To think The Range has made a stupid decision

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“CDS Superstores has announced a major change to The Range stores' entry requirements. Dog owners will no longer need to leave their pets outside or at home as stores across the UK are now completely dog-friendly.“

What’s the point of this other than to make shopping in The Range a miserable experience? Am I the only one who thinks it’s disgusting to have filthy dogs running around soft furnishings and fragile displays, potentially pissing on things? I assume people with dog allergies are just irrelevant then. Navigating the shop is already a nightmare when it’s busy, who wants dogs who have been rolling around in God knows what to be taking up the aisles? Think it’ll be online orders only from now on…

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.

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 🙄

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

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.

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

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 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.

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

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.

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.

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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.

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.

dogs dont piss on things in shops

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.

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.

Yes the do! Male dogs cock their legs everywhere. I wouldn't want to buy anything near the ground if dogs are allowed in.

Shopping trolleys are not sterile. They get left outside in all weathers, and no doubt dogs, if not foxes, birds and squirrels etc come into contact with them. Your shopping is packaged. If not, I'm sure you'll peel or wash it. A parent shopping with a child is usually a necessity. Bringing your pet in to a shop is not.

Some of these comments are very odd. Loads of shops allow dogs, and there is no wee/poo/biting round here. I do live somewhere ‘nice’ though, so all dogs tend to be trained and pleasant. Even the local larger town outlet centre allows them and it’s spotless.

I do think those who are afflicted by dog phobias need to try to address them. Dogs aren’t going anywhere and by choosing to remain untreated you’re only making your own life more difficult. It’s like being frightened of passing cars, you can’t avoid it so you should try and sort it out.

I absolutely despise this new “trend” also, and actively avoid “dog friendly” cafes after observing a Labrador lick a table clean in cafe Nero… ready for the next person to sit at it. Absolutely gross.

Like a pp our Range has an Iceland within it, not separated and there are around 3-4 aisles of frozen and fresh food on view.

I can just imagine DS’s two year old Labrador in there, jumping up to look in the freezers, wanting a snooze on the fake beds and the sofas, knocking all the stuff off the shelves with his massive waggy tail, helping himself to the soft toys and balls in the pet section. Shudder.

there’s a time and a place for a dog, I agree with the pp who said dogs add nothing to a shopping experience either for other customers or the dog.

It's only a matter of time 🤦‍♂️

And those that are allergic, what do you suggest they do?

@ClaudineMallory I never understand the reasoning for someone putting their child in the actual trolley, if they are too big for the seat then surely they can walk. It's really not safe either, I will never forget the time, I saw a child fall out of one head face onto the concrete floor while the mum's head was turned.

While taking your child to a shop may be a necessity, letting them stand in a trolley is not!

Back to the point of the thread, I do have a dog and he is extremely well behaved and trained, however I personally would never take him to the shops with me, that's what I consider my own downtime.

I don’t understand why dogs going into The Range bothers you to this extent. There are plenty of things to stand up against in this world - inequality, violence against women, cost of living, gun laws. Dogs in shops??

Boycott the shop if you are that bothered and buy your tat elsewhere.