AIBU to question non-assistance dogs being allowed in Primark?

@ExtraOnionsvery well put and very funny!
I just went into a charity shop women with dog inside - dog stank and horrible shrill bark - owner oblivious ofcourse. Horrible.

Exactly. A military festival isn’t the first thing that comes to mind for being quiet and unlikely for loud noises, bearing in mind due to fireworks alone it’s one of those almost universally accepted truths that dogs are startled by loud noises.

I walked past a local hair salon recently where they'd put a hand written notice on the door asking clients to make sure their dogs had been walked and done their business before coming to appointments. A human salon not a dog groomers. Absolutely no need to take a non service dog to the hairdressers and have them peeing or shitting on the floor. Not fair on the dog, the staff or the other clientele.

A few months ago a woman took her 2 dogs to a&e (apparently where her emotional support animals)

There’s usually pampered pooches in John Lewis at the mall but usually being carried, I’ve never seen a larger proper dog in there. My late ddog was very well behaved but his hair got everywhere, not suitable for clothes shopping plus he wouldn’t be interested in it, his interests were simple, parks, woods, beaches and pubs😁

I was shopping yesterday and noticed a 'pet clean up station '. Gross! That they've had to put that there because people are letting their dogs piss and shit in the store. I love my dog but I don't want to take her shopping.

I always feel sorry for the staff who get left to clean up any messes these dogs leave behind.

I worked in a shopping centre where dogs were banned (obviously excluding assistance dogs) but people still bought dogs in. I had no problem asking them to leave as it would have been up to me to clean any messes up. We often had to clean up food waste/packets dumped in the store so I had no hope that a customer would clean up dog poo.

I thought this yesterday. Not Primark but I was in an independent food shop on Saturday, the kind that sells lots of health food stuff and loads of kinds of humous. Down the aisle came the most enormous dog, huge and fluffy (maybe a Samoyed?). I thought why on earth does it have to be in the shop? Why can’t it just be tied up outside while the owner shops, it’s not like a supermarket where you might be in for ages. Small shop. Massive dog. Bit fed up with these cases!

Never seen a dog in a shop where I live, only outside.

Wetherspoons bans them

Large slobbery dog had lain down in a shop the other day, the owner had been unable to get it to move so had just dropped the lead and stormed out to the pavement. One of the shop staff had to usher it out (it wasn’t a happy dog).

I can only guess they thought “oh it’s outside it’s fine” Accident waiting to happen

Dogs are allowed in most shops now aren’t they?

I love seeing dogs when I am out and about so I can’t say it bothers me.

People who don't like dogs in shops and eateries need to start putting their money where their mouth is and refuse to spend money in those places and inform the owners why they are doing this. Moaning about it on the internet doesn't do anything.

Owners of those dogs are complete and utter morons!

We take ours to dog friendly cafes and pubs if we stop off during a walk and they will come into the garden centre or occasionally a dog friendly shop if I happen to need something and the shop explicitly allows (like Robert Dyas for eg in our town) but wouldn’t actively take them shopping as an outing as they don’t massively enjoy it, I always things dogs in big shops look unhappy and I don’t blame them.
people do go over the top on both ends, with trying to take their dogs everywhere but also with actively displaying their displeasure in seeing a dog. I personally find small screaming children very annoying but I don’t have a choice to go to child free shops, cafes and restaurants.

I am not convinced this is true. I think it's more that stores don't feel they can tell their customers NOT to bring their dogs in. I often notice that there ARE stores/restaurants etc that have "We are dog friendly" signs up but many don't.... and yet, in the dogs come....

“Is it crazy to think dogs are now ubiquitous?”

No they absolutely are. I can’t stand it!

I had a beautiful little dog for 10 years and I loved her with my whole heart.

I wouldnt have dreamed of taking her into shops, restaurants, coffee shops etc. For both her sake and the sake of the people around me. And it annoys me endlessly that so many people insist on doing it. It's not fair on the dog. It's not fair on people who don't like dogs. It's not fair on shops who then have even more cleaaning issues. It's not fair on people who might be allergic.

I saw a woman in a coffee shop whose dog did a wee on the floor and she was so blase. She did sort of half heartedly wipe it up but clearly the staff had to rush over with a mop. Infuriating.

Yep, i feel exactly the same way.

Some people will bring there dog anywhere. There was a military fesival near me last year. Loads of cannons going off and tanks blasting. Loads of terrified dogs as well, just a ridiculous place to bring them

Dogs are not allowed to sit on seats in trains but their owners think they are.
I had a long argument with a woman who put her dog on a train seat. I told her if she didn’t take it off then I would. I was serious.

FGS there is a long thread in this in AIBU already. Bottom line is these are businesses, they have made a business decision to be dog friendly. There are many places that aren’t.

There was a dog sat on a chair licking the table in a local garden centre cafe at weekend 🤮

I declined to buy cushions from a low shelf in John Lewis and jumpers the same in Uniqlo Battersea Power Station because dogs are allowed in and snuffle and drool their way around.

And dogs allowed to sit on seats on trains and tube.