[pct-l] Christmas Trees

[Tortoise73 at charter.net (Tortoise)]

My opinion:

Service animals are fine in stores, restaurants, etc. provided the 
environment is safe for the animals.

However taking other animals (pets) into a store when the animal is not 
good. I don't want to deal with merchandise that has been pawed, 
mouthed, etc. by someone's pet or have animals running around creating 
more hazards. All of us will pay for the costs of dogs being in stores 
in higher prices.

OTOH, I am somewhat of a hyprocrite. I used to live near Piedmont Ave in 
Oakland, Ca. I took one of my cats with me on my morning jaunts for 
coffee in Peets. The cats were on a short leash and carried by me, 
either in my hands or hiding in a cloth shopping bag. I was also careful 
to keep tots from petting my one cat as she was and still is feisty and 
could lash out and scratch someone. After a while Peets posted a sign 
about no pets so I left my cat outside secured with the leash while I 
went in and got my coffee. Then the staff started asking where my cat 
was and I told them; and the staff said the sign didn't apply to me.

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Tortoise

I switched to Mac OSX rather than fight Windows
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Carolyn Eddy wrote:
> There was a huge controversy with Home Depot and a person whose therapy 
> dog was not allowed in the store.
> Apparently they were trying awhile back to have an absolutely no dogs 
> policy. I think enforcing it with chain saws might be a little extreme. 
> Unfortunately, that's illegal to not allow therapy dogs, plus the entire 
> dog community across the country wrote letters,etc. Last time I was in 
> Home Depot, without my dog, there were a bunch of dogs and when I asked 
> I was assured my dog was welcome.
> 
> I'm kind of lukewarm about bringing my dog into stores as he has no real 
> reason to be there, excepting PetsMart. That and he likes to look at 
> different stuff from me. But it is kind of cool to be able to do so. 
> Just carry cleanup stuff and use it. Last time I was at REI there were 
> dogs everywhere. European dogs get to, so why not ours?
> 
> Carolyn Eddy
> "Sweet Goat Mama"
> www.goattracksmagazine.com
> 
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