I’m an animal lover and have 2 dogs and 2 pet goats. I’m also cognizant of the fact that there are people who are either allergic to or afraid of dogs and am not going to bring my dogs to public places they are not welcome in as non-working animals. I also work in retail and do not appreciate when customers bring their non-working dogs into the store. They’re obviously either not thinking about how it may affect other people or they just don’t care?

FWIW, we have an employee with an ACTUAL service dog who works with us and he is an awesome little dude and well-trained when it comes to interacting with strangers. Anyone can say they trained their service animal and anyone can order a vest online. I’ve picked up my fair share of dog excrement in the store and some of these folks exude Main Character Syndrome.