AIBU to question non-assistance dogs being allowed in Primark?

[FlimsyMimsy]

Coleen Rooney apparently has a new range in Primark. I saw the start of a video by someone who fancies herself as an influencer checking it out with her Cavapoo. Since when are dogs allowed in Primark that aren't assistance dogs? Is it crazy to think dogs are now ubiquitous?

Why do people always bring up the dogs v children thing like it’s a valid argument.

In case you haven’t noticed, young children can’t be left home alone but dogs can.
Children are vital for the survival of the human species, dogs aren’t.
(Ps I never let my children behave badly in shops or restaurants and mostly avoided taking them to such places as it’s often not the best environment for a child, or a dog).

Haha.

I’m sure you’d have exactly the same attitude if you or your own child had asthma. If they died it would just be natural selection, it wouldn’t bother you.

Doesn’t matter if they can’t breathe, so long as people have the freedom to take their dog anywhere they want.

I was out for a walk around town with the dog the other day after being in the vets. I don’t get into town very often but I wouldn’t trust him not to pee in a shop as he’s never been in one but if I did I’d have been tempted!

Oh for goodness sake, what is with all the dog bashing threads at the moment. The attitudes on here really aren't representative of how most people are. I have just been away for a mini break/walking holiday, went into multiple shops with my dog, and no one objected/flared at us, indeed, most people were pleased to see him and approached us to say hello. He is trained to sit and wait (if trying on clothes) and walk to tight heel in shops.

If I am at home, I don't take my dog to the shops that would be ridiculous. However, when on holiday it's different. I often walk 5+ miles to get to a town/village with my dog when traveling. When I get to said town/village there are often shops that I might want to look in, and where the businesses want my custom. I have just been to the Cotswolds and most of the shops are dog friendly because they know people are on walking holidays with their dogs, and want to entice customers in. It was the same last year in Tenby. I walked miles along the coast to get there, what am I supposed to do with my dog if I want to go in a shop? This could be in touristy towns as well. E.g Stratford, York etc.

I'm really not sure if all the people saying they don't know why people take their dogs into shops are being deliberately obtuse or just don't think!

Stop going to primark?

Are your cats indoor cats though or do they free roam?

They're house cats.

Oh, I wondered about the piles of bodies outside shops and cafes at the end of the day. Didn’t realise they were caused by those evil dog owners who bring their hounds out with them.

It isn't just on Mumsnet, what, only on Mumsnet where severe asthma attacks that stop a human breathing in reaction to a dog in a shop or restaurant, are fictional? What a ridiculous rationale. Liking dogs and being allergic to them is not mutually exclusive. If I see a dog in a restaurant or a shop I would just not go into said shop/restaurant or quickly leave so your anecdotal research claiming this to be nonsense is not validated by your claim that everyone warmly greets your dog. Dogs in big stores like John Lewis is the real problem and they must be losing custom as a result.

So you think a severe asthmatic reaction is made up?

Imagine Mr Lewis not considering whether allowing dogs in is impacting his profits.

Long thread short, some people think seeing dogs in shops and cafes is horrendous, some think they should be allowed to take their dogs places the business owner permits. There will be arguing, name calling and sarcasm and no outcome.

Then they’d run down the road with a string of stolen sausages.

Put cages in the car parks. Dog goes in there, out of the way while the owners do whatever they came to do.

I don’t think it’s relevant

Wow, family do something they are allowed to do but you don’t like so you behave in a passive aggressive childish fashion rather than being a grown up. You don’t come out as well from that story as you think.

Fine @FlimsyMimsy , you don’t like it but they are allowed so get over it. Many dogs wouldn’t enjoy it but the owner is the best judge of that and unless you are going round telling people off for poor parenting decisions in public ( bet you aren’t) then the only thing you can reasonably do is complain to the store, but frankly businesses are in existence to make money so don’t expect them to change this unless it impacts their bottom line.

I have a dog, I wouldn’t take her to primary as it’s tacky, or to most shops as we prefer countryside walks, but sometimes it’s helpful to be able to pop in to shops or grab food and I won’t apologise for that. She behaves better and less intrusively than many humans I come across.

What a peculiar response. You quoted me directly and it appears the only thing that is fictional are the things you claim I have said.

I very deliberately do not use all or nothing responses. Your post is littered with such language. I did not say 'everyone' warmly greets my dog, I said 'most people'

I did not use the word nonsense, so not sure what I claimed was nonsense

I also said that the views on here are not representative of 'most people'.

These things are very different to the things you claim that I said. Nowhere did I say people were making fictional claims.

By all means disagree and offer a different perspective, but misrepresenting what I said, does nothing at all to support your case.

Clearly not a medical professional are you! Equally, you wouldn't elaborate on whether your asinine 'natural selection' post applies to everyone who could potentially die from an allergic reaction, or need medical assistance to prevent life threatening situations like a pacemaker or insulin for diabetes etc.?

I am disputing your 'most' claims as most people with a severe allergy to dogs or have an asthma attack in response to dogs would circumvent the shop you are in or leave quickly so how would you possibly know.

'Unhinged' I'm not the one stating extreme views online that if those whose die from an asthma attack as a result of being around dogs is "natural selection".

Of course they are. (Or did we just work out the hypocrisy of a different answer)

You've completely lost me here. I don't understand what you mean at all. Can you explain please?

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Yes you do. Free roaming cats that shit in other people’s gardens is as anti social as badly behaved dogs in shops and public areas. At least people have a choice about which business to use if they aren’t keen on dogs. No one has a choice if a cat decides to take a shit in your garden. Good that you keep your cats in!

I genuinely did not understand what you meant. Thank you for clarifying. Your post read as having a pop at me.