to bring dog in supermarket

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I have name changed as I know that most people will be inclined to think that this is ridiculous proposition as its societally unacceptable. I know the cognizant is not to bring them in because they could get out and get into things and cause damage or irritate people with allergens or for hygiene reasons etc etc but surely this applies to dogs who are on leads and being held and not ones in enclosed baby-looking prams that cant get out or get close enough to people to irritate them. I honestly don't see the issue with well behaved dogs who cant bother anyone especially when no one will even know they are there. I saw someone in the supermarket who'd done this a while ago, they bothered no one and ever since I've been thinking that this is something id like to do as I have a hidden disability that is made just that bit more comfortable with my dog just being there but I haven't done it as I'm too ashamed and would be anxious the whole time about being found out! I dont want any "YABU for getting her a pram", its a separate issue, she requires one and I'm not getting into a debate about it. AIBU to go for it or should I leave it well alone and forget about it?

So? He managed fine previously?

He didn't 'manage fine' - he was struggling with sensory overload.

Is your child not allergic to guide dogs then?

It's pretty rare to see a guide dog in a supermarket. I've never seen one and I'm there every weekday.

Like who? Some dogs are never bathed, shed hairs, roll in mud and water, poop without wiping, may slobber... not the dome thing around here 😂

No problem with guide dogs, of course, there's so lovely and polite! And are doing a service bit ordinary pets don't need to be in supermarkets.

Love animals but outside of trained assistance dogs they don't belong in supermarkets, or shops.
I always remember a few years back someone taking their puppy into a local Asda, they'd carried it in. I commented to the shop assistant how lovely the pup was and she promptly pointed to a pile of vomit left on the floor that the owners had left for her to clean. imagine shop work is hard enough dealing with the humans that use it, without the added bonus of cleaning up after non human visitors.
Pets should be left at home, or in the car if it's not too hot.

Assistance dogs aside, I honestly believe that animals don’t belong in supermarkets. I would be less than impressed to see someone bring their dog shopping, whether it’s on a lead or pushed in a dog pram. What’s the pet getting out of this trip? I can’t imagine most would enjoy it.

Apart from guide dogs, etc, no animal should be going into the supermarket. It’s horrible enough having to deal with bad owners outdoors.

Whose word are we taking on this ‘well-behaved’ dog? The owner’s? Imagine having to deal with dog poo in the supermarket because, it will happen! Gross, thinking about it.

Leave your animal at home, or shop online.

Humans are animals. We're not aliens or divine.

We're just as gross as the next mammal, in our own ways.

Nope. Leave at home. I'm a dog lover. I own two. I don't even leave them tied up outside shops because I don't think it's fair to them or other people who don't love dogs. They do not belong in places where unpackaged food is being sold.

Yabu, it's a supermarket. I have a dog and don't think they should go everywhere.

Personally it wouldn't bother me if someone brought their dog/cat/rabbit/whatever into the supermarket in a bag or pushchair. It isn't a big deal to me either way but if it makes them happy then that's lovely.

Yes. If my dog went in our local supermarket he'd be able to cock his leg over the produce in the lower shelves and he's only little. I leave him outside if I need to nip in for something or at home if I need more than a few things

I have a dog that needs 24/7 care, so places becoming more dog friendly is brilliant for us. We do have a very well behaved dog though. That being said I wouldn’t take her in to a supermarket due to the hygiene around food.

Yesterday I needed to pick up some bits for a party, I asked from the door of the shop if they could pass me the bits I needed due to having a dog with me. They welcomed me in and said they preferred dogs to children in their store. 😂

How does your mother manage with guide dogs which are allowed in virtually all shops?

I work 10/12 hour shifts 5 days a week in a supermarket in a large town and have done for the past 7 years. I can count the number of times I have seen a guide dog brought into the supermarket during my shift on my fingers as it is such a rare occurance.

Even when they are brought in they are well trained, desensitised to the hustle and bustle of the store environment and remain focused on their task so they aren't yapping, sniffing at everything, peeing on the floor, getting in the way of other shoppers, jumping up at people/produce etc

Of course it's not acceptable. It's rare to see a guide dog in shops and they are exceptionally well trained and behaved.

Totally different scenario to everyone and anyone taking their dogs everywhere with them. Carrying makes absolutely no difference to anyone with allergies. There was a bloke on the news yesterday taking a supermarket to court because he'd been asked to take his "support cat" out.

Animals in these settings are not appropriate unless part of a properly run and administered charity where animals are allocated on genuine need - such as guide dogs for the blind, hearing dogs for the deaf. People who are deaf or blind cannot have CBT or therapy to become less deaf or less blind. People who feel they need a cat, rabbit, pony or whatever to cope with a trip to the shops have many, many options from developing coping strategies to online shopping to taking a friend etc etc etc.

It's just SO inappropriate.

It doesn't matter how many people on Mumsnet think it's ok, it's the store you need to check with.

You can't wheel your dog into the supermarket with a printout of this thread and say the internet says they wouldn't mind!

Dogs are allowed in loads of restaurants where I live. It's great.

That sounds really frightening. Do you carry an epipen, just in case? It must be a real worry when using public transport etc.

My small town seems to have an unusually high rate of dog ownership, and you can encounter a dozen or more just walking through the little pedestrianised bit on a weekend, especially if the farmer's market is there.

When I had my first dog I was always covered in dog hair, even in winter he'd shed a fine, downy undercoat. Anyone who had that severe an allergy probably would have got a reaction just from standing next to me.

YABU

i don’t want a supermarket which is full of food to be full of dogs. Dogs can and do have accidents. It’s not Hygienic. Dogs do not need to go everywhere ffs.

as I know that most people will be inclined to think that this is ridiculous proposition as its societally unacceptable.

That's because it is

Given the number of dog owners who can't bear to be separated from their precious pooches for a couple of hours I wonder if we will end up with places divided into areas where dogs can go and dog free zones, like we used to have when smoking indoors was acceptable, where you used to have cafes and restaurants with smoking zones and smoke free areas.

whats great about it? Sounds rubbish to me. Unhygienic and I hate it when you have a pub with dogs in and they start yapping at each other. I just think fuck off. Pubs and restaurants and supermarkets etc are places for people, not dogs.

All the doggy people who are whatabouting in terms of guide dogs - a quick google tells me there are 4,800 Guide Dogs currently working in the UK and 1,000 Hearing Dogs.

Your chances of coming across one of those c. 6000 animals on any given Tuesday in your local Tesco is therefore low.

13 million pet dogs in the UK. 11 million cats. 1 million rabbits.

Can you really not see how allowing anyone and everyone to enter every single establishment with any animal of their choosing is a whole other ball game?

There’s just no excuse - barring assistance animals - for them to be in shops. Your darling well trained pet is equivalent to the next person’s snarling aggressive beast -rat, snake, tiger.

Whose dog is untrained?

100% this.

a supermarket is no place for animals.