Owner brought their dog and unfortunately can’t trust to bring mine.

EDIT: i didn’t realize so many people would feel as if my post was entitled when it was absolutely not meant to be.

no, i’d never report the owner and their dog. i love the shop very much.

yes, im aware of the real world possibility of running into other dogs at anytime, and i have on a multitude of occasions.

to be clear: we spend 2-5 hours sitting in one spot. this isn’t a “passing by” where we stay for 20-30 mins at a shop. this is hours. the dog is off leash, not in control or with the owner, and i’m allowed to have questions about it.

this was never meant to be ill intentioned, but i would would have appreciated if people would’ve been kinder overall when i really just had a question :(

So my boyfriend and i LOVE to play magic the gathering… but yesterday we were going to a card shop we like and the owner brought their own dog(a chihuahua) and thankfully i was forewarned by my boyfriend so i didn’t bring my SD.

this was really saddening to me as i love bring her. it’s great socialization and desensitization for her.

what’s the legality behind this though? the dog isn’t an SD or ESA so im not sure if because they own a small business and it’s private if they have the right to bring their dog anytime. if so, i won’t be able to bring my SD because i don’t trust other people’s dogs. which sucks as i really enjoy the people, but it’ll be ok.

i’m just overall curious about it! not too upset as it’s one place of probably hundreds of places i’ve had access with my SD🤍