Letter: Taking dog in store brightens people’s day

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, July 27, 2016

I agree with The Herald’s “In Our View” editorials the majority of the time. I also agree that each and every human being has the right to their opinion. While the July 13 editorial, “Keep pets out of stores so service dogs can work” certainly has merit, and a law is a law, is a law, is a law. The only thing that is carved in stone, however, is death.

I am guilty of taking Weston, my 14-year-old, four-legged family member to the grocery store. He reclines in the kiddie seat on his pillow. (Usually napping.) He has a bath once a week because little sticky fingers want to pet him. He puts a smile on people’s faces and they usually show me pictures of their own precious animals and tell Weston, “You made my day.”

So, yes, I am that old lady in the store with my beautiful boy, making people smile and kids asking, “Mom, can we get a puppy?” I’m hoping she says yes.

Phyllis Cooper

Everett