Maybe you could go to the pet store during the day when the kids are in school so you can still have your outing?
My daughter and I were in petco one time and my daughter asked to pet a dog and the lady said she may bite so my daughter respected that. But later my daughter said why does she bring her here? I explained that she wants to take her dog on an outing so just respect her.
Casey growls at kids sometimes too she does fine with my dauthers but other kids scare her, my daughters best friends sister is special needs and casey gets annoyed I have to be vigilant when she comes over.
I think petco and petsmart should educate the parents that go in the store about teaching their children to ask first or even have a policy that children need to be supervised.
