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Across the Fence:  Dogs in the market???  |
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
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Heather
Texas
USA
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 Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 11:09:21 AM
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Ok, this really is a pet peeve (pardon the pun) with me. I see a lot of people carrying their little dogs in the store when it says outside no pets unless they are working animals. I actually got the manager when I was yapped at by a little Yorki. How would the people like to have my 85lb boxer sitting in the cart? I LOVE my dog and I have let her eat off my ice cream cone (you know you do it too!!!   ),she has taken care of my Jeep while I am running errands and I love to be around her but a rule and a law is just that and I find it quite obnoxious when people do this. Plus, I don't want an animal, no matter what form, around my food. I see it all the time in the mall. What say all ya'll???
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
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Ga Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karen
Meansville
Ga.
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 11:12:20 AM
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I'm with ya Heather, If a sign says no shirt no shoes no service People make sure thay have their shoes and shirts on same goes for no pets allowed(no matter how little).Karen
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 11:22:20 AM
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| I agree..Plus I see it as discrimination(tongue in cheek,.sorta) I have a Great Dane. They also don't make those cute little tutus for danes like they do for the doglets. I actually wanted to cross dress my male dane Nixon in a tutu for a good laugh & a photo. (I know, I know, I am warped), but WHERE do you find a doggie tutu for a Dane? |
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 11:29:37 AM
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I think we should have a protest and bring all of our BIG dogs to the store with us on a set date..what says you??? HA!!! You could just get some tule and wrap it around his pretty face...
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
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Mommyswanson
True Blue Farmgirl
463 Posts
Laura
Waukegan
IL
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 12:55:25 PM
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Well, I would never take my dog in the market or Target or such but the Lady at the second hand shop in our neighborhood let me bring him in there today. It was just us & her and she wanted to cuddle my doggie!!
Laura
"That which does not kill us makes us strong!" "I cast all my cares upon you Lord." |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 1:01:50 PM
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Heather, my husband takes our lab to Home Depot and to the Tractor Supply store...noone says a word. I thought it was bizarro and presumptious, but he said if anyone asks, he'll just say he's a seeing eye dog!!! I probably wouldn't take our 115 lb. German Shepherd in as a courtesy to folks with weak knees (and hearts)...she can be overwhelming...
I've never seen dogs in the grocers, but I do see them everywhere else, even in Kohls up this way. Purse dogs, mostly. But Lowe's and Home Depot advertise to bring them...so he does :)
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 1:26:14 PM
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Big pet peeve of mine too, Heather!
I used to be the store manager who had to tell these mean old ladies or spoiled young princesses that it was against the law for them to bring their dogs into an establishment that serves food (state health code). Boy, that went over real well ;)
To my way of thinking, stores are private property and the staff are like your hosts. If they set some ground rules about how they'd like people to behave in their store, you should respect that.
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
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Heather
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 1:39:52 PM
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Ok...if they advertise,,,that is one thing and that is pretty cool, in the grocery store with food or in restaraunts, I can't take that.
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
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Edited by - catscharm74 on Jul 15 2008 1:40:38 PM |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 1:44:40 PM
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My husband works at a bistro with an outside seating area on the street, and several "neighborhood" folks who come to eat dinner bring their dogs and sit outside when the weather is good. The dogs always leave with a nice doggy bag from the staff. Guess it just depends on the proprietor...but nope, never have seen them at the grocery.
*Lisa*, it cracked me up that you referred to small dogs as "doglets"....
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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Jami
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jami
Ellensburg
WA
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 2:21:01 PM
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I call those "ankle biters" and I have my DD's Boston Terrier here and she's one too, BUT I don't take her into any store except Pet Smart. I think it's disgusting to have animals around food like that. They don't belong in the mall either--can you imagine if a store got infested with fleas or something?  Just the thought kind of makes me crack up and cringe all at the same time.
Jami in WA
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CountryBorn
True Blue Farmgirl
1545 Posts
Mary Jane
New York
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 2:31:34 PM
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I have only seen seeing eye dogs at the grocery store. Not many at that. In our Tractor Supply store they have a container of dog biscuits on the check out counter. So I have seen them in there. I don't think the grocery store is the place for dogs,some of the kids I could do without too!!LOL
MJ
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melanie47601
True Blue Farmgirl
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Melanie
Boonville
IN
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 3:01:25 PM
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Around here dogs aren't allowed in any place that sells or serves food, only service dogs are. The only place I can really think we've ever had a problem with folks bringing in their critters was the gas station I worked at. It wasn't just dogs that would come in. There was a man who brought a glider squierrel in his coat pocket, a woman used to come in with a parrot on her shoulder and the snake man brought his baby Ohyan, an Indian Python in one night. I think the problem started because it wasn't posted "no animals". Once management put up the sign, the critters quit coming to visit.
As far as me and my lil ankle biter, we only go to Tractor Supply and Pet Smart every once in a blue moon. She's such a barker so I really try to avoid taking her in those places.
