To think The Range has made a stupid decision

[hellolittleduck]

“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…

Our dog is a lock down dog and we had never had a dog before. We still managed to train him to cope with being alone. It. was more difficult, but not impossible. Sadly some owners didn't bother.

Dogs absolutely hate shops lol. To them it's a scary experience of strange sounds, too many humans and what are probably quite awful smells of strong plastics/ chemicals from manufacturing.

My son is afraid of dogs, so this does has an effect on me. I wouldn’t take him to a dog park or pets at home, but it’s getting hard to avoid the wee buggers now that every shop and cafe seems to welcome them. Just because you like something doesn’t mean everyone else has to, or that those who disagree with you are miserable.

Went in pets at home last week and there was dog piss everywhere. One of the poor staff was out with a mop but every edge of the display shelves had puddles around them. Doesn't seem like the owners actually tell anyone, they just walk away and leave someone to slip in it. My 2yr old almost slipped in a couple of puddles and I couldn't wait to get out of there.

We’ve taken our dog around John Lewis. He is very well trained. I think it works as the typical JL customer has retrievers, Labradors, spaniels or doodles. I think you need to think of the breeds your target market are likely to own. Hence Weatherspoons saying no to dogs whilst many pubs are ok with them.

This! I’m a dog owner and just don’t understand people’s obsession with taking their dogs everywhere with them.

What ever happened to the standard of keeping paths clear of obstacles and trip hazards? Dogs, tails and leads are not a good idea in a narrow, crowded indoor space like a shop. Accident waiting to happen.

No thought to those who are scared of dogs. Turning a corner in shop to find massive dog. I'd worry for the service dogs who are fully trained but may get attacked by a roaming pooch.

Haha that happens to me too! Luckily ours does have one.

also a dog owner and wouldn’t in a million years take them there!

They do locally to us. One of them has their own prayer cushion. 🤦‍♀️

Great. Another place that my autistic and extremely dog phobic nephew can’t go.

Why?

I bet there has been tension in the staff rooms over this. Dog lovers playing it down. The rest imagining steaming piles of dog waste.

One point I thought of was, imagine there was a chemical spillage - weed killer, whatever. And pooch trots along and ends up injured or ill.

Its just all rather pointless isn’t it.

Yes, you can drag them by their collar. You are the one in control.

Similar situation here.

So sick of dogs being allowed in places they weren’t allowed in before.

A shopping centre In Glasgow trialled being dog friendly but had to end the trial prematurely after a drop in footfall and the dogs shitting all over the place. The Range will soon discover the same and swiftly abandon this nonsense.

https://news.sky.com/story/silverburn-shopping-centres-dog-friendly-scheme-in-glasgow-to-end-after-low-uptake-and-complaints-about-mess-12806658

Have you ever bought clothing on the high St? The chances are that someone has tried it on, and that person may not be hygienic either.
Whilst I wouldn't really want to take my dog shopping ordinarily, on holiday it might be unavoidable.

The Range does sell dog accessories, so I can see why they want dog owners' money.
Unfortunately, it is badly trained dogs with badly trained owners that give everyone a bad name.
That said, I was put off buying bedding when I saw a small child picking its nose and wiping it on bedding.
Is there a correlation between bad parents and dog owners? I see them as being cut from the same cloth.

I'm not too bothered by this - I was more bothered in a fairly expensive clothes store recently where a massive dog suddenly appeared from within the jumper rail where it had just been wandering about.

Lovely dog, but how have we got to a point where that's ok? They were charging north of £150 for some of that knitwear. I don't want hair or slobber on it.

How odd. Is this a major issue?

I always assume that people who take their dog shopping,can't leave it at home because it's untrained.
No other need for it to be in shops.
You are not asking Fido his opinion on some cushions in The Range

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I was just thinking the same!

You can tell the good and bad dog owners on this thread. The good ones train their dogs to stay at home. The bad entitled ones bring their dogs everywhere, including homeware shops.

The pandemic has seen a rise in misanthropic people who no longer have social skills. They can no longer cope with people and don’t know how to interact socially. They are the ones saying that they prefer dogs to humans and children. I hope the tide will turn again to a more normal phase of human development.

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and how do you know?

@@IpsyUpsyDaisyDoos

"Dogs just squat when they're ready to pee, and short of carrying a pissing dog off that spot, there's not much to be done. You can't drag them by their collar if they don't want to stop weeing. If you have a solution, please share it to help dog walkers out".

Well exactly, and this is great example of why dogs are better suited to outdoor places, not shops. Arguably, its cruel to tether them and drag them around The Range because it suits the owner rather than letting them run free in a field.