Emily VelascoHaving worked in retail for many years, I am 1000 percent against people bringing their dogs with them into any store. Leave your dog at home. It doesn't matter how well behaved they are, some minimum wage worker is eventually going to have to clean up after your pet when they shit or piss somewhere in the store.
I wonder if this is as prevalent in other parts of the country as it is in LA. Everyone here seems to have decided they *must* bring their dog everywhere with them
Stef Schrader@MLE_online Austin is awful about this. Unless it's a service dog who's well-trained to be chill in public, don't! Please don't. I always feel terrible as someone who wants to be nice to peoples' pets, but who tends to be scared of (and super lick-averse with) to dogs who like to jump and lick.
Plus, people with legit phobias of dogs out there don't expect to see dogs in non-explicitly-dog-friendly spaces. It's just rude?
@stefthepef it is rude! and also, dogs are rarely as well behaved as their owners think they are, and get in fights with other dogs in stores, or bark or nip at other customers
@MLE_online yeah, that's not good for the dog, either :(
just crappy behavior for everyone involved
Austin Nunn 
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The only places I find it acceptable are pet stores and the occasional Home Depot/Lowes run. Outside of that, keep your pets at home ffs.
@austincnunn @stefthepef I have personally cleaned up dog shit inside of home depot when i worked there, so I am against that, too.
I also worked at petco and I'm against dogs coming in there as well because one dog will piss on the shelf of chew toys, then another one comes in and smells it and pisses there, too, and then every dog coming in the store does it, and then the employees have to deal with boxes of stuff covered in piss
@MLE_online @stefthepef I’m only OK with those places because corporate allows (and encourages) it. So I don’t necessarily blame the dog owners for bringing them.
I absolutely blame the dog owners for not training and picking up after their dog, though.
@austincnunn I don't think home depot and lowe's encourage people to bring their dogs. They were not allowed in home depot stores when i worked there, but no one in charge wanted to tell customers no and get yelled at
Pet stores do though. But still, even if it's encouraged but someone has a poorly trained dog, they should not be bringing their dog places.
@MLE_online Maybe it’s not corporate wide (I just assumed based on local stores), but the HDs and Lowe’s here both have decently sized signs up on the doors saying dogs are allowed.
@austincnunn it's also possible that policies have changed since i worked there.
I'm still against people taking their dogs in the hardware store. It makes some sense for them to go to the pet store, but there's no reason someone needs to take their dog with them while they go shopping for water heaters or lumber