Dogs going Shopping with you

[2pekes]

I was wondering if anyone else here took their dogs shopping with them?
I know wal-mart does not allow dogs in their store. I have took my dog in the grocery store when I first got her. I hid her in my pocket book, She was tiny and it was a big bag with her little head sticking out the top.
I feel sometimes me and my dog are attached at the hip! I fear I will be the one with seperation anxiety when the day comes I have to leave her for a couple of days.

[DeLaUK]

I used to take my Rott and occasionally chi/fox terrier shopping around Beverly Hills and Palm Springs, some of the stores there will allow dogs in and I used Petco and Petsmart for socialization training as well as just 'something different' for my own dogs instead of the usual 'going for a walk' routine. I am in Germany right now and most of the stores are fine with dogs being in there, I went clothes shopping the other day and there were about 4 dogs in the store, people take them into bars and coffee shops here all the time, its great.

[2pekes]

That sounds so cool! There are only like a few stores I can take my dog into here in North Carolina. You take a dog into a clothing store around here and people look at you like you have lost your mind. lol
I take nelly every were with me. There should be more pet friendly stores I think.

[DeLaUK]

I think it makes a difference to the dogs attitude in general, in California my dogs would always get a little over-excited or sometimes anxious when they first got near a store, all those people, other dogs, automatic doors, shopping carts, kids running around, but here its 'not a big deal', it seems that because it is okay to take them into stores a lot more people take them on a daily basis so they get used to all the 'distractions' and are in general a lot calmer because of it.