To think The Range has made a stupid decision

There is a pet section in the Range, and a garden centre section, so I wouldn't say it was entirely surprising.

I wouldn't take mine to the Range (unless maybe we were looking at something she needed to try on, a harness or hi vis jacket for dark walks etc.).

But it's worth noting that people take their dogs on holiday with them and holiday cottages don't usually allow dogs to be left unattended in them. And while they maybe wouldn't visit the Range on holiday (or maybe they would, who knows), being able to nip into a shop to grab something they need is useful.

Also, there's scenarios such as ours. My parents live a distance away and come to visit us and DD. Their dog is really well behaved but due to having been attacked twice is nervy around other dogs, especially when enclosed, including our very chilled and calm dog. We keep them gated away from each other in the house but won't leave them in the house alone together, even with the gate. So my parents dog tends to come with us when we go out. One of us is happy to stay outside a shop with her while everyone else goes in, or we go dog friendly places. But even being able to "cut through" John Lewis the other day meant my dad didn't have to walk 10 mins round the outside in the rain to meet us the other side, at the dog friendly bit.

I agree it's not appropriate for everywhere. But it's important to remember that it's not all stinky, yappy, piss happy dogs with irresponsible owners.

I agree. I have a condition which makes my skin very fragile and it takes a long time to heal and am scared of dogs jumping up and damaging it. There was someone in a shop the other day with a dog on a long lead, the owner having no consideration for the other customers and it nearly tripped me up. Elderly and frail people can suffer catastrophic injuries if they fall. There are many good dog owners so I don’t want to vilify them all but there are lot of really inconsiderate ones too. For those that say you if service dogs are allowed in then there are the same problems, there aren’t that many service dogs around so your chance of coming across one is quite small and, secondly, they are incredibly well trained.

dogs dont piss on things in shops

My Range has a section of Iceland in there literally next to all the range stuff. It's very small. Wonder if dogs will be allowed.

I look after a lad with SEN who is terrified of dogs and during bad weather we go looking around shops. It’s so annoying when they’re becoming dog friendly and it takes that option away/makes it a stressful experience for him.

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A relative of my husband has a similar issue but her child gets separation anxiety when away from the dog, so she can’t take one of her children with her anywhere that the dog isn’t allowed to go.

I’m sorry your partners dog may need to be put to sleep.

No need for dogs in shops.
However no need for children stood up in trolleys with their dirty shoes on that other people will be putting food into afterwards.
That’s disgusting and far more common.

One assumes that The Range have ordered a number of these for each of their stores...

My partners dog has had awful separation anxiety and has done since lockdown and when two family members died suddenly. We are shelling out for expensive trainers, and drugs, but it’s got to the point that our poor dog may have to be PTS if she is not sorted. Things like this letting us bring our dog in is a lifeline. They also tend to mean well behaved dogs on leads, if a dog was aggressive or hyper and making a mess, you would likely be told to leave, same as if you had a messy badly behaved child.

I’ve seen someone change their baby on a display chair in the range and in a different branch of the range someone changed their baby on a table in the cafe so to be fair if there is any child poo in the range it may not be the child’s fault 😂

I’m not sure if dogs are less hygienic/clean than people, I’ve never had a dog, if a dog sniffs a blanket is that worse than a human picking it up or stroking it? If it is then that would influence my decision on what I bought in shops that allow dogs eg nothing uncovered on lower shelves but I suppose everything we buy is ‘contaminated’ in some way anyway. In a supermarket on Friday a toddler picked up and Apple and was licking it and her mum told her she couldn’t have it and to put it back and she did… I bought oranges instead 😂

Rather than banning dogs, I’d rather ban any living being which isn’t well behaved but I’ll have to wait to open my own chain of shops to impose that rule!

My mother in law takes hers to church … but I’m fairly sure she thinks her dog is human so…

I’ve got a severe allergy (to the extent that I have been hospitalised more than once) and I can tell you that service dogs are a completely different thing. There are much less off them for a start plus they are better trained so I’ve never had one rush at me like I have had non-service dogs. I am going to less and less places because of dogs, hotels are becoming a particular problem for me as more and more of them are dog friendly.

As someone with a toddler, I almost agree. Only my kids never shat on the floor in a shop (yet) 🤣🤣

What is it with people feeling the need to take dogs everywhere these days anyway?! YANBU

And stop comparing dogs to children - children are human beings. Dogs are pets 🙄

That's The Range off my shopping list.

I'm not knowingly buying soft furnishings that have been rubbed up against or slobbered on by dogs.

I don't want to pay good money for potentially flea infested throws and such.

Not all owners are bothered by fleas or buy cheap ineffective flea treatments.

Over 20 odd years I have seen two dogs wee on the easy to clean floor, and one dog poo. However, the staff come immediately to clean up any accidents, so I have no problem with dogs on short leads being there.

That's a fair point. There may be a case for having different policies in different areas.

Just don't go to the Range then if you don't like it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I’ve met far, far more badly behaved dogs than children. I’d say it’s actually rare to come across a dog that is very well behaved. Most I seem to come across have no recall, are reactive and jump all over the place.

I love my dog but I am absolutely fed up with people who baby theirs and think it has the same level of rights as humans. This treating animals like people has led to so many badly behaved and potentially dangerous dogs.

A while ago one of the big shopping centres in Glasgow introduced a new policy that let anyone bring their dog shopping with them. As you can imagine it was short lived due to all poo and pee left everywhere. Just what you want while you’re eating at the food court. 🤮 Apparently, people were also finding pee against clothing rails.

i think retailers are desperate to get more people in-store but are too short sighted to see why this would actually out a lot of people off.

John Lewis has allowed dogs in their shops for years.

Good!

I understand your point but assuming a lot less service dogs in store then just everyone's dogs.

I don't really think you can compare human interactions to dog interactions as really humans should be more aware, having said that the dogs should be under their humans command no? So yes perhaps humans are actually at fault.

People with reactive dogs shouldn't really be in a pub with other dogs if they know their dog is reactive. Much the same for them being off the lead in an environment where there are small children in the same environment if they can't recall them from pushing over a toddler

@Lifeasweknowitisrandom yes I won't be shopping there. It's an overpriced dump with or without dogs anyway.