Do Animals Belong in the Tattoo Shop?
I’m an animal lover. I wish I could take my dog a lot more places than I can – I’d bring him with me in the grocery store, shoe shopping, and lots of other places if it was allowed. He’s not just a pet – he’s a member of our family and we do take him many places with us when we can. But would it really be a good thing if animals were allowed everywhere? Cleanliness I know my dog is groomed regularly, has all of his shots, is free of fleas and ticks, and is well behaved. But he also sheds like a cotton tree in a windstorm, and all that fur – despite regular grooming – isn’t exactly sanitary. No matter how much you might love your pet, there are some places they simply don’t belong. And, unfortunately, one of those places is the tattoo shop. When the TV show Miami Ink first aired, the regular presence of the “shop dog” outraged some but also made others think the show just proved that it’s okay for animals to be in the shop. And it’s not always dogs – some shops have cats and even small
