Dogs in Supermarkets

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When did this become acceptable (assistance dogs excepted)? Increasingly I am seeing pooches in supermarkets.

The icing on the cake was today - I witnessed a chihuahua being pushed around in its bed inside a shopping trolley. Absolutely disgusting. The next person to use that trolley will be loading their food items onto the crumbs from a dog bed.

I presume it’s allowed as the owner pushed the dog past several shelf stackers and nothing was said. German supermarket whose name rhymes with ‘piddle’ in case you’re wondering.

Not sure what you do in trolleys but yeah shoes are pretty dirty plus the kids sitting in a trolley are usually big enough to walk. Says a lot about your hygiene standards if you think its ok! 🤑

@Climbingrosexx we had a local discount/wholesale store where dc under 10 or something ridiculous, had to be in trolleys. It felt really weird past toddler stage. They quite enjoyed it though.

I suspect the dc in the trolleys that you are seeing are best kept confined. You may like them even less out of the trolley. I get your point though.

The issue isn’t the kids or the dogs, it’s society having become so individualistic that people just don’t give a damn about what everyone else thinks is appropriate.

It’s going to make for an appalling crisis in elder care, as this particular set of people get older and less inhibited.

No just shows your ignorance.

all manner of wildlife are in trolleys outdoors overnight & will have rats if they are indoors.

if you think they go through some hygienic cleaning services overnight (or at all) you are deluded as well as rude.

I feel your pain. I have allergies and I live in a small town where dogs are seemingly allowed everywhere - cafes, pubs, shops etc. It has definitely impacted how often I go into town now, I do a lot more online shopping than I’d like, and I can’t imagine I’m the only one.

I'm a dog lover but wouldn't dream of taking my dog to the shops or cafes. I'm ok with assistance dogs in these establishments but draw the line at pet pooches.

I see more and more people using those bags with stiff handles or tote bags that sit in the trolley and you fill them up as you go, instead of putting items in the empty trolley. Maybe that's the way to go.

Wtaf 🤯🤯🤯🤯

One of my local cal garden centres is very well used by dog families, the cafe really stinks of dog and the constant yapping is really loud.
I avoid that garden centre now.

I also think so many owners don't bother training their dogs now.

Obviously not every night but as a supermarket worker I can assure you that the trollies at my workplace get deep cleaned 3/4 times a year. An outside company come and do it.

The problem is that you can buy harnesses and jackets that say assistance dog on them. Which is totally wrong. So people can put these on their dogs to let them inside shops etc

Only charities that train the dogs such as ones that can detect an epileptic fit and guide dogs should issue these.

As I have seen dogs with assistance dog harnesses easily distracted by things. Those dogs that are actually trained as assistance dogs are trained to focus fully on the handler and sense danger

I was at a supermarket and a woman came in with a dog. Security guard asked her nicely that dogs are not allowed in. She got very abusive

Well, that'll make all the difference to rats & foxes peeing on them. nightly won't it.

I was responding to your incorrect comment about them never being cleaned at all. I said nothing to disagree with wildlife climbing in them at night.

Absolutely grim....

As people have said the assistance dog bibs can be bought by anyone and abused.

I saw a woman with a dog in a trolley in Morrisons finding this gross I wrote to head office to ask if this is allowed. Eventually I had a response to say the dog in question is an emotional support dog which no longer has use of its back legs so has to go in the trolley. I have no problem with trained assistance dogs being taken into shops but it looks like people are branding their dogs as emotional support dogs which isn’t recognised as official thing and doing as they please. I don’t expect the trolley is cleaned afterwards and it very unfair for those with allergies etc. I also agree that children shouldn’t be in trolleys unless they sit in the seats provided.

I wasn't the one laughing at you so you were rude, don't dish it out if you can't take it.

I work for a large supermarket who do their best to ensure that there are no vermin ( using specialist companies)in and around the store . I have had to challenge a number of customers with dogs in store and as a PP said some people are resorting to buying “assistance “ jackets on the internet . One lady said her dog was an assistance dog because he went into rest homes to be petted . Obviously she missed the part where he was supposed to be there to assist her! I was in Pets at Home , where dogs are allowed, and had to alert an assistant to a big puddle of dog wee on the floor . This is obviously a slip hazard but the owners hadn’t thought to ask for something to clean it up . It’s the selfish attitude of some owners that makes the situation worse. IMHO it’s unhygienic to allow dogs, except genuine assistance dogs, in food shops.

Oh how did I miss this one, OP dumped and ran.

German supermarket whose name rhymes with ‘piddle’ in case you’re wondering.
Why didn't you just say Lidl?

The most unreasonable part about this thread is someone calling Morrisons 'Mozzas'

Yep, same here. I work in a supermarket and people bring their dogs in, usually in a bag or wrapped round their neck and say they're an "emotional support animal", usually with a harness saying so.
There is no register or official thing where you can register these animals, but if they say it's my emotional support dog there isn't much we can do unfortunately.

I don’t think you missed it. I think they all just roll into one big, tedious, anti-dog whinge. Same old exaggerated anecdotes!

Emotional Support Dogs are NOT service dogs. Here is the difference between ESDs and service dogs https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/guidance/assistance-dogs-guide-businesses-and-service-providers. They service dogs are not classed as pets to the handlers.

My friend has a dog for calming measures for her youngest DS. The dog does not go out of the house to shops as he's not a service dog.