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…

In my experience most (CofE) churches allow dogs these days

I quite like the Range - was in there last week with DD picking up stationery for going back to uni as they have so much more choice than anywhere else locally. Also have recently bought picture frames in there, and crockery sets/mugs again for student daughter.

What I would say though is that despite the stores being massive, they do like to pile the random tat in the aisles so that in order to get to the stationery at one end of the store you have to navigate past the weird crystal flashy pumpkins and the 6 foot fall chef Santa. There's barely room for humans to pass, never mind dogs.

Dogs do not need to go the The Range, or John Lewis, or any of the other places which are "dog friendly" to accommodate the feckless owners who can't train their precious furbabies to be left alone. Big shopping centre in Glasgow went "dog friendly" and had to reverse their policy after 4 months because these devoted pet-parents couldn't stop their animals shitting everywhere.

It's The Range, don't they all have a pet shop in-store? In which case they're competing with Pets At Home, and it's usually direct competition as the two stores are frequently fairly close by each other.

But I also wonder if the broader acceptance of dogs (which as a dog owner I'm not seeing a huge amount of in retail) is in part heading off the problem of "WTF do we do about all these emotional support animals?". They're popping up everywhere. They're not recognised assistance dogs in law, but the sort of people that have them tend to be a bit vegan-ish in making a very big deal about them.

That's awful! They should have payed the full £29 per scarf!!

@AngeloMysterioso

Plenty of dogs in churches, some cathedrals even have "canine vergers" to greet visitors. Don't have an issue with it myself. My ddog was the unofficial guard dog for my previous church (I worked there) as a key holder I attended the burglar alarm etc and I would take him too, came in handy as it was usually drug addicted homeless trying to get into the hall to sleep

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They do!

Agree with this.

As a lucky recipient of a service dog, it's also the case that other dogs in shops makes it harder for the service dog to work. Service dogs are trained to focus, but they're not robots, and being sniffed and jumped on by pet dogs "being friendly" isn't helpful.

Solution: carry a couple of large bottles of water with you, to pour over the dog piss so to at least dilute the filth and foul stench.

You’re welcome.

@Ilama

You are missing out! The range has a huge range of things from useful household items (think the sort of things Woolworths sold, eg light bulbs, diy, gardening supplies, craft materials, toys) to decor ideal to brighten up homes (think first homes perhaps), furniture and fittings like mirrors, soft furnishings. Affordable things for normal people. The sheer snobbery is unbelievable if you haven't been. And they have an excellent pets section and their Christmas range is always great

It wouldn't be so bad having dogs in all these places if people trained their dogs to ensure they were well behaved and kept them on a close lead. Unfortunately an awful lot of people don't bother, just let their dogs do what ever they like and just laugh or ignore them when they're doing something they shouldn't.

We were in a coffee shop a while back with a dog that just barked and barked, the owners did nothing, who wants to listen to that while they're trying to relax with a coffee? We actually went there because we had a dog with us ourselves (so nothing against dogs) but we would only take a well behaved dog. If she had started barking or being a nuisance we'd have taken her out.

Toddlers wear nappies to keep their shit and piss contained. Perhaps shop dogs must have nappies to go inside ?

As someone who is scared of dogs, I can guarantee I'll never go into a Range again. Just the thought that there might be a dog when I'm trying to buy something puts me right off.

My friend has multiple severe allergies and has an epipen to use in emergencies. If we go for a walk we have a coffee stop in a local cafe we know and trust not to be dog friendly. She can’t travel on public transport because the risk is too high that earlier some inconsiderate idiot has allowed their dog to sit on the seats . It’s not an annoyance for her it’s a possible life threatening emergency as her allergies can trigger anaphylactic shock.

So now it looks like her life will be even more restricted if she has to check in advance which shops are dog friendly. She can’t risk being in a shop and having to pass in close proximity to a dog.

@melonhead , I agree I have two children with autism , who are both scared of dogs .

I'm a dog owner and I do not want to see dogs in shops unless they are service animals. People don't have a God given right to take their pets everywhere....

We had dogs . Last one died 7 years ago. We never ,ever took them shopping or into cafes. We didn't take them to busy Farmers markets whilst on fully extended leads ( oh how I hate the person who invented that bloody thing). We didn't take them to the massively crowded Christmas lights switch on in our local town. All these things are apparently essential now so tbh I assumed you could already take your dog into the Range to rub its shitty arse on everything . We had breakfast in a lovely cafe on Sunday morning. Dogs accepted but 'paws on the floor please'. Woman came in with a small dog and immediately got out a scrappy looking cloth and put her dog on it on a chair. Ffs. The young waitress made a fuss of every dog that came in ( hands all over their faces) then carried on touching cups,plates etc for customers without washing her hands. Foul.

Ditto my local pet shop had dogs that piss and shit in there.

So many untrained dogs about.

There is a garden centre near me, it's more a posh food shop, restaurant and a small garden centre though and there has been outcry as they've recently changed the rules to no dogs allowed as the staff were fed up with picking dog shit off the floor. I don't blame them and would be more likely to go there now in support

It's the dogs I feel for. Rather than having a good responsible owner who takes them to fun places for dogs - park/beach/wooods etc, they get dragged around shops. Hot, busy shops where they are stood on etc.

There are reasons why dogs (other than assistance dogs) shouldn't be in shops etc, and many of these reasons are for the dogs welfare

Take the dog for a good long, proper walk, then leave it at home while you wander around the shops.

Of course we pointed it out and the staff removed it before we had our lunch. They seemed pretty shocked by it and couldn't recall seeing a dog there that day so no idea how long it had been there.

Once people start suing shops due to injuries caused by dogs, they'll soon ban them again.

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Potentially pissing on things
Runnumg around fragile things
Etc.
Yes, this can apply to both dogs, bulls and children

The dog just wants to pee.
Let them be.
Then their owner can get their goods for free.
That happiness is all The Range want to see.

You miserable people wanting to flee
From Aisle Three
All it is, is a steaming great lump of poopie
That happiness is all The Range want to see.

Can't you see Bessie's glee
Curtains and cushions are better than a tree.
All it is, is a bit of dog wee.
That happiness is all The Range want to see.