Mojo In The Morning

Shannon Snuck In Her Dog

11 min
Feb 27, 2026about 2 months ago
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Summary

The episode centers on Shannon sneaking her elderly dog into a CVS pharmacy while running errands, sparking a broader discussion about people bringing pets everywhere in public spaces. Callers share their own experiences with pets in unexpected places, including a woman with a 200-pound pet pig that accompanies her everywhere.

Insights
  • Pet ownership culture has shifted dramatically in the past decade, with bringing animals to public spaces becoming normalized rather than exceptional
  • People justify bringing pets to restricted areas by claiming emotional support animal status, highlighting a gap between regulations and enforcement
  • The trend of pets as constant companions reflects changing attitudes toward work-life balance and pet integration into daily routines
  • Pharmacy and retail convenience issues (slow service, lack of drive-thrus) drive consumer workarounds like sneaking pets inside rather than leaving them in cars
Trends
Normalization of pets in public spaces and retail environments over the past decadeMisuse of emotional support animal designations to bypass pet restrictionsPet owners treating animals as family members requiring constant supervision and integrationGrowing frustration with traditional pharmacy services driving exploration of alternative optionsRegional variations in pet policies and enforcement across different locations
Topics
Pet ownership and public space etiquetteEmotional support animal regulations and misusePharmacy service quality and conveniencePet transportation and travelInsurance coverage and prescription deliveryRetail customer experienceAnimal welfare in vehiclesOnline pharmacy services
Companies
CVS
Shannon snuck her dog into a CVS pharmacy to pick up her inhaler prescription while running errands with her children.
Walgreens
Mentioned as a preferred pharmacy alternative with better service quality and customer experience compared to CVS.
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Shannon's insurance provider criticized for poor coverage options and restrictive pharmacy policies.
Kroger
Referenced as a grocery store where pets are increasingly seen shopping with customers in aisles.
Meijer
Mentioned as a grocery store location in Pontiac where a caller brings her pet pig shopping.
Mark Cuban's Online Pharmacy
Recommended as an alternative to traditional pharmacies, offering mail delivery and potentially lower costs than insu...
People
Shannon
Host who snuck her 16-year-old dog Charlie into CVS while running errands with her children Lucy and Smith.
Mark Cuban
Entrepreneur whose online pharmacy business was mentioned as an alternative to traditional pharmacy services.
Dr. Warner
Shannon's doctor who she calls to request prescriptions but avoids picking up due to slow CVS service.
Quotes
"You know those days that are just so busy and you're trying to go, what is the best scenario for me to get everything done in a timely fashion? That was my day yesterday."
Shannon
"I can't leave the dog in the car. it's 10,000 degrees outside."
Shannon
"What would you get more disdain for? Would you get more disdain leaving your dog in a hot car or lying about having an emotional support animal?"
Shannon
"She sleeps in the bed with us and everything."
Misty (caller with pet pig)
"I refuse to pick up prescriptions unless there's 20 of them waiting for me."
Shannon
Full Transcript
What if mind control is real? If you could control the behavior of anybody around you, what kind of life would you have? Can you hypnotically persuade someone to buy a car? When you look at your car, you're going to become overwhelmed with such good feelings. Can you hypnotize someone into sleeping with you? I gave her some suggestions to be sexually aroused. Can you get someone to join your cult? NLP was used on me to access my subconscious. Mind Games, a new podcast exploring NLP, a.k.a. neurolinguistic programming. Is it a self-help miracle, a shady hypnosis scam, or both? Listen to Mind Games on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can scroll the headlines all day and still feel empty. I'm Ben Higgins, and If You Can Hear Me is where culture meets the soul. Honest conversations about identity, loss, purpose, peace, faith, and everything in between. Celebrities, thinkers, everyday people, some have answers. Most are still figuring it out. And if you've ever felt like there has to be more to the story, this show is for you. Listen to If You Can Hear Me on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is Special Agent Regal, Special Agent Bradley Hall. In 2018, the FBI took down a ring of spies working for China's Ministry of State Security, one of the most mysterious intelligence agencies in the world. The Sixth Bureau podcast is a story of the inner workings of the MSS and how one man's ambition and mistakes opened its vault of secrets. Listen to The Sixth Bureau on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Amanda Knox, and in the new podcast Doubt, The Case of Lucy Letby, we unpack the story of an unimaginable tragedy that gripped the UK in 2023. But what if we didn't get the whole story? Everything has been made to fit. The moment you look at the whole picture, the case collapsed. What if the truth was disguised by a story we chose to believe? Oh my God, I think she might be innocent. Listen to Doubt, The Case of Lucy Lettby on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. We're not going to call Shannon Shannon. We're going to call her that girl, the person who brings their dog with them everywhere. Okay, you guys, but hear me out. I kind of sort of had to. You know those days that are just so busy and you're trying to go, what is the