Dog friendly supermarket

[Ilovepooches]

Yesterday at about 11.45 I went to ALDI Hatfield and saw a dog in there.
It didn’t appear to be a service dog - no obvious jacket or peas stating so. The lady with the dog was very loud in praising the dog so wasn’t even trying to be discreet. The dog was spaniel size, looked like a Tibetan terrier to me. By the time I saw them they were at the checkout then a few minutes later they were walking around again as it looked like the lady had forgotten something.

AIBU to think the staff shouldn’t have allowed this. I love dogs but this was completely inappropriate.

I’d much rather see dogs in Aldi than the badly behaved shrieking kids that always seem to be there when I’m shopping. I was getting really stressed in there this morning with families blocking the aisles, kids literally screeching at the tops of their voices (parents totally oblivious apparently), and kids who were playing hide and seek which involved racing around and knocking things over ffs!
Seeing a dog would have cheered me up, and made the whole experience a lot less fraught.

I’d far sooner have a dog walking on the floor of a supermarket than some pathetic parent letting their children sit in the trolly with their filthy sh1t soled shoes..especially now that a lot of supermarkets expect shoppers to put fruit & veg into trolley without bags. If the child’s small then sit it in the trolley seat. If it’s older it can walk! I’m on Team Dog!

You’re aware trolleys are clean regardless of children sitting in them right?

Rats crawl all over them, birds shit on them, and they are never properly cleaned. So you shouldn’t be putting unbagged food in there anyway.

I always tell supermarket staff when there is a dog in there and they always go and tell the selfish arsehole with the dog to leave. We need to keep doing this, abd raise it with their head office to ensure any supermarket with door staff stop the dogs from entering in the first place.
So unsanitary.

You clearly only shop at Booths or Waitrose because there's some unsanitary people in my local Asda. Can we ban them too please ?

I've seen dogs in wilkos and H&M this week.

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I’ve had enough of my dog(s) not being allowed places. So happy the tide is turning.

If there was a common culture of hygiene expectation in the UK, dogs outside of Guide Dogs in the majority of buildings outside of the home wouldn't even be be a thought, much less a thing. I volunteer in a charity shop that foolishly lets people bring their dogs in, sniffing the clothes.

I already told my boss that if a dog soils, not to even blink my way to expect me to clean up piss and shit, because that isn't a part of my contract.

It takes a certain type of nasty person to take their dog to the supermarket, shops, pubs and cafes without the dog being a guide dog.
But seeing as there is nearly as much dog shit on streets as there was in the days when stray dogs were common, there is obviously a recurring hardcore of entitled dog owners in this nation.

The misanthropes hating on children and preferring to see dogs in supermarkets are making me laugh, though. The lack of self awareness is strong and long as if they were born as old as they are and never got on anybody's nerves as children.

Getting on somebody's nerves is Childhood 101!

I think it's actually quite odd that people equate dogs with a festering cesspool of disease and germs, but it's your fellow shopper that hasn't washed their hands, after using the bathroom, coughing, sneezing (with flu/covid/noro) etc that touches the food/tills/doors/trolley handles that is going to cause you
to get sick!

Dog culture gone mad. Imagine comparing children to beasts that eat shit, lick their genitals and roll in fox poo, and choosing to prefer dogs. I'm embarrassed for such people.

When you put it like that, the dogs seem much more sophisticated than the kids

Pretty much. Dogs are dirty, people are dirty, supermarkets are pretty dirty as well (as anyone who's worked in one can attest), but most of the time dirt isn't going to do you any harm and isn't a problem.

I’d far sooner have a dog walking on the floor of a supermarket than some pathetic parent letting their children sit in the trolly with their filthy sh1t soled shoes

I wouldn't let my child sit in the trolley, but they are not clean places regardless.

Also, if a child did have shit on their shoes, it would probably be from a dog, that an owner couldn't be arsed to pick up after.

It’s Hatfield. Can’t expect much more :D
(I grew up there so I’m allowed to say that) in all seriousness I bet the staff just didn’t want the hassle maybe?

Dogs should not be supermarkets! Apart from service dogs of course. I literally photo posted the other day about a dog pissing all over the floor in a cafe and the owners just giving it a wipe with a tissue instead of informing staff so it could be cleaned properly.

Me too I was in Tesco one was in there then in 5he really busy changing rooms after a children's swim lesson I tried 9ver the thing several times .

Definitely not! Nothing against dogs but some of us are allergic. I’d really like to be able to shop without steaming eyes and nose thanks.

I get that dogs are cute but seems a bit crap for those who can’t be near them because of allergies or phobias.

What kind of shit do you think is on their shoes? Dog shit, that's what.

75% of people voting on this thread have said yanbu, so perhaps retailers can bear that in mind.

I read somewhere (possibly mumsnet) that people bought dogs en masse in covid and now people feel they have to take them everywhere.

I have just moved north and am finding that there are many more people in my new region who do this than my old one. We went in a cafe by the sea, just about every other person had a dog.

Today we went to a local attraction which has a sandpit. A woman had her large dog sitting in the children's sandpit, so my children played with something else. Then we went to a garden centre and went inside to pay and the staff member had several dogs off the lead near the till - they were barking loudly and ran up to and linked my small ds. He was really surprised.

I think that it will reach saturation point as more and more people feel, well if everyone is doing it, it's ok, like with smoking, and there will come a time when there are so many that they all get banned.

Now, what to do about my neighbour's cat that keeps crapping on our lawn for my children to tread in....

By the way, I'm seeing dogs way more here than in france.

I know a couple who were visited by environmental health because of the dog mess outside their property. They said they didn't have to clean it up because the land doesn't belong to them.

It takes a certain type of nasty person to take their dog to the supermarket, shops, pubs and cafes without the dog being a guide dog

It is not really nasty when the owners of an establish allow dogs. The café I frequent is dog friendly. The staff always come and hi to visiting dogs, offer them treats and post their photos on their social media.
If me taking my dog to such a place makes me "nasty" then I dread to think what you think of actual nasty people.

*licked not linked

"Someone came in with their elderly dog that just dribbled wee everywhere. I saw another dog sniffing at the wee and then weeing beside it too. Dogs compete with other dogs for wee supremacy. Also, dogs may get aggressive with each other, even if they're fine with humans.

In a pet shop it's yucky enough; in a supermarket totally inappropate."

True. I work in a vets and clueless people stand watching their entire male dogs sniffing at the side of the doorway on the way in, the corner of the reception desk, the shelves with food bags on and the legs of the consult table ALL THE DAMN TIME, then express surprise (if they even notice at all) when the dog naturally lifts its leg.

We're usually on the ball to point out the pre-pissing behaviour so the owner can stop it, or at least handy with a mop, blue roll and disinfectant spray, but some of this is inevitable. We're also very handy at knowing which dogs need to be kept away from other dogs and doing dog tetris to keep everyone safe.

A increasing, ever changing throughput of dogs down narrow supermarket aisles with loads of vertical surfaces and owners whose attention is on what fabric softener they want to buy is a recipe for piss splatters everywhere.

Plus as previously noted, it's not fair on people with allergies. Fine to have some pet friendly pubs and cafes, especially if people have a choice of dog free ones, but not essential shops.