To think The Range has made a stupid decision

I don’t have a burning desire to take the dog shopping (though it would be handy to be able to take him into the newsagents). But we recently took ours into a number of churches on Heritage Open Days. He was welcomed in all and clearly gave a great deal of pleasure to a lot of people who were making a fuss of him. Mind you, he is very calm, the right height to be stroked easily and house (any building) trained. We were told in one church that a dog regularly came to their Sunday service (presumably with its owner!).

Doesn’t bother me one way or the other…..I don’t take my dog shopping unless I go to Cheshire oaks outlet where dogs can go in the shops except Marksies and next

This policy is like giving the finger to people with pet allergies and those afraid of dogs.

Having been snapped at by a border collie for walking to my back gate, pinned up against a wall by a staffie and chased by a doberman whilst delivering milk and bitten by a mongrel whilst doing my job. All whilst the owners were insisting it won't hurt you. Plus many other incidents.

I'll giving The Range a wide birth from now on.

If you had a relative or friend with a severe dog allergy requiring an Epipen to treat an anaphylactic reaction you might see things differently. People should be able to walk safely round large shops without having to encounter a dog.

Someone may find comfort in bringing their dog somewhere like a funeral in church.

As someone with dog allergies, every day it seems the world is closing and off to me. I have just had to cancel a holiday as the "allergy friendly" hotel I booked seems that only applied to the food. Dogs are free to eat in the restaurants and roam the corridors. I can't book a meal anywhere without checking if they allow dogs and the majority now do. It's becoming such an issue that I can't even go into some shops anymore. People flippantly say "Get an epipen" or "Take an antihistamine" but why should I have to inject myself or take medications that can make me drowsy because Fido wants to sniff bedding in The Range? I've been hospitalised before and on a ventilator from dog hair. I wish people would take this more seriously as they do other allergies.

Think it’ll be online orders only from now on…

Yeah - that'll learn 'em 😂

Always avoid dog friendly places. I dislike dogs and dog owners tend to be the most entitled obnoxious people around. I'll avoid the Range from now.

Non dog owner here but I've no issue with this. I like seeing dogs in shops, cafés, etc.

It sounds like it was on their property - i.e. their wall/fence next to their gate.

I have no issue with this - I love seeing dogs in shops. Would be unlikely to take my own as too many people stress them out.

Not one I need in particular, because she'll only go on grass. Won't even pee on our own patio, only the lawn and would prefer to be in the park or the woods.

I was just curious as to what peoples expectations of it were, given it's outside and not actually on their property and dogs should be walked.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyvwgzwv9no

I am so fed up with everywhere being dominated by bloody dogs. Yes, I appreciate some people like them but honestly, they are animals, they do not need to be in every human environment. Leave your smelly mutt at home or in the car.

The comparison to children is ridiculous. Not once did my children shit on the floor of a shop or piss on the goods. Neither did they stick their filthy noses everywhere. All things I have seen dogs do in the past few months. Seeing a lurcher piss on a rack of nightdresses in M&S was disgusting. Even worse when the assistant I reported it to just shrugged and said it would dry 🤢

I will not use cafes or restaurants which allow dogs, we take our own food and drink with us when we are out or on holiday. It saves us an absolute fortune.

Drag a weeing dog by their throat? Bit cruel isn't it?

I've already said I wouldn't take mine to the range. I was just intrigued as to how you expected someone to move a peeing dog. Mines medium size but when she's planted herself and doesn't want to move it's not easy to make her move. I imagine big dogs are virtually impossible.

I love dogs, don't think they should be on lead all the time and think people need learn how to behave around dogs rather than the other way round, but you're right.

Its a stupid idea.

Not all service dogs are service dogs. You can buy the harness/lead off the internet.

Exactly this. But my mum will be delighted

They can (and do) attend church including a couple of funerals that I have been to recently. They weren’t service dogs.

It was a bit of a culture shock to me when I moved to the UK from the States and saw dogs allowed in restaurants. Only assistance dogs are allowed in such places in the USA. Otherwise it is a Health Board violation. I don’t myself have problems with dogs in pubs when the seating is outdoors, or in a pet store, etc, or if there is outdoor dining. Otherwise I am not keen….I like dogs fine, but my attitude may just be what I was used to where I came from.

I found myself having to ask my neighbours politely not to let their dog run around in my garden, and they were really offended….their view was I should fence off my driveway and have more fences (my garden is already fenced) to accommodate their dog. That’s when I knew I was in an alternative universe.

Large staffy = pitbull.

That's classic behaviour for the type of people that own those types of dogs.

The range is so full of plastic crap probably made at great cost to workers and environment in China. A bit of dog piss would be a welcome organic addition to it tbh

Untrained or an anxious genetic monstrosity that will trash their house when left alone - bull terriers are a prime example.

I've had dogs all my adult life. They've been of various breeds, but the one thing they've had in common is that I've trained them properly. If everyone did the same, dogs in shops etc wouldn't be a problem (other than for those unfortunate people who are allergic/frightened).

The worst shops to take dogs into are, ironically, pet shops, especially the large chains. Most of them offer 'puppy socialisation' (that's a whole other subject!) which inevitably means accidents which then, however well cleaned, act as triggers for all the other dogs who come into the shop. Complete vicious circle - I never take my dog into pet shops!

Generally, I don't take my dog shopping as he wouldn't enjoy it and would stop me focussing on the reason I'm there. It seems to me that the whole issue of badly-behaved dogs with owners who expect to take them everywhere is simply one more symptom of a huge problem in the UK - entitlement. There are constant examples of this in day-to-day life, with or without dogs. People..... conducting mobile phone conversations in public places using loudspeaker; in cars/walking listening to music at ridiculously loud levels; eating food (often very smelly food) in public places; not picking up after their dog; leaving cafe tables looking as though a war has taken place there; using foul language in front of children.... It's all about 'me, me, me.'