Within a short week its already obvious how much the Taiwanese love their dogs. So far it seems easier to buy pet food than baby formula as our neighbourhood has 3 pet stores (and counting) in a 5 block radius and my local grocery store doesn’t seem to carry formula. I’ve seen dogs being carried in hand bags ala Paris Hilton and even being pushed down the street in baby strollers. Yesterday I managed to snap a photo of this woman carrying her cinnamon poodle in her sling while grocery shopping.
Look a lot like a baby sling...
Odd thing though, at checkout in this same grocery store there is a sign that I think says No Dogs?!
No dogs?
Or maybe it says no unicorns. Its hard to tell.
The dog sign in stores usually means you can carry them in bags but they can’t roam on their own, but usually there is also an allowance if they are seeing eye dogs. People use the bags so that they can still freely enter shops. You should try the mall over on Ba-De Road 台北市八德路 which supplies carts for your pets to be pushed around in and has a pet care center and salon for your pooch to hang out while you take in some shopping and a movie.