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Participants in this thread:	todddonohuejr Daphne Merriweather crystal Luna ivycat
todddonohuejr 8 posts	Ok, why can’t dogs be allowed into the post office? This afternoon I took my very well behaved sheltie (only 30 lbs max) into the post office and you would have thought I was naked or carrying a loaded weapon! I was not only refused service, but actually yelled at and escorted out by a postal worker. What gives?? Dogs are citizens too. From now on, I’m buying stamps only online.
Daphne Merri... Winston-Salem, NC 15 posts	Honey, I hear ya. What with the price of postage these days, you should be allowed to bring an elephant into the post office. Or at least a malamute.
todddonohuejr 8 posts	Thanks for the support Daphne. I am seriously going to write a letter to the USPS. If they are going to be so stringent, then they should have self service machines in a common lobby that is pet friendly.
crystal Columbia, MO 9 posts	Have you ever been to Europe? The first day I was in Germany, I saw a woman with an enormous English sheepdog walk into THE BANK. It was very common practice for dogs to go lots of places with their owners, even laying quietly under the table at some restaurants. The dogs I met out in public (and on the trains) were all really well behaved.
Luna 116 posts	I understand your pain, I would love to take my dog everywhere I go, but I think the reason is the need to consider people with allergies. I still don’t understand how it is possible people can carry pets with them inside airplanes (in the cabin). I am terribly allergic to cats, to the point where my throath closes and I can’t breath and there is nothing worse than being allergic to an animal and having it in a airplane with you. Granted, the post office is not a closed environment but people could be allergic to dogs. The post office is a public building, that’s probably all.
ivycat Cincinnati, OH 79 posts	I have never been to Europe, but I do know that the have a much more relaxed view of dogs being welcome than the US. I think it is for sanitary reasons. I think that Americans are a little uptight that the dog may have an accident or shed and leave a mess. I have noticed that my dogs look cleaner than some of the people I’ve seen in the stores.
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