Tying dogs up outside shops

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Never understood this especially large supermarkets. There was a lab squeeling its head off the other night. Aren't people worried they will escape or be stolen? Leaving their beloved pet unattended. Why take chances?
 
I have heard so many stories of dog being stolen from outside shops, and the owners are so shocked and heartbroken- when really it was kind of their fault. I would never do it, partly because I'd be worried about her disappearing, and partly because I'm afraid if someone tried she'd bite them! (she has anxiety issues, made worse by being tied up and unable to escape) If the dog comes shopping, there is always more than one person so someone can stay outside with her.
My nan used to tie her dog up outside a shop while she bought her morning paper, but to be fair it was such a small shop she could see him the whole time, and no access for cars, so anyone stealing him would have been spotted! (plus he would never leave his mum!)
 
Allot of OAP's walk to the shop with the dog pop in for a few items then walk home.

I don't see it a problem for me as long as its not stressed , just sitting waiting for owner to come out.

That said some dogs are more valuable than a mut and for that I would not do it.
If the dog is a stressy type I would not do it, but I would practice at home ( did it with ours who suffered from anxiety and panicked when left tied up or when we were mucking out on back yard.

Now ever does not give a damn


I have done it in the past and could do again , not a huge supermarket only the local deli where i pop in for chocolate or a drink. Would not leave dog outside for any longer than ness.


People who do a huge shop should not leave dog outside for that long specially when its hot or cold.
And to add had experience of a kid coming up to my first dog when he was tied to lorry and she got bit.

there is a time and a place I would/ would not do it.
 
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I used to do it years ago, but that was in a small village when everyone knew everyone else. Would never do it nowadays for the reasons already stated, not just the fear of theft, but people are so stupid and let their children go up to dogs tied up (I've seen it outside supermarket:() and whereas Evie would never bite a child if she was excited by being fussed she could quite possibly head butt one, which in this day and age would no doubt lead to dangerous dogs cries.
 
Some of the supermarkets have pet points outside with water and hooks to tie pets too. I dont think they should encourage it. I wouldnt risk it!

We had a client that tied his dog up outside a shop and forgot him!!! Walked all the way home and realised he was missing something! Someone had bought the dog to us as had been there along time! x
 
I would never do it I cherish my dogs so much I would be davastated if someone took them or kids let them off as prank. Each to their own I suppose. I have seen dog owners tell their pooch to sit stay while they go in the supermarket or even the takeaway and the dog stays loyal, focused on the door, waiting for their owner to return. I look on with amazement and envy as my two pull me down the street :D
 
I did once leave my dog outside my local corner shop it felt horrid i couldnt stop worring about her could never do it agian now im allowed to bring her in the shop with me dont no how people can do it i only went in to grab some milk and literally ran in grabbed it and ran to till and was so worried
 
Would never, ever do it. Not only do I want to prevent him getting pinched or escaping, I think it's horrible to leave them whining away. My beagle would get very stressed, he's very people orientated.

Walk your dog, go to the shops. Not at the same time!
 
This has just reminded me - I work opposite a branch of Poundstretcher which has automatic doors. A few weeks ago someone left a lovely lab outside, I presume in a stay. However the dog moved and stood just in front of the doors, itsa wonder the doors didn't short circuit as they were sliding open and shut frantically. The dog seemed totally unbothered, although people going in and out of the store had a problem in picking the right moment to get through :D
I did keep an eye on the dog to make sure he didn't want into the road but he stayed put until his owner came out.
 
I leave mine outside the corner shop if I pop in for something, he is quite happy to be left. He won't go with a stranger without me saying he can, & is unlikely to be carried off struggling. I would leave him to stay sat outside without tying up, trust him not to move & he is friendly but cos of his size I tie him up, don't see the point in arguing with dog haters needlessly. Wouldn't take him to do a weekly shop, but I do know for a fact a few of the dogs who get left outside my local Tesco belong to older people who live very close by & who go there almost daily for a bagfull of shopping each time, just like a corner shop. And they're not the sit & cry for the owner type, that does bother me. But I can see that if you have one that frets left at home, temporarily it could be the lesser of two evils.
 
I used to do it with my old dog when I was younger, he wouldn't let anyone near him so wasn't at risk of being stolen etc. However I wouldn't dream of doing it now with my two.
 
I also used to do it when younger, though it was with a bowlegged JRT who no-one would want to steal (and he wouldn't have let anyone take him) who followed me everywhere on my bike and sat outside shops without any further instruction. No lead, ever. :o

With my two now, never. Besides anything else they are too theft-attractive and would go with anyone. One would panic, chew through his lead or slip his collar and bolt, one would howl, hop up and down to see where I'd gone and generally create a scene. Neither would bite anyone coming to stroke them but any child walking past with an ice cream or biscuit would have it snatched by R, no question.
 
