I love dogs, but I’m sorry keep your dogs at home or in your vehicle with your wife. I don’t understand it. I need some nuts and bolts and some paint from lowes, I know, let’s take the dog. Take them to the river, to the park or to the woods, not in the grocery store.
I think some people just need a thing they do not have, so they humanize the animal to fill the void whatever it may be (job, kids, friends, hobby, parental instinct). At least that's my opinion.