NinjaSmurf
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I go to this store at least once a week (it is a game store i.e. board games, rpgs etc.) and on average am there for at least six hours at a time, used to be more but I just moved about an hour away. They have four dogs and just got a savannah kitten at Christmas, and the animals are all at the store almost every day for at least 8 to 10 hours at a time.
The dogs are as follows:
Sasha: English mastiff, I think about a year and half or two years old. They got her as a puppy and she is completely housebroken. She is very sweet, but she sometimes gets spooked and barks at people with her hackles up, which can be scary as hell if you don't know her. Not great at body sense.
Daisy: Lab (so called pure bred, but doesn't have good conf.) Got her over a year ago from an amish guy getting rid of his breeding dogs (AKA Puppy Mill). Never been in a house, so not housebroken. She is the current monster of the group. She was shy until they got her sister Violet a week later. She barks at customers if they get too close (ie ten feet), follows her owners around, is scared of everything, and cowers and runs around in circles if you get close or she gets spooked. However, she has now started be more aggressive with her running and barking, to the point of coming towards you instead of backing away, and has charged me once.
Violet: Sister of Daisy, shy but sweet, bit of a moocher. She was pregnant when they got her, had 13, 3 born dead. She's not a problem, except for playing with Moose. Also not housebroken.
Moose: Son of Violet, sweet but hyper (of course) but still craps on the floor (turns a yr old this month). Abslutely no body sense what so ever, will plow right by you and almost knock you down. Him and Sasha mock fight, which would be fine except they'll bump right into you, chairs, tables, anything... and when Violet joins in it gets huge.
The problem is, they are loosing customers left and right because of the animals and their lack of training (plus their four kids arguing over who took the dogs out last).
The dogs crap and pee on the floor, bug people with food, slam into people as they run by, barkat customers.
No one is sure how to broach the subject, as the owner is a bit unpredictable and has banned people from the store for sometimes ridiculous reasons. I want to help, and I've been talking to her (the owner) about some of the things, but I don't know how to tell her why business is down without her flipping out or kicking me out, or possible kicking other people out who she thinks might have a problem with her dogs.
Should I try to broach the subject at all, or just keep working on trying to get her to see and work on some of the issues her dogs are causing without bringing up the fall in business? I'm very worried that they may be faced with a lawsuit if something happens.
The dogs are as follows:
Sasha: English mastiff, I think about a year and half or two years old. They got her as a puppy and she is completely housebroken. She is very sweet, but she sometimes gets spooked and barks at people with her hackles up, which can be scary as hell if you don't know her. Not great at body sense.
Daisy: Lab (so called pure bred, but doesn't have good conf.) Got her over a year ago from an amish guy getting rid of his breeding dogs (AKA Puppy Mill). Never been in a house, so not housebroken. She is the current monster of the group. She was shy until they got her sister Violet a week later. She barks at customers if they get too close (ie ten feet), follows her owners around, is scared of everything, and cowers and runs around in circles if you get close or she gets spooked. However, she has now started be more aggressive with her running and barking, to the point of coming towards you instead of backing away, and has charged me once.
Violet: Sister of Daisy, shy but sweet, bit of a moocher. She was pregnant when they got her, had 13, 3 born dead. She's not a problem, except for playing with Moose. Also not housebroken.
Moose: Son of Violet, sweet but hyper (of course) but still craps on the floor (turns a yr old this month). Abslutely no body sense what so ever, will plow right by you and almost knock you down. Him and Sasha mock fight, which would be fine except they'll bump right into you, chairs, tables, anything... and when Violet joins in it gets huge.
The problem is, they are loosing customers left and right because of the animals and their lack of training (plus their four kids arguing over who took the dogs out last).
The dogs crap and pee on the floor, bug people with food, slam into people as they run by, barkat customers.
No one is sure how to broach the subject, as the owner is a bit unpredictable and has banned people from the store for sometimes ridiculous reasons. I want to help, and I've been talking to her (the owner) about some of the things, but I don't know how to tell her why business is down without her flipping out or kicking me out, or possible kicking other people out who she thinks might have a problem with her dogs.
Should I try to broach the subject at all, or just keep working on trying to get her to see and work on some of the issues her dogs are causing without bringing up the fall in business? I'm very worried that they may be faced with a lawsuit if something happens.