I guess it depends on where you live:)

Round here people leave their dogs outside shops a lot:) Tescos even have a water bowl for them :D Mind you they also have a cat that has 'moved' into the atrium/porch and made it home so they are very animal friendly:D It is lots of Labs, the odd spaniel and the occaisional 'little' dog but everyone knows them and makes a fuss of them and they are quite happy:D It also gives the security gaurd in Tesco's something to do as crime waves are few and far between round here......;):D:D:D
 
BoolavogueDC said:
Haha yes, my old lab Holly, would have had your ARM (for your ice cream :D :D)
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The most fraught part of any of the fun dog shows we've done this year is the inevitable sticky-fingered children coming to stroke the dogs with an ice cream in their other hand - one day, one day, I won't be paying attention and he will make a small child cry. :o
 
blackcob said:
The most fraught part of any of the fun dog shows we've done this year is the inevitable sticky-fingered children coming to stroke the dogs with an ice cream in their other hand - one day, one day, I won't be paying attention and he will make a small child cry. :o
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My old horse stole an ice-cream in his youth, he was forever optimistic after that, that another might come his way.
 
no way, not these days. Id NEVER let my dog drink from a bowl outside tescos either - quickest way to get kennelcough or all manner of other diseases,bleerugh.

i did once, 15 years ago, leave my lab pup tied up outside MFI, i was a student at the time and very irresponsibly bought a puppy:D Anyway, I came out to see someone carrying him off across the carpark and his collar unbuckled and hanging still attached to his lead and the post it was tied to!!! :eek::mad: I took off after them hollering my head off and got him back;)
 
I will when I stay with my mum as she lives in a tiny village and the shop has big windows so I can see him, plus he's the worlds friendliest dog so have no worries about him stealing food or biting. Besides I know most of the kids in the village through my sister being at school there!
 
Never ever leave an unattended dog either tied up outside a shop or in a parked car,it is an absolute gift to dog thieves.Even the scruffiest old dog can be useful as fighting dog bait.
 
I do it with mine but not just anywhere. I do think it's important that they wait quietly and all of mine do. I used to meet my mum from work, tie the dogs inside the first set of doors to the supermarket and go and tell her I was there. They were on the CCTV, in a store where I had worked and mum had worked for umpteen years, in a small town and the porters always found a reason to be in that bit when the dogs were in their funnily enough ;) :p I do at certain places round here too but tend to take two of us and one stay out with the dogs.

I don't worry about them getting stressed and if a child looses any sweets that's their problem (they are otherwise very friendly). Stolen....well yes I do worry but they could be taken out of my garden too and it doesn't stop me letting them out in the garden unattended.
 
I leave my GSD un-tied, but 'sit, stay'ed outside the shop (not for a big supermarket shop, just local, or if we are away at the weekend with her). She doesn't have a lead so doesn't get tied up. She is quite happy to sit and wait, and has usually acumulated some admirers by the time we return (she is very gentle).

I think it must depend on where you live! We live in a little village, and when we are away at the weekend it is rural / islands.
 
I was in my local shop when a very young staffi pup came running into the shop, I was in the queue and there was a young girl behind me, muttering something, it was her dog, anyway it was very young, she went outside to retrieve the harness, which was too big and didn't fit properly, she didn't appreciate me saying about it but I was scared for the poor dog, she was going to put it back on and leave it outside again, its lucky it ran in the shop and not onto the busy road, I was having kittens, I said look, I'll hold onto her while you buy what you're buying and then you have her off me, this could so easily have ended in tragedy through no fault of the dog.

Another annoying thing is, I have a springer who is strong, I saw a bloke the other day walking along with a mastiff type dog, lovely looking dog, as he got to the shop he handed it to the small child that was with him, he went in the shop, dog was well behaved, BUT would it have been if another dog came along, it may well have been but IMO an accident waiting to happen for the child as well as the dog. I hate seeing children leading big dogs just because there's no way they'd stop them if they decided to bog off.
 
I used to do it with my GSD outside the shop or the library when I was a kid, was a small village and everyone knew us and no one would have tried to steal her. Wouldn't dream of it now.
 
My daughter holds my dogs lead, despite him outweighing her a fair bit & used to when he was more than double her weight. He doesn't need a lead, walks to heel perfectly no matter what & has an instant response to a range of voice commands. But outside school gates, shops etc people tend to object once they notice there isn't a lead holding him at your side, outside a shop etc. So body strength isn't a requirement for holding his lead. If it was, I wouldn't have a great chance of controlling him myself. I grew up walking dogs a large man could have been floored by if it was a case of physical strength so really don't see the difference between a child with a large dog or a pony. Just comes down to how well behaved it is.
 
Used to do it with my JRT when younger, but only when popping in the shop for sweets, the till was right by the door, so the shop owner would keep an eye on her for me anyway (I was very well known lol).

Done it once with Blue, outside a bakers (needed bread) and could see him the whole time- was very worried though so would not do it again.
 
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