Leaving Walmart last week, one of the clerks was calling for help to clean up a pile of dog turds.
You're right -- it's gone way too far.

Any dog's behavior depends on how well trained its owner is. Most people get a dog an then just wing it from there. I spent a month learning how to properly raise and train a dog when I got my Lily. As a result, she's even tempered,well behaved and non aggressive. I wouldn't have known how to accomplish that if I hadn't taken the responsibility to train myself for it.

It wasn't the dog's fault, it was the woman's fault.

I am right there with you. I have 3 dogs, but they don’t go to any store except the pet store. I would never subject others to their shenanigans. (2 of them are pups and very playful and jumpy).

My neighbor has a “support dog”, completely untrained, and he is a menace. He has bit my daughter on the leg and lowers himself threateningly as if to pounce as I come out my front door. She lets him out of her apartment without a leash and I have to yell for her to bring him in before we can feel safe walking out to our car. My daughter is terrified of him.

She takes him with her in her car quite a bit, so I assume she is taking him to stores with her. She won’t pay to get him properly trained. Just says he’s friendly and we’re overreacting. I want to slap her. Ugh!

agree unless a support dog is certified wearing his jacket to show that it has been properly trained as well as the owner alos ,a lot of pdsd use support dogs A lot of so called support or emotional dogs do not need to be in the store,,if you can not leave your dog for a few minutes and do your shopping,then they are the ones that need help,,allsupport animal owners should be required to take a course along with the dog,,actually the course is more for the human to be trained lol

yeah ... they're doing something I don't understand so let's sh!t on it!!!

Have taken dog I used to own to pet store they crapped on floors they were ready with clean up people most stores can't do thst

That's too much! ...

The problem is that the distinction between a "service animal," who is trained to do a necessary job or task and an "emotional support animal," who provides a supportive social presence, is largely unknown.

My biggest grief with that whole issue is the number of people with social disorders or needs who cannot afford a properly trained service animal. They can be extremely expensive, and if you are unable to exist in public alone, then you are trapped in your home unable to participate in society.

There is, of course, a portion of the population intent on abusing any accommadation

Home Depot and Lowe’s allow dogs. I took mine in once and it made things trickier as I controlled him and tried to shop at the same time. Still, it occurs to me it’s way better than leaving them in a hot car in the parking lot.