You shouldn’t have to dodge a trail of dog pee at the grocery store. Or watch a dog sniff food on a Starbucks counter. Or wonder if the cart you're putting your produce in was just occupied by someone’s pet.

Across Dallas, people are bringing their dogs into grocery stores, restaurants, cafes, and even pharmacies. These aren’t trained service animals. These are pets in purses, strollers, shopping carts, and on flex leashes—often loud, messy, and totally unregulated.

This isn’t about hating dogs. It’s about public health, basic hygiene, and respecting shared spaces. It’s about the people with allergies, immune conditions, phobias, or disabilities who now feel pushed out of places they have a right to be. It’s about food safety and legal consistency. It’s about common sense.

Workers say they’re afraid to speak up. Managers say it’s too much of a fight. And the result? More stores are quietly tolerating it. More people are pretending their pets are service animals. And more of us are paying the price—literally and physically—for someone else’s entitlement.

It doesn’t have to be this way. We’re calling on the City of Dallas and local health departments to step in, clarify the law, and enforce existing health codes. Grocery stores and restaurants are not pet-friendly zones. And pretending they are is putting people at risk.

Sign this petition if you believe clean food spaces should stay that way. Sign if you believe service animals should be protected—not impersonated. And sign if you’re tired of being told to just put up with it.

Your voice matters. Speak up. Because your health and your space matter too.