I know I’m going to get into trouble here, but I love my Pomeranians so much I want to take them everywhere. Mika and The Boys… which I wish I could form into a Country singing group, love and I mean really love going for rides in the SUV. I talked about it in a previous post but they get so excited they jump on each other to get out of the vestibule that leads to the garage. They run and wait very patiently (O.K. I’m exaggerating a little bit, what Pomeranian is really ever patient.) at the back passenger door.
My husband lifts them up one at a time so they can orientate themselves and get their place before we start moving. It’s hilarious. They do all this and then we still have to strap them in. They don’t get it but we still let them do it because it is so entertaining. Yes, we live in the Entertainment Capital of the World but are still entertained by our Pomeranians getting into a vehicle. Don’t judge me.
This is all the prelude to going to the many stores, casinos, resorts and just regular supermarket trips we go on. Don’t let my big burly husband fool you… he’s the one figuring out ways to sneak them in. He incorporates scare tactics, slight of hand, distraction… anything in his little bag of tricks to get Mika and The Boys into a place that has a sign “no dogs/pets allowed”. The bigger the sign the bigger the challenge. (Just to be clear… at no time are our furry babies in any danger)
We were in Smith’s, a local Grocery Supermarket owned by Kroger Co., the other day at about 10pm we’re walk in pushing the Pet Gear Stroller, I think we have now made famous… walk right by the self-checkout woman… she smiles, gives an “Oh, how cute look” and let’s us pass. There we are shopping, picking up sourdough bread, and other organic stuff, about 15 minutes into our shopping… now mind you we’ve been doing this for the past 3 years that we’ve lived in Vegas, and a guy comes out of no where, stocking shelves, to tell us that he doesn’t think that the store is pet friendly. 
I say O.K. we’re going to the checkout. We head to the checkout and the girl their can’t stop cooing and making baby noises, wanting to pet our babies… telling us how cute they are and she wishes her husband wasn’t allergic… and so on.
Our favorite places to take Mika and the boy’s are Best Buy, Fashion Show Mall (and every store in there), Town Square Mall (where they say they are pet friendly but none of the stores “allow” dogs) and the Post Office when we deliver Pommy Treats and Pommy Boxes. We wanted to take Niko into a Garth Brooks concert, (because he’s a huge Country Music fan) but Garth discontinued his residency at The Wynn. You snooze you lose… I guess.
Have you ever snuck your furry babies into a place that didn’t allow dogs… if so where?
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We took our Pom, Fluffy, with us on a road trip this summer. We were very disappointed to learn that most National Parks are not pet friendly. However, he still managed to see Mt Rushmore and and make friends with prairie dogs in North Dakota.
It’s better to ask for forgiveness than it is for permission in these cases! Your little pups are not aggressive and they are in their stroller not touching anything. I don’t understand why more places aren’t dog friendly!
I hate when I take Bear in a store, like at an outdoor outlet mall, and people say rude comments and give me strange looks. My pom is 6 lbs, stays in my arms and does not touch the floor. I also hate when we go through a drive thru and the person who takes my money and says he is vicious and is going to attack her, all the while he has a huge smile on his face. It’s not like I’m walking and carrying a 100lb dog around…
I sneak my pom, Poco, in most everywhere. The only place I haven’t tried is a movie theater, but I don’t think he’d really like that. I’ve taken him to lectures at school with more than 1000 people (and he sits in my lap while I take notes), into corner stores, liquor stores (on-going battle – official policy is not allowed, due to glass on floor, so I constantly carry him and most of them are too distracted by his cuteness to remember the rules). I’ve taken him to malls (he peed on a pillar…oops), to a concert (they dedicated a song to him!) and many other places. I love this game, I am so glad there are other pommy mommies doing this 🙂
I’ve taken my little Mia to the mall all the girls loves her in sephora nobody said anything about her not being able to be there. I mean she was in a pet carrier so I’m pretty sure they thought it was my bag lol I mean it is pretty stylish lol I need to try more places lol
I take my Lil’ Dude (yes, that’s his actual name) everywhere, and I mean everywhere! From doctors appointments to the DMV, hotels, etc… I’m lucky to live in LA, where fluffy babies are pretty widely accepted… Except places that have food like grocery stores. Annoying. But this doesn’t stop me! He is very accustomed to low profile “bye-bye’s”, he knows the drill and hops right into the pommy purse and lays down to peek outside his “window”! In fact, “bye-bye” happens to be his favorite word, even more than din-din (dinner) or yum-yums (treats)! We are planning to adopt a brother or sister for him soon, but I worry that 2 poms would be too much to handle on bye-bye’s; I guess I will have to get a stroller! 🙂
I’ve snuck mine into walmart..buffets..hotels..
