Shop allows dogs in and my item is ruined

What an utterly silly and ignorant comment.
“All people who take dogs into shops and cafes are thoughtless idiots”
Who is ‘we’?
It may be a hard pass for you, but isn’t for an awful lot of people. Nearly a third of households in this country own a dog and everything suggests that this is on the rise. Dogs are now big business. Where we live, most places are now ‘dog friendly’ and from my personal experience, it’s rare that I’ve seen a problem or a disruptive dog. More than that, when we are out with our little cockerpoo, she gets tons of attention from people who want to say hello and cuddle her, specially families with children. She’s well trained, but I’m yet to meet a single person who seems irritated by her presence.
There are dog owners who are a PITA and they should rightly be criticized, but in my experience, they are the minority.

I would class myself as a dog lover but there is no way I would walk out with a brand new, pissed stained item. I would have told the assistant ‘you wash this one then and I’ll have a new one thanks.’

They wouldn’t have a leg to stand on.

What aspirational brand was it?

Seriously?

“Some people just aren’t training their dogs”

fixed that for you.

Me too!

People who take their dogs shopping clearly allow their life to revolve around their dogs, which is deeply embarrasing

I have a dog, {well trained} and we were in a local park.
I had a bag with a loaf and milk in there that I'd just bought.

A horrible ''Poo'' cross came and cocked it's leg on my shopping bag {as I was holding it }- I complained to it's owner who to be fair paid for the ruined bread and milk- and the bag.

He didn't want to take the pissy stuff, so I put it in a bin in the park.

A pet shop locally complains about people who let their dogs piss up hay bales and sacks of food.
People just aren't training their dogs.

I’ve never seen a dog piss or shit in a shop. It must be extremely rare.

Thank god someone else isn’t as gullible. I was beginning to wonder!

Its the anti dog klaxon being sounded by a one post OP who then vanishes.

Some of the usual suspects have NC for this post I see (the one who says to either cull all dogs or let them roam free like in the old days). I had a chuckle - I bet you’ll see what I mean if you look at PPs names.
My dog has never piddled or pooped in a shop.

People really can be air headed on Mumsnet.
A Guide dog = One of the best and most rigorously trained dogs one is ever likely to find as regards behaving impeccably in public.

I would not have left the shop with my new purchase covered in dog piss. I would have insisted on a replacement and it was up to the shop and dog owner as to who stumped up the cost.

This exact thing could have happened on the street outside the shop

I have a dog and I'd be absolutely mortified if that happened.

Dog owner's fault as well for not training it to pee outside appropriately.

It wouldn't have been. A woman I know has had three guide dogs over the years and none of them would ever piss like this.

They empty out on command.

They are immaculately trained.

My well mannered dog {not a guide} wouldn't piss in a shop either. @shedidwhatnan I'd complain to the manager and get your item replaced.

Too many dogs are allowed to shit and pee in shops. Bad training.

We are for sure but I wouldn’t expect to see one in a shop!

her dog proceeded to go right next to me!

‘to go’ has really only one possible meaning here!!😉

I love my dog dearly but I can't think of anything worse - for me or for her - than trawling her around shops.

She pissed on the floor in the vets once when she was really unwell, and I insisted on cleaning it up, and they are used to it!

I appreciate you’re annoyed - I would be too. And I’m a dog owner. This was the owners fault as you do need to pay attention to them and not just get distracted with the shopping.

Having said that mine love the occasional jaunt to John Lewis or The Range.

Not all dogs / owners are badly behaved. In fact on the bus this evening a couple got on. Alcoholics I believe. And they both pissed all over the seat they were on. And it stank (think strong ammonia in your eyes). It was running down the bus and the seat was sodden wet. When my dog is on she sits on my knee (never the seat) and watches out the window.

Some people are badly behaved. Not all dogs.

Also people who take dogs into shops and cafes are just thoughtless idiots.

Leave them at home. Can't go anywhere now with dog owners tripping you up with extendable leads and they just stand there glancing at you thinking you are about to coo all over their yappy dog. No we are waiting for you to get it out of the way. we aren't interested in your mutt, we don't want to see or hear it, nor smell it on the products we are purchasing. Especially places serving food as who wants to eat with wet dog smell and aggravating allergies. Any cafe that advertises as dog friendly is a hard pass. 2 such cafes I know of have closed their doors as it didnt work out. After constant facebook posts banging on about " furbabies welcome, bring your pooch" I guess furbabies arent buying food and other people dont want to eat with them.

This shop had the policy of allowing dogs in so they must have factored in the possibility of this happening in their risk assessment.

Most dogs aren’t ‘menacing’, plenty of children and families have dogs and love them. It’s probably awful for a minority of people, due to a minority of bad dog owners. Like anything else in life.