I've taken Maddie into a few mini markets that say "no dogs",
when we've been on vacation. She's blind, so I have a special
backpack that she rides in, so she can still go hiking with us.
I've never gotten any negative feedback. It's usually along the
lines of "Oh what a cute dog".

She's not seen as a threat of messing up the store or being
aggressive or intrusive to anybody, since she's strapped into
the backpack, so nobody seems to care that she's in the
store and she's not suppose to be.

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