Me and my baby girl, Emmie, are rarely seen without each other! She goes inside the bank with me, to get my pedicure, Home Depot loves her, she loves “people watching” at the car wash, she’s gone to a karaoke bar to hear her daddy sing, indoor and outdoor malls, she even saw and met Matt Nathanson when he was playing a small venue in San Francisco!
I’m a Pommy Daddy and my CUJO just loves to go for rides !! I have taken him into walmart,cvs and Kroger inside my jacket with his little nose sticking out ! Not very many people even notice him but when they do they fall in love with him !!
I take Brutus everywhere but grocery stores and restaurants. The hardware store clerks coo over him the most, one store even keeps a bag of treats behind the counter, they are very pet friendly. Other than the above mentioned I completely ignore the “no pets allowed” signs for stores. Now I did go to a craft show where they would not let me in with him…danger to the stitched rabbits and wooden hearts I guess. Anyway I just turned around and left. Unless it is cool outside and i am only going to be a min or two I do not leave him in the car alone
I have to laugh; because back in 1995, before “purse puppies” became popular, my Pomeranian, Jake, used to go EVERYWHERE with me. He’d just get in my purse and go with me — bank, store, restaurants, etc. He was always well behaved and quiet. I miss him so much. Teddy, my little Pom LOVES to go for a ride in the car; but hates to be hidden, so it’s not so easy to take him places incognito. 😀
Our little red hair girl Coco was always going undercover. We didn’t have a problem taking her anywhere; she was so down with laying low. No one ever looked underneath our Maclaren upright stroller (have you ever seen the tiny space under there??) on our almost daily strolls into the Whole Foods when our daughter was small. We used a jacket/small blanket draped over the back to partially obscure because you could always spot her happy little face.
How about not insisting you take dogs into places where it clearly says ‘No dogs’. I love dogs, I have dogs, but that does not mean I want to be shopping, eating, etc in places where people insist on bringing their dogs. I don’t take mine to shops, restaurants, a beach that is a no dog beach, or a park that says no dogs. That is about respecting other people. I do not think I have any right to take my dog where people do not want dogs, and I see no reason why others should think they can. When I am going where dogs are not allowed I leave the dogs at home.
My Bella is a 4 1/2 pound pommy/maltease….goes everywhere with me. If I go to JoAnn’s fabric and she happens not to be with me, the girls get upset.. The only store I have had a problem with is Target, needless to say I don’t shop there any more. If my Bella an’t go in, I don’t go in. She as even gone to plays with me.
I want to but I get so worried I will get busted
My husband and I went to the mall to buy a Sleep Number bed, years ago, and we took our pom Ginger with us. We had been in the mall and the store for about an hour, asking questions and deciding on this big purchase, when a mall security guard approached. He asked me if she was a “special abilities dog” to which I replied, “Yes, she is. She can fly.” She had jumped/fallen from the kids treehouse the week before, and was unhurt…ergo, she could fly! He told me we would have to take the dog and leave, but we did make our purchase first.
I only take my 6 lb. orange pommie “Tawny” with me to a few stores — Petsmart and Petco of course, and in her stroller to Home Depot and a couple of farmers’ markets. I don’t take her to the organic farmers’ markets with signs clearly posted no dogs allowed out of respect for others. I mean we’re around food in an open-air market and so that’s not cool. What bugs me is when people completely disregard the hygiene issue and walk their big dogs on a leash right down the middle of each aisle. Frustrating … and makes me jealous.
In Germany & Holland, dogs are allowed everywhere. Buses, boats, trains, sitting on chairs at tables at restaurants. You know, the way it should be!
