What are odd places that you take your pets to…
As we heavily debated over Dieselmom’s entry the other day, AJCPets member Ron quietly shared PetDish his pet peeve.
“My pet peeve is people who think their dog has to go everywhere with them.I’ve seen small dogs in the grocery cart inside the store.I’ve seen dogs downtown during festivals where there are lots and lots of people.”
Tiny poodles have been spotted in hair salons and on the laps of drivers.
What are some unusual places that you’ve you see these adored creatures?
Are you encouraged by these caring owners and would like to emulate them? Or Are you just annoyed? If so, why?
There have been times when I have taken my small 4 lb dog into the grocery store, but never exposed. She has always been in a pet carrier bad zipped up. However, I only do this on days when it is too hot to leave her in the car, or if it will be more than 5 minutes in the store. I respect those around me and don’t want to make others uncomfortable or irritated, but also have to think of the well-being of my dog.
I also am someone who takes her with me if I am running quick errands in the car, as she loves to look out the window. She goes with me to the nail shop or to the bank, but since she is so small and doesn’t bark, she is hardly even notices. If I ever thought she was becoming an issue or an annoyance, I would take her home, just as I would want someone with un unruly or inappropriate child home.
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As someone with 4 Siberian Huskies and a van specifically for taking them places, the dogs go with me a lot. We only go inside places with permission…for instance, one early morning the local Home Depot manager allowed me to bring in a dog for training purposes. We stayed away from the two or three customers that were shopping that early, worked for about 10 minutes, and then left.
I appreciate business owners who allow well-behaved, well-controlled dogs into their businesses. Unfortunately, too many people allow their dogs to potty in public places and then don’t clean it up, so dog-friendly businesses are becoming fewer and farther between.
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I have 4, and we travel to Grandma’s and the Vet. Other than that we have routes that we “ride”. Taking them in places is Wal-mart, or grocery stores is not appropriate, not even hidden. I love my dogs, and they are well behaved. By taking them into “forbidden” places, I open the door to someone else whose dog may not be as well trained in the public eye, but perfect in the owner’s eyes. This can lead to many more doors closing on 4. We go were we can as much as we can. We take long walks in parks, and open spaces. We go to the lake. We go to the Festivals to get a hamburger. We go to the outdoor movies. I take them everywhere I can without inviting more problems than I can handle. When I can’t take them, I know that they are happy and safe at home, comfortable.
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My oldest cat, Jake, who is now 16, is leash trained. When he was younger I use to take him camping with me. Most of the campgrounds in the state of Georgia, at least back then, I guess they still do, allowed pets as long as they were on leashes. I would tie a rope between two trees and attach his retractable leash to this, or if there were no trees I would attach it to the top of the front of the tent, when we were just hanging out at the camp site. I only found one campground in North west Florida and it was a private camp ground. It was on a beach but it was on the sound so it had a barrier island between it and the open ocean, Jake liked walking on the beach there since the waves were not as high as they would have been on the open ocean, he loved the smells especially when the tide was out and he could go out further and smell what I been there when it was covered in water, fishey smells.
The state run campgrounds in Florida would not even let you through the gate with a pet due to the rate of abadoned animals, especially feral cat’s.
Jake loved camping and it was fun to take him camping with me. Other people would get a kick out of it because most of them said they had never seen a cat on a leash before. I can’t beleive the number of people who think cat’s cannot be leash trained. Jake always had to have his covered litter box, he would not even pee on the ground. During the day I would sit his litterbox out beside the tent and at night I would sit it back in the tent with us. The only time he was off his leash was at night when we were in the tent sleeping. In the mornings he knew he had to get his harness on first thing, before we went outside.
He never even tried unzipping the tent until one night we were camping at Lake Winford Scott, I was awakened by a storm in the distance and I realized that Jake was not in the tent with me and the bottem of the tent was unzipped. I could just imagine him going down to the lake and one of those alligators taking one bite and he would be gone. I was terrified. I dashed out of the tent and started looking and calling him. I looked and he was sitting under the picnic table staring back at me like “What’s the big deal” I took the bread ties and tied the 3 zippers together in the middle after that and he never got out of the tent again.
We don’t camp any more, Jake has arthritis and I am afraid I would hurt him trying to put a harness on him. I have never tried taking any other cat camping, but then Jake has never been an ordinary cat.
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