If you walk through your local Publix, you may have noticed a new sign reminding customers to keep their furry friends at home if they wish to shop.
Recently, these signs have been popping up in more Publix stores, saying that pets, including emotional support animals, are not allowed to enter.
While service animals are allowed, they must be under the control of their owners and the store asked that people keep them away from carts or baskets for sanitation purposes.
I’ve got dogs and I wouldn’t take them into a regular shop even if allowed.
There are enough poorly behaved and stinky people in shops, don’t want them bringing their dogs too.
I used to take my dog into Lowe’s just to help socialize him, but during the pandemic absolutely everyone did that and it was a nightmare of lunging animals.
I feel like the biggest issue here is that Publix is a grocery store and having dogs around food ain’t really a good idea. Lowes has big “dogs allowed” signs on the front door
Please don’t come to Colorado; we allow dogs in most buildings, including grocery stores.
Hey guess what? Private business, neither you nor your non-service animal are protected classes. End of story.
About damn time.
Since when is this news? The grocery stores near me only allow service animals, and it’s been that way for as long as I can remember.
Some shitheels have been bringing their dogs into non-dog spaces under the guise of being “an emotional support animal”.
While there are some very specific instances where emotional support animals are a thing (PTSD, severe anxiety disorders, etc.) it did not become widespread until Karens started using it as loophole to bring their dogs into grocery stores, restaurants, and many other places where dogs werent allowed before.
As someone who has one, it really only covers you being able to rent a place if you have an esa
I did not know that. I guess most places don’t, either, and decide to just let the animals in rather than deal with any discrimination lawsuits.
Severe anxiety and PTSD can qualify as disabilities, and therefore can have a service animal.
A service animal is trained to perform a specific task that allows a person with a disability to perform normal daily activities. For PTSD and anxiety this action can be (but isn’t limited to) detecting the onset of a panic attack and providing direct physical stimulation/grounding.
An emotional support animal is one that isn’t trained for a task and whose presence makes the person with a disabling condition better (e.g. someone with anxiety is generally less anxious with their cat around).
ESA’s are not protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act (or equivalent in most other countries) while service animals are.
Also, a service animal can be any type of dog. Yes, even a pug can be a service animal if it is trained to do a task. No, training does not have to be done by an expensive service.
That rule seems incredibly fair.
