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> On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:07:10 -0600, Pennyaline
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>>> There's is no need or reason for someone to take their animals to a
>>> pet food store (unless a guide dog). Mix animals (no matter if calm)
>>> and people, someones gonna get a bite.
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This is a pet store. You are allowed to bring your animal in and fit them
with collars, coats, boots, car restraints, etc. The store has grooming
services. Animal shelters have adoption services there. People who go
there expect to encounter animals there. This is not a store where all you
buy is pet food. By its very nature animals are present. If anything, the
child was inappropriate. While I agree that the dog owner was not attentive
and in control in this case, parents need to take responsibility for and
protect their children. That child could have as easily approached a loose
dog in the street, been in a china shop and dumped something on herself and
gotten cut. You see kids everyday that are allowed to watch the men working
in the street or cutting trees or whatever and the kids are allowed to climb
on their equipment and get underfoot and the assumption is that the workers
will watch out for them. Wrong. I am a parent as well as a dog owner and I
know and practice my responsibilities for each.
Janet