I was born and raised in Monterey. I've been going to the Starbucks since the first day it opened between 2009 and 2013. I brought my dog in there when she was six weeks old. She weighs 29 pounds. She's a service animal emotional support animal One day she jumped up on the couch and then new Starbucks and I was reprimanded by the manager, which she's always sat on my lap, they never said nothing before and I apologize and said you know I'm sorry that I had turned my back. She had jumped on the couch over their seats as I said she was never reprimanded Before a dog was in a one day and decided to bark at her and when I sat down in the chair at the dog came at me, and she barked to tell the dog to move away. I was reprimanded, but the woman that had the dog was not reprimanded. I was told by one of the Bautista's That I could no longer bring my dog in there as of December 30, 2025 a woman brought her big dog in that jumped up on the counter. I was with a friend and nothing was said by anybody any of them employees none of the employees. My dog is now 10 years old and she's been going in there since day, one of her life I was going in there prior before to be treated disrespectfully to be told about all these rules that aren't even applied on their door of the rules, For Dogs but you're giving out pup cups, which hurt me is a petit had to tell me because the manager wouldn't tell me The most upsetting part of it all is the fact you're single now a 29 pound dog versus a huge dog that weighs over 8090 pounds jumped up on their bar, but I'm being reprimanded and if the first dog wouldn't have barked coming near me, she barked to stay away from me. That's her job. Any animals job Which I have apologized to the manager and said the dog was coming at me and she bark for him to stay away, but yet I'm getting reprimanded, but not the other person. Do I find this to be discriminatory yes, and the woman was still in the building, but she didn't say anything to this woman only to me, but my dog didn't initiate the bark. You have homeless people that come and they sit on these couches, some of them smell terribly I never ever have complained ever and I've sat next to homeless people because they're trying to get out of the cold. It would be rude of me to even say anything, but you're talking about a dog that bathes more than anybody, but it just so happened when I was ordering, she jumped up on the couch chair, cause that's what she did in the past and I would put her in my lap because she was very very tiny at that time now she's 29 pounds it's very upsetting when you have a dog that's been a surface dog to you and she's been going in there since she was a pup to be treated Disrespectfully. I don't treat anybody disrespectful she walks by I don't let her go in anymore but if you're going to apply rules, then apply them to all people that go into Starbucks with animals I will be calling their corporate office and I will be filing a complaint. It's very hurtful. My money is just as good as anybody else's money. I follow their rules and all animals should be welcome. You have children that are autistic that have emotional support dogs and animals that they bring with them if you're gonna make it a dog friendly place then keep it a dog friendly animal friendly place read more