bother me.

We have two entirely separate populations that take dogs places, the ones with "furry kids" that leave trails of damaged goods and feces, and the responsible dog owners that clean up after, and maintain their dogs behavior.  This thread will remain being dildoes as long as the discussion is about a single, mixed group.

+1.  To be honest, I am antisocial.  I consider the majority of the people and their brats mouthbreathers until they prove otherwise.  I will be polite but the burden of proof is on you to verify that you are not part of the % of the human race I can do without. I mind my own business, maintain SA, and don't inconvenience those around me.  I wish I could say the same for the oblivious soccer Moms and their spawn I share the roads with or have the misfortune to meet in Target or Smith's.  My dogs don't put their germ-laden fingers that were just up their nose in the buffet, or annoy the other patrons in a restaurant with their uncontrolled screaming and acting out.  Neither do they yell in their Blackberry's while standing in the check-out line.  My dogs don't piss or shit in stores.  They have the good manners to be discreet about it, unlike the "people" who use the public bathrooms in name-your-business-of-the day.  They don't leave shit smeared on the toilet seat or on the stall wall, or piss on the toilet.  And IF my boys show teeth or growl at you, that is usually a very good indicator for me to unlimber my Glock 23.  So get off your fucking high horse.  You are not special, and the world don't revolve about you.  I patronize those businesses that welcome me and mine.  If you don't want my dogs, that's ok.  I respect that.  But if you do, I will spend my money to show my appreciation.  For you others that have a problem with how a business is run...fuck off.  Mind your own business...I can see how GD attracts the stateist types...

About ten years ago I stopped at some old dive gas station along I-29. When I walked in the front door two large black labs pinned me against the wall while barking furiously. When I looked toward the old guy working the register, he just continued to read the newspaper on the counter.

Its funny, i get my hair cut at a 4.99 vietnamese place that has alot of poor, minority customers. I go in there every week or two weeks and generally only get my haircut when im driving past or in the area of the barbershop. I rarely make a trip over there just to get my hair cut.

Basically, frequently when im near the barbershop and have long hair, i also have my dog. In this part of houston, if i leave her in the truck with it running, somebodies going to (try) to steal my truck. If i leave  her in the truck with it off, she will be dead and cooked medium well in under 10 minutes.

I always give my barber a 100% tip on the cost of the haircut and although hes not particularly a dog person, he likes my money.

Frequently, i will be getting my haircut in a barber chair and emma will be laying on the floor at the front by the chairs people wait in to be called, and shes leashed to the burglar bars on the building of course, but with a 4' leash, if she she was motivated as such, she could reach any part of the waiting area.

Anyhow, people will come in who are obviously not trusting of dogs and they will stop suddenly, stare at her with a surprised "do i shit or go blind" look, and then they will look around the shop to see if anyone else is concerned or uneasy about the random presence of the big ass dog in the room.

With everyone completely ignoring the dog and the new customers personal concerns about it, the customer will quickly realize that they're alone to deal with the dog situation. At this point they will look down at emma to evaluate what their chances are with this beast in their personal space and realize that shes totally disinterested in them, if she even picked her head of the floor when they entered the door to begin with.

At that point you can see in their head where they are like, "I dont like dogs but apparently this one is suppost to be here and nobody gives a damn but me and its probably not going to eat me so fuck it, im going to take a seat 4 feet and 2 inches from it".

Im a people watcher and interested in social psychology so its fun to watch this little 3-5 second thought process transpire when people enter the barber shop. Sometimes the other people in there will watch newcomers reactions as they enter too, like they have aready passed through the guantlet of half awake dog and are now in on the joke.

Then a surprising number of times the new customer will be so curious about the dog, and probably bored with waiting for a haircut, that they will test fate by inching closer and closer to emma. I guess as a dare to themselves or out of morbid curiosity to see how fast they can loose a hand. Anyhow, frequently they will inch over and touch her, then pet her, and every once in a while one of these grown adults will then look around the room all excited to see if anyone else is witnessing their heroic act.

Its actually kind of magical because with dogs everybody acts the same whether they're 3 or 30. Its also cool to see people get more comfortable with animals.

Timely pet thread. I was working on my truck yesterday. Weathers nice, in the low 60's, sunny. Everybody and their brother are out walking around. This yuppy dude comes walking down the sidewalk with a dog on a leash. The dog takes a shit and he picks it up and  puts it in a bag.

