Dogs in Lowes Store

[dmccarty]

We went to the Pet Olympics at the NCSU Vet school this weekend.

Long story short, we took three rescue dogs to the event to help out a dog rescue group. I would guess there were a good dozen or so dog rescue groups at the event and there had to have been a minimum of 200-300 dogs, both rescues, participants in the Olympics, and with visitors.

I saw exactly zero, none, zilch problems with the dogs.:confused3::shocked: :thumbsup: With all of those dogs, some rescues that have been horribly treated, I saw no problems what so ever and we were there before the event started and after it ended. There were mutts, pure breds, little itty bitty dogs, to huge dogs whose feet were bigger than the little itty bitty dogs. Not one act of aggression did I see or hear and I was watching the crowd almost all day.

The only thing that was close to aggressive I should have filmed but I was laughing too hard. In front of one of the vet offices is a huge metal sculpture of a big dog on a platform. The dog statute looks to be a big herding dog, maybe a Bernese Mountain dog so it is huge, and the statue is maybe twice the real life size of the dog. Well I hope the real dog was not that big. :shocked::laughing::laughing::laughing:

Anyhow, a couple walked their dog away from the event and when they got 50ish feet from the statue, their dog start to bark at the metal dog on a pedestal. :shocked::laughing::laughing::laughing: The dog thought the statue was REAL. :laughing::laughing::laughing: The owners and I were just busting a gut laughing at this and it go worse when they walk their dog to check out the statue. The dog was still barking, it was a Who/What are You bark, then the dog went to SMELL the statues rear end. That killed us.

The dog never really stopped barking at the statue. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Not the brightest dog at the show I am sorry to say but we sure got a good laugh.

Later,
Dan

 

[rekees4300]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Too funny :laughing:

 

[dragoneggs]

"Does your dog bite?"

pink panther does your dog bite - - Yahoo Video Search Results

"That is not my dog."

Love those old Peter Sellers Pink Panther movies!

 

[ray66v]

Anyhow, a couple walked their dog away from the event and when they got 50ish feet from the statue, their dog start to bark at the metal dog on a pedestal. :shocked::laughing::laughing::laughing: The dog thought the statue was REAL. :laughing::laughing::laughing: The owners and I were just busting a gut laughing at this and it go worse when they walk their dog to check out the statue. The dog was still barking, it was a Who/What are You bark, then the dog went to SMELL the statues rear end. That killed us.

The dog never really stopped barking at the statue. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Not the brightest dog at the show I am sorry to say but we sure got a good laugh.

I came up with a simple doggie IQ test.

While the dog is looking directly at you, and you have it's attention, knock on the wall. If the dog goes nuts, runs to the door, and barks it's head off, it's stupid. :thumbsup:

Sadly, few of them are brilliant. Perhaps, that's a good thing, since too many people let their dogs train them.

Any dog that I am asked to train, has to pass this test.

 

[TomSeller]

Previous post said something wrong with people that don't like dogs!! Guess there is something wrong with me but also something wrong with who said that. My take on the dog subject is its a animal. Nothing more nothing less. My 1000 lb steers are animals, my 50 laying hens are animals and the 2 feeder pigs I have are the same. Dogs in stores well I think I should have the right to drag my animals down the isles of the local tsc and lowes and iga food store like I see all the time. If fefee is like family to you, my livestock is like family to me.

Knock yourself out, maybe you should have an old fashioned cattle drive right through Lowes. Have the pigs and chickens in tow!! I'd advise you to check with the store manager first, but if their policy is that you can run cattle, pigs and chickens through their store, more power to you. If their policy just allows dogs and maybe cats, then you might want to lower your expectations. You only have the right to bring in what the store allows, so I'd suggest you don't do something you could regret. My HD and Lowes stores allow and encourage "dogs" in the store. What say yours?

 

[/pine]

Tightening the leash on fake service dogs

 

[Redlands Okie]

Interesting. Now if they would just put some teeth in the laws to enable them to be enforced.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

I agree that the fake service dog owners should get hit with a heavy fine. Same with people that fake a handicap to get the parking permit, or those that just park in a handicap space with no permit at all. Can't make the fine big enough in my opinion.

This has nothing to do with Lowe's or HD letting people bring dogs in their store though. It's still up to the store owner/manager to allow, or not allow dogs in the store.

 

[two_bit_score]

Out of all the comments in this thread nobody has mentioned seeing two dogs get into a fight at a store?

 

[TomSeller]

Out of all the comments in this thread nobody has mentioned seeing two dogs get into a fight at a store?

No, but I have seen two people get into a fight in a HD store.