I’ve never “snuck” my baby Peaches in anywhere but,when I 1st got her(@ 8 months old…She now just turned 4 yrs) I took her into Publix(a grocery store in South Florida..I didn’t even get through the produce section…which is the 1st part of the store usually..lol!) 1 of the Managers came up to me & said she couldn’t be in there because of health codes etc..(I guess I understand..because of all her fur but still..lol!) I was holding her too! It’s not like she was just walking around etc! But As I’m SURE most of you know from your baby’s…she’s my “shadow” lol! But I’m DEF NOT complaining though! I LOVE IT & I LOVE/ADORE HER!!! I recently had to take her to a E.R. Vet tho(well my Husband did because I was in Orlando)because she was acting VERY down,hiding in the closet(which she NEVER goes in there! She’s ALWAYS wherever I go!),wasn’t really eating & was in clearly in some sort of pain..but we could’t tell exactly where! =-( MY POOR SWEET GIRL!! But at the time he didn’t have all of the money they wanted to do x-rays,blood work etc..so after doing a physical evaluation(& not finding where she was showing any signs of pain)he gave her a steroid shot & sent her home w/pain meds for a few days(but the next she was MUCH better so I saved the last days meds…just in case). Then…sadly,a month later..exactly! She started it again(but not as extreme as the 1st time). I gave her the remaining pain meds but they didn’t seem to help her much. So I called the E.R. Vet that treated her & the woman read to me what the Vet wrote on her file. THIS is what REALLY UPSET me because the Vet that treated her never told my Husband that he suspected this!! Apparently,he suspected that she has IVDD~Intervertebral Disk Disease. It has something to do w/the cartilidge & stuff pushing on her spinal cord which usually happens to Poms & like 4-5 other breeds around their size + 1-2 other dif types of dogs that are bigger around the ages of 3-5 yrs(& I believe around 7-9 yrs for the bigger dogs)which can be caused from jumping from high places or maybe be inherited. I said “Wow! That sounds serious!” & she said “Oh,IT IS! It can be paralyzing!” & after reading can make them incontinent~not be able to use the bathroom. Which of course FREAKED ME OUT!! OMG!!! So after doing A LOT of searching online..I read that IF we would have known about this,then we SHOULD HAVE put her on strict cage rest for a week(& use a leash when she’s outside to use the bathroom to keep her walking at a minimum) right after getting the steroid shot! That’s the 1st method of treatment for this,& usually can be prevented IF caught early! Then maybe therapy & the last resort is surgery! Which Idk about most of you but I just can’t afford all of that (I have 3 kids too)! Which REALLY upset me even more because all I could think about was maybe(God forbid!!!)losing my poor precious sweet little baby because of money!!! Especially since she’d need a Neurologist to see her since it’s her spine! I’m sure a lot can relate to the money thing though. So then I was searching & asking everyone if they knew a Vet that accepted payments here. Because as I was told..a “GOOD” Vet would accept payments! I don’t really care fot the Vet I have now either. Plus I was worried because a friend of mine had to take her Chiuaua(however you spell that lol!) to an E.R. Vet because 1 of her puppies were caught + a couple of other serious issues she had)but,they actually KEPT HER DOG UNTIL SHE PAID THEM!! That just seems a type of animal abuse in a sense to me!! Because those dogs are also VERY close to their owner! Plus,like us,she’s VERY close to her & loves her just as much! So I’m SURE it was traumatizing for her & her poor baby! HOW can anyone do that? Idk if that’s normal practice for Vets but I personally could NEVER do that to someone!!! I know..I’m off course here a little(& WAY off from the “sneaking” topic lol!) but that upset ME a lot & she wasn’t even MY dog!!! But I really feared something like that happening to Peaches! Anyway,like 2 days later..she woke up miraculously feeling better & has been fine for the last week! “KNOCK ON WOOD”!!! Idk if anyone has experienced this,can you PLEASE give me some advice or your story on this? Because for some reason, I can’t help but worry that it’s gonna come back! Which scares me to death!!! Thank you for being patient w/me getting off the subject. By the way.. I LOVE THIS SITE!!! I found it by searching on taking Poms on a flight.
I have taken my pom to the beach, and not the one that allows animals. I also have taken him to the mall got busted there even though they had a pet grooming store in the mall the security guard demanded I take my dog out of the mall. makes no sense to me.
I use to take my baby into HyVee, the workers giving out samples spoiled her rootten following me all over the store with samples lol. The only place I was in trouble was Walmart and thats because some mean jealous person told the manager on me and he made us take her outside.
I use to take my baby into HyVee, the workers giving out samples spoiled her rootten following me all over the store with samples lol. The only place I was in trouble was Walmart and thats because some mean jealous person told the manager on me and he made us take her outside.
Yes, I do with Charlie. I have to hide him because I`d be immediately told to get out if I was caught. I take Charlie into Wal-mart and other food stores, including the mall and a few clothing stores. But there are some clothing stores that allow Dogs, and I found a mall that does too (unfortunately I live no where near it).
Like you all,I take my Abbi gayle every where I go,who can say no to those big brown eyes? I just walk in as if I’m the owner of the what ever store,no food stores yet kind of stand offish,if you know what I mean,I get a lot of looks,some good comments,some harsh looks,but I feel it’s their problem I ‘m with my little girl,we’re not bothering you in any way so vice versa!
In my younger years I took my late Nickolas into a movie theater, Ihop, walmart, and several stores in the mall that weren’t pet friendly. I’m not as brave now that I’m older but my little princess has gotten to sneak in walmart in a big bag with me a few times.
My pom is 18 lbs, hardly think I could hide him, and he has a loud mouth
I was travelling by myself with my ella when she was a puppy and she went into Dairy Queen in my purse. I would take them everywhere if I could.
I was travelling by myself with my ella when she was a puppy and she went into Dairy Queen in my purse. I would take them everywhere if I could.
My daughter is a groomer at Petco and I take Bella in to see her pretty often, the girls who work there get so excited! I hear “shes here shes here” and they take her off to show her off.
I have the bad habit of sneaking my chihuahua mix cujo with me almost everywhere he loves going out and it’s pretty good and he’s amazing with people