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…

dogs do not pee willy nilly
they pee where other dogs have been
so not in the shopping centre for example
not in the shops

I have one child who suffers from dog related anxiety and currently vomits every time she sees a dog coming towards her. Looks like I'm going to have to crate her if I want to go out....🙄

Yeah it really bugs me when people say they prefer their dog to people. It's usually because your dog still loves you even though you're an arsehole

Recently saw a dog in M and S! Not food section ,but in a buggy. No one took issue with it.I adore all dogs and have one of my own as well.I dont think its a "Treat " for her to go shopping .or sit in the pub with the odd chip ,watching everyone else eating, and delicious aromas wafting by!The cinema in a nearby town is showing "Dog friendly" screenings, which means basically pooch is sitting at your feet squashed up asleep. If they could speak they would all say they would rather be out for walkies Im sure!

Yes. They never seem to question why they don’t get on with other human beings or reflect on their own shortcomings…

So basically, some dogs are living a human life, going to the shops, going to restaurants, cinemas, pubs etc.

Cuts both ways, just because some people have or like children, doesn’t mean the rest of us want to be subjected to them. Ok so bit of a over the top impractical statement there, but my problem isn’t with the idea of debating this suggestion, I actually don’t think the range is really a place that needs to allow dogs. My issue is the absolutely HORRIBLE responses these threads bring and are actually designed to bring. I can’t have kids, I’m 42, I love my dog and taking him to a dog friendly restaurant or garden centre is nice for me, I can’t help that some people are afraid of them, no more than you can help I can’t have my own family, but always have him under control. I don’t need to bring him to the range, in fact I don’t really take him to pubs or restaurants, but I won’t sit by and read this venomous SHIT, I know I can scroll on by, but sometimes you just can’t, Mumsnet brings out so many bellends! Live and let live!

I’m not a fan of dogs in shops (other than assistance dogs obviously) but lots of shops do this now. John Lewis does it. So there must be a demand for it.

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I have no issue with dogs but I am genuinely wondering why on earth you’d want to take them to the range? Seems very silly to me - and I’m a dog owner + lover!

This. Poor things would be much happier at home. Don’t understand owners who take their dog on day trips to the beach:shopping, etc. on hot days at all.

Saw a couple with a hairy shitzu wandering around the shops in our seaside town recently was knocking 25 degrees and it was wearing a pink hoody. Poor thing’s tongue was hanging out, it was clearly distressed. Stupid people seemed oblivious.
This sort of irresponsible ownership will only get worse the more places open their doors to dogs.

It’s another escalation of the weird dog cult.

Gonna have to look into blowdarts & steel toecapped boots for the next time one of these twats bounds up to me and puts its claws on my chest.

We went to a pub with attached restaurant. Sat down in the restaurant and noticed a horrible smell and there was a massive dog poo on the floor by the table. Really put us off our lunch and will not be going back there again.

our local shopping centre is now open to dogs
so i imagine if there was a Range in there that would encourage shoppers

i presume you pointed it out to owners/restaurant?

seems a bit unlikely tbh

Put you off your lunch? Why on earth did you stay?

Dogs are welcome to attend many churches. They also get special pet blessings 🐶

There was one barking in Canterbury Cathedral when I was there a couple of weeks ago.

Don’t they? I was in pets at home a couple of years ago. A couple came in with a rescue dog they’d just picked up, a large staffy. Didn’t think to take the dog for even a wee before going in. The dog pissed everywhere, mammoth amounts and in 3 different spots. Senseless idiots didn’t even think to take the dog to wee outside after the first massive puddle.

there were senseless idiots @Mummyoflittledragon

The range would be better off putting public loos in their shops if they want to increase customers/sales.

I don't actually mind dogs in shops, despite not being a dog owner. But I don't think sales assistants should have to clean up dog poo/wee if dog has an accident. So I think it's a bad policy. And people with allergies will just stop going, which kind of defeats the purpose since they are hoping to increase sales.

We do :-)

I live in a small market town where most shops allow dogs in. If a shop is dog friendly then they put a dog water bowl outside. I take my dog into town with me, he loves it.

I love dogs and do take him to places like pets at home and our local cafe that is always full of dogs. But I wouldn't take him to the range tbh. He would probably try and run off with a cushion as he is still in that crazy puppy stage.

Amused to see this thread this morning..... arrived home late last night from a holiday in the UK, and spent part of the journey chatting about this. We were totally gob smacked by the insane number of dogs trotting in and out of shops, pubs and restaurants with their meek owners in tow on leads. Just couldn't believe my eyes. I realized after a while that the rooms we stayed in hotels and self catering houses had almost certainly had people using them who allowed dogs on the soft furnishings and beds. I like dogs but don't believe their rights trump my right as a human to enjoy my downtime with other humans only. Ridiculous trying to get by in busy tourist areas without tripping over entangled leads and yapping owners who think firm commands are a language they don't have to learn. I presume kennels have gone out of business with this new trend? Anyway, as a visitor to the UK, I wouldn't be in a rush to return unless I had to!

I’ve never understood why people take their dogs shopping

I saw a woman shopping in Tesco yesterday with a small dog in a baby sling 😳