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Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 2245573)

No, other than service animals, there should be no dogs (cats, mice, horses, peacocks) in a grocery store. That's the easy part.

The hard part is, what would you have the store do? Don't say, "keep them out," explain how the store manager should do that.

Should they have security at the front of the store? What would the security do? Should they block the path of anyone attempting to enter with a pet? Should they take people by the arm and physically remove them from the store? Should they call the police and have customers arrested? Knowing that whatever they do will wind up on the front page of the paper, how should they treat their pet-owning customers?

I think I saw this suggestion on the other thread and I agree with this.........management should not allow the person with their pet to check out at the register. That will surely relay a message and that person will refrain from coming back into the store again with their pet. That seems reasonable to me.

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Originally Posted by GATORBILL66 (Post 2245606)

Anytime I see any animal in a shopping cart, I walk out of the store.

Do you do the same when you see kids with their contaminated shoes riding in the main part of a shopping cart?

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Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 2247638)

Do you do the same when you see kids with their contaminated shoes riding in the main part of a shopping cart?

The thing is, what do you do with the kid? Unlike the dog you can’t leave it at home alone.

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Originally Posted by Velvet (Post 2247642)

The thing is, what do you do with the kid? Unlike the dog you can’t leave it at home alone.

1. Put them in the kiddie section in the front of the cart, where they're supposed to go.
2. Make them walk.
3. Roll them around in a stroller with a basket attached for people who have kids and go shopping with them.
4. Use the "kiddie cart" if the store provides them for customers with young kids.

Kids don't belong in the basket of the shopping cart.