While this may be a bit off the subject, I was just reading in my local paper today about a woman suing the Kellogg company and Black and Decker because she put a Pop Tart in her toaster oven and then forgot about it and went and took her daughter to nursery school. Apparently it caused a house fire while she was away. The paper said that Pop Tart boxes have a warning that reads that consumers should not leave their toasters unattended due to the possible risk of fire. I think people are getting "sue happy" because some lawyers will take on anything. Also people don't seem to want to take responsibility for their actions. While it is certainly a shame that the person fell on the dog slobber, I think a law suit should only be necessary if the person has no health insurance and therefore can't cover their medical bills. The problem is that people get way out of hand with the amounts they try to recover in these suits. I agree that it would be a shame to ban pets at these stores. I love shopping at PetsMart and seeing so many wonderful pets shopping with their people too. Maybe employees will keep a more cautious eye out for anything like that in the future.