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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 32901" data-attributes="member: 27">Oh, how I wish we had the law (more) on our side here.&nbsp; There are laws, of course--national laws as well as state-specific laws banning &quot;non-service animals&quot;--but unfortunately in Florida, the laws are not enforced equally.&nbsp; Governor Scott passed a law where the owner would have to pay a small fine and the business could ban them, but unless a cop is right there in the store there&#039;s not much the store can do because the store owners/managers are too afraid of &#039;creating a scene&#039; or having some *&amp;(@# write a nasty, one-sided letter that might get them demoted.&nbsp; A policeman or other law enforcement can be the bad guy, but the store owner don&#039;t have the backbone to stand up to these people.&nbsp;I do know that the $hit hits the fan if that dog is in the store when a health inspector visits, though.&nbsp; Unlike the store owner, that inspector doesn&#039;t care about hurting anyone&#039;s feelings because...well, they&#039;re from the government and don&#039;t have to be nice or understanding. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; A grocery store in Tampa got shut down for 48 hours when such an event occurred, but I doubt the dog owner cared one bit...it&#039;s all about them, y&#039;know.Several years ago a woman was asked to leave a Publix supermarket in Florida because she brought a pet dog in with her--so she immediately sued Publix for causing her &quot;emotional distress&quot; (translation: embarrassing her in public) and WON a small settlement.&nbsp; From that point on, all Publix said they would do is ask &quot;What service does your service animal perform?&quot;, not &quot;Is this a service animal?&quot; or (what I&#039;d ask) &quot;Don&#039;t you understand it&#039;s a health-code violation to bring your dog in here?&quot;&nbsp; They totally caved and since Publix basically owns the grocery business in Florida, others follow their lead.&nbsp; When I shop and see some old lady trucking around her little poodle/shih-Tzu/rat-dog in the cart, I look at the dog as if he has three heads just to let granny know little Fifi ought to be home.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 32901, member: 27"] Oh, how I wish we had the law (more) on our side here. There are laws, of course--national laws as well as state-specific laws banning "non-service animals"--but unfortunately in Florida, the laws are not enforced equally. Governor Scott passed a law where the owner would have to pay a small fine and the business could ban them, but unless a cop is right there in the store there's not much the store can do because the store owners/managers are too afraid of 'creating a scene' or having some *&(@# write a nasty, one-sided letter that might get them demoted. A policeman or other law enforcement can be the bad guy, but the store owner don't have the backbone to stand up to these people. I do know that the $hit hits the fan if that dog is in the store when a health inspector visits, though. Unlike the store owner, that inspector doesn't care about hurting anyone's feelings because...well, they're from the government and don't have to be nice or understanding. :) A grocery store in Tampa got shut down for 48 hours when such an event occurred, but I doubt the dog owner cared one bit...it's all about [I]them[/I], y'know. Several years ago a woman was asked to leave a Publix supermarket in Florida because she brought a pet dog in with her--so she immediately sued Publix for causing her "emotional distress" (translation: embarrassing her in public) and WON a small settlement. From that point on, all Publix said they would do is ask "What service does your service animal perform?", not "Is this a service animal?" or (what I'd ask) "Don't you understand it's a health-code violation to bring your dog in here?" They totally caved and since Publix basically owns the grocery business in Florida, others follow their lead. When I shop and see some old lady trucking around her little poodle/shih-Tzu/rat-dog in the cart, I look at the dog as if he has three heads just to let granny know little Fifi ought to be home. [/QUOTE]

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