I would call them too if I ever encountered that situation. As others have said leave the dogs home!!!

Hm - I just checked the CT law and you're half-right. It's not a violation of the ADA to ask someone what service the dog provides the person on the other end of the leash. Rather, the question they are allowed to ask, is what services the dog has been trained to provide (whether it actually provides these services to the person on the other end of the leash or not).

In the state of Connecticut, the person with the dog is NOT required or under any obligation at all, to tell anyone what that dog does for the person. There is also no law regarding untrue claims. So even if I you asked, if I felt like saying "oh he's trained to handle seizures" I can be lying, and there's nothing you can do about it. You aren't allowed to require proof, and I'm not obligated to provide any.

When our dog was a puppy (10 weeks old) 11 years ago, I used to take him into Home Depot in Key West. It was permitted and also advertised as being allowed. People in there loved him (of course, it IS Key West, a bit more laid-back...). It helped with his socialization and allowed him to be out with me instead of left at home in a crate.

I would never have taken him into a grocery store, but we did take him everywhere he was allowed when he was a young pup, just to get him used to different things.

Not so much anymore since he sleeps all day.

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[QUOTE=YouNeverKnow;1622058]Today in the Walmart Neighborhood Market in the Sarasota Plaza there was a man that had two dogs with him. These were clearly not any kind of service dogs as they had no identification and they were poorly behaved. One was in the child seat of the grocery cart and the other was hooked to the bottom bar of the grocery cart with a leash. He was in the check out lane and the dog tied to the cart was extremely hyper and bouncing around back and forth in the lane and tugging at the leash while the man was checking out his groceries.


Hi this is totally forbidden in many western states. It is so loose here, we quit cruise ships due to dog poop on the bed, on the floor, in the elevator and in the shower. It is also so bad now in some motels,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, crap in the corner, spots of pee etc.
Really loose here in Florida.

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[QUOTE=Brawnwy123;1623102]I hope you said something to him, I sure would have.

My goodness, if you found dog poop in all those places on a cruise ship, that tells you how well they clean those ships. I wouldn't want to go on that cruise line for any reason!

I am skeptical CFrance. Some people enlarge things to make their point. I miss seeing Crosby. He and I are getting older.

Until ALL store managers "grow a set" and discourage the entitled jerks among us, we will just patronize businesses where we have not observed the critters. --Leave your pets at home!

Well frankly, I had my doubts. I was trying to be subtle so I wouldn't get deleted!


Crosby bolted across the street yesterday to see a neighbor (who has treats, of course). Proving he's still faster than I am.:ohdear:

Just came back from a shopping trip at Walmart on Wedgewood, of course there was an entitled one
pushing her pooch around in a cart in the food aisles!
What is wrong with these people?
I personally like dogs, but this doggy everywhere stuff is getting crazy!

I think it’s the owners that crave the attention not so much the dog. They start beaming and gushing about their “baby” when someone pays attention to it. These people take their dogs to the crowded squares, art fairs, stores, and even restaurants in hopes of getting someone to tell them how cute and precious their animal is. Most of us feel the opposite when we see them in these places that they don’t belong!

Bravo! :a040:
This should be done in all businesses and people would finally stop bringing these animals into places they shouldn’t be

Read Heloise today

You nailed it.

The dogs should be stopped at the door. PERIOD