Melanie
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kydeere40744
True Blue Farmgirl
1132 Posts
Jessica
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 9:28:22 PM
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I despise seeing any little yappie dogs or yappie kids when I'm doing shopping. When I worked in retail mgmt, we had to approach people and tell them to leave as they were heading straight over to the produce and grocery section. I don't know what they would do if their doggies did their business in a store or even in their arms. We did have one lady that was notorious of bringing her dog, only for it to be hiding what she was trying to shoplift. I think it is very careless to anyone that may be allergic to dogs or cats.
As far as kids...yeah kids will be kids. However if I had acted like some do running around in a store, my momma would have our hide.
Now I'm sitting here laughing at the thoughts of big Dane dogs wearing tutus and cinderella costumes. HAHA
~Jessica in Kentucky & Farmgirl Sisterhood #137~
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MagnoliaWhisper
True Blue Farmgirl
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Heather
Haysville
Kansas
USA
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Posted - Jul 16 2008 : 06:14:14 AM
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lol Yeah, I always think about the laws too, and wonder what these people are thinking, they are brazen!
On a funny note, I only see my mom and her adopted children once a year cause we live far away. So we go camping together for 3 weeks once a year. Any way, a few weeks ago was our annual camping trip. Her 9 year old daughter, on the last day wanted to show me her "electric" dog. My husband and I had stayed at a seperate camp ground from them (works better for all of our sanity! lol), and so she brought it to the Denny's we were having our finale meal together at. She seen the "no dogs" sign and said she wondered if that meant electric dogs too! lol My mom and I laughed and said we thought it would be ok. Well, while we were waiting for our meal, she went to the car and got her "dog" to show me. She made it walk back and forth a few times by the table, when a waiter walked by, and said, you can't have dogs in here, it's the law! (he was nice about it though) We all busted out laughing!!!!!! And told him it was not a "real" dog, it was electronic. He said really? It looks real! He asked if he could borrow it, and went and teased/tested his manager with it! lol hahaha We all had a really good laugh about it! |
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 16 2008 : 06:22:09 AM
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Cute Heather!!!
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
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clux64
True Blue Farmgirl
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Celeste
Blair
NE
USA
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Posted - Jul 16 2008 : 06:26:11 AM
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I've never seen a dog (or shirtless person) in a grocery store. In Europe, however, you will see dogs EVERYWERE. This difference is that the European dogs are very well behaved--no yapping at strangers. I sell at a local farmers market and I see dogs at market all the time, all very well behaved. I kind of like it too, feels homey.
Celeste
"No matter where you go, there you are"
--Confucious
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
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Posted - Jul 16 2008 : 10:36:54 AM
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I must say I do find it appalling when I see people bringing their little dogs in food stores, and I feel bad for the dogs too. I always wonder what people would say if I brought one of my cats in a store, now that would be a guaranteed HORROR SHOW...for everyone involved and there would definitely be some bloodshed...
Karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
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kissmekate
True Blue Farmgirl
890 Posts
Kate
Delano
Minnesota
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Posted - Jul 16 2008 : 6:23:50 PM
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My friend has a small chihuahua as a service dog. (Nixie is trained to spot seizures-and she is ALL business when her little vest is on.) Dayna encounters a lot of predjudice even when her little vest is on Nixie.
Personally, I LOVE my dog too, but he belongs at home. No matter how careful I am, I still find his little black dog hairs everywhere, and he isn't supposed to shed. I would be mortified if I brought him to Target and found his little black dog hairs everywhere. yuck yuck yuck!!
I will have to pay more attention, I know if I find someone with their little yappy doglet (that cracks me up too!) near food, I will tell the manager to get them out of the store.
Now I wish they would be able to kick out obnoxious whiny kids and their clueless parents. This includes those brats that wheel around in those heelies too. I swear to God if one of them knocks me over, I will smack their little bratty behind.
Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland |
Edited by - kissmekate on Jul 16 2008 6:27:33 PM |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jul 17 2008 : 05:56:10 AM
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Kate, you crack me up!
I was just thinking if there was even one of my dogs that I could take into a store. The one I would choose (Finnigan) would NOT be a good choice because he likes to mark everything--and I mean everything. We made one trip to Petsmart and it took me an hour and a roll of papertowels to get out of the store for a bag of dogfood!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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primjillie
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jill
Antelope
CA
USA
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Posted - Jul 17 2008 : 3:12:32 PM
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| I'm in the minority here, because I love seeing dogs everywhere! I have two dogs myself that live in the house most of the time. It doesn't bother me to see people carry in their little dogs to the grocery stores. They usually behave better than most of the screaming kids I've seen lately. I figure I have dogs around my food at home, so what difference does a store make? We vacation over in the Mendocino area, which welcomes dogs in most stores and even some restaurants. They all seem very well behaved. |
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