I'm watching from the corner of my eye. I see him start up the driveway I share with my neighbor.

He goes to their trash can and puts the dog shit in there and starts back down. I told him" Thats private property you know". He just looked nervous, smiled and kept going.

WTF? Take your dog shit with you, fucker!   Its your god damned dog, its your dog shit!

They lived there, you wuz just visit'n.

I'm waiting for ccw and dipshits with dogs to meet. Guy with an "intimidating" dog breed is shopping, dog growls at CCWer, dog gets shot. BIG black eye for both groups.

I find lots of things to bitch about in the world....I would rather someone throw their dog poop in my trash can than step in it though.


I like to take my dog places. He is well behaved, stays at my side, and doesn't piss or poop anywhere but outside. He is friendly enough, though he looks intimidating. He was abused as a puppy/young dog and it is good for him to get out and be social so as not to make him people aggressive. He has only "not liked" a few people and with good reason. I shop at Home Depot over our local Lowe's entirely because I can take him there.

thats not the same thing has someone taking their dam aminals in to a business they don't own.

THIS!     I'll take my dog anywhere dogs are allowed and anyone that doesn't like it can KMA.  My dog will only do his business in my back yard no matter how long he has to hold it.  He'll do far less damage than some brats.

Was that the 1300 S store?  Because that might have been from transients, not dogs.  

The only place Id take my dog is Petco and the ranch store.

MAYBE the gunshop if I were a fixture there and they liked dogs.

Yeah, because my dog doesn't know the difference between inside and outside.  I haven't cleaned up piss or shit inside since she was a puppy.

Furthermore, I'd rather shop with 100 dogs following me around sniffing my ass, than 1 insolent child who doesn't have boundaries even if the parents are staring right at them.

No CCWer in his right mind would shoot a dog just because the dog growls.

I take offense at this.  I don't have kids, and I've never once thought that my dog was a replacement for them.  The magnitude you cite only matters if you feel that not participating in child rearing is somehow making ones life less fulfilling.  In my case, your point is completely wrong.  I have dogs because they are good company.  They never bitch, and they are good for protection.  Women and children do nothing but bitch, are not good for security, cost way more than I am willing to spend on a dog, and women are only sometimes good for company and they will try to take your $$ when you aren't looking.

Yeah, I have a dog because I am trying to REPLACE something................you are so wrong you can't even comprehend how wrong you are.  Also, I see the guilt trip you are trying to foist over me about choosing not to have children........nice try though.



Your logic fails once again.  If I were a 'my dog is the same as your child' person.........then I would by definition be required to treat my dog as a person.  She is not, nor has ever been, treated like a person.  She is a good, trusted companion though.........and has been with me through a lot of hard times......which is more than anything I can say about any person on this planet.

I could also use your argument against you, and say that you are so angry because you don't have a dog, you have kids.  You wish you had a dog, but since you can't you will make having kids sound more appealing because you wish you were part of that segment of the population.  Might not be true at all, but it is the exact opposite argument that you are making.  Sounds ridiculous doesn't it.  Next time, try not using strawman arguments.

There does seem to be a more lenient attitude toward dogs in gun stores, as opposed to other retailers.

I was over in Prague about a week ago and stopped by the CZ Factory Store right before the New Year. Really nice shop. One of the employees had his 9-week-old puppy there, boxed in behind one of those nice wood and glass counters you see on the website.

The gun shop I used to go to in MA had a dog as its mascot that came to the shop every day.

I've only taken her into the pet food store (Not Petco) and only because the sign says "Pets Welcome".

It happened at petsmart to me And i did not shoot but i was pissed. and im still pissed off over it





 

I don't think Hitler ever took his dog with him when he went shopping, so I am probably a REAL American for doing so.

Amiright?

If the store was cool with it, my dog went wih me. He got to get out and see the world, and I got to exercise the dog as a natural part of my day.

Home Depot and Lowes got my business because they let me bring my dog (104 lbs of non-obese German Shepherd).

Or because we like having a fun atmosphere. I have dogs in my store. I once had a field trip, 3 bus loads of kids walking around and a dog haloween costume contest.

One time a contractor footbal game, complete with goal posts. One time tractor races.

Bring your dog and play football and have tractor races and my store anytime. It makes us a damn fun place to be and very successful.

I had a guy with a cockatoo last month, a flying squirrel on a leash last year. Wether they were service animals never crossed my mind.