best scenario for me to get everything done in a timely fashion? That was my day yesterday. I had so many appointments, so many errands to run. And I had a vet appointment for my little Charlie who is going to turn 16 years old in a couple of months. And a bunch of the errands that I had to run were around his vet's office. so I thought, all right, I'm going to throw him in the car and he's just going to come to everything with myself and my kids, Lucy and Smith. So I go to CVS to pick up my prescription and I said to Lou, you stay in the car with the dog. All I have to do is literally run in, grab my inhaler and run back out. I'll be in and out in two minutes. Well, she didn't want to stay in the car because she wanted to get some candy or something like that and Smith never wants to be without me so he was coming in and I thought, I can't leave the dog in the car. it's 10,000 degrees outside. And so, and if you did even for a second, somebody called out, yeah, you would have a million percent, which I understand by the way. I mean, it was hot. So I said to Lou, I couldn't put you, look how big my bag is. You guys know this huge tote bag that I bring in every day, but he's so frail that I think I would break his legs if I would have put him in the bag. So I told Lucy, okay, kind of hide them like in your armpit in the crook of your arm. And we just brought him in this CVS with us. And every time we went to go down an aisle and there was a CVS employee, we're like, next tile next tile next tile So we just made a we weaved through the store to get back to the pharmacy and had to hide the dog to do our to do our errand But I think a lot of people sneak pets in I go Lou if anybody asks you just say it your emotional support dog He's wearing a diaper and he's 16 years old. He can't be left by himself. What would you get more disdain for? Would you get more disdain leaving your dog in a hot car or lying about having an emotional support animal? I think if they looked at him, they'd be like, yeah, he's pretty scraggly and ragged. Yeah, he doesn't look like there's much. You can't leave him alone. Actually. He needs the emotional support. I know. I'm his emotional support person. That's funny. I don't even know if you're allowed to have dogs. You might be able to. I kept looking for something. Do they have them? Yeah, I didn't assume you could. Not to ruin the conversation, but I don't think it will ruin it. But people who bring their dogs everywhere, which, by the way, it seems like nowadays it's more than even a decade ago. A decade ago, somebody just all of a sudden was sitting next to me at a restaurant with a dog. I probably would be like, oh, Jesus, what is going on here? Now I feel like it's the norm, you know what I mean? Like it's more norm than ever. But why did you not just go through the drive-thru of the CVS? This one doesn't have a drive-thru. Oh, it doesn't have a drive-thru? Yeah. Oh, and those are the ones I stopped going to, are the ones without the drive-thrus. Although the drive-through of CVS is annoying as hell because they have the drop-off area, like where you can drop something off, which has got the, like, bank teller shoot thing. And then they have the window. And I hate to say this, and please don't be offended with me if you're my CVS on Orchard Lake Road. You guys are the slowest people I have ever encountered in my life. The CVS people are – there must be, like, nobody working either there or what, but it is so slow when I go pick up – I refuse to pick up prescriptions unless there's 20 of them waiting for me. You know what I mean? Like, I won't go. If there's one thing, like if I've got something that I need, like Dr. Warner, I've called him before and said, yeah, Mark, I'm not feeling good. He'll go, I'll call a prescription. I'm, no, I'll get over it. Because I don't want to stop off at CVS to go get it. And I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate going to CVS. Our insurance used to have it that we've really digressed where you could get them in the mail. So I got every single prescription unless it was like an antibiotic I needed that day in the mail. It was so nice. Our insurance used to let us go to Walgreens too. And the Walgreens by my house is spectacular. The people there were great listeners. It was awesome. It was easy to get in and out of the thing. And then our insurance is Blue Cross Blue Shield of Chicago or whatever. Illinois is the worst piece of crap ever. Do not recommend it, by the way. What's up, Heather? How you doing? Good morning. How's everyone this morning? Good morning. We're doing good. Do you bring your dog everywhere? no i don't but honestly people don't sneak their animals anymore they just take them i went to the grocery store last week there was a lady walking two dogs down the aisle it's crazy isn't it none of them none of them had a support yes or anything like that especially big dogs like you're you're right like you ever see those big dogs that look like big sheep you know what i mean Like what are those big, who is it? We were talking about it the other day. It was one of our listeners. It was talking about, we were asking questions of where white people could ask black people questions. Black people could ask white people questions. And a black guy goes, he wanted to ask a question. Why is it that white people all have those same big, or yeah, like the furry dogs. Yeah. Yeah. But you're right though. You're walking down the aisle and all of a sudden you're like, holy crap. I feel like it's a bear sighting sometimes. Yeah, kind of. Yeah, it's nuts, Heather. Where do you live? What town do you live in? Toledo. Okay, yeah, that's wild. Toledo you guys can open carry alcohol and stuff in downtown Can you also bring your pets anywhere you want to Yeah Is it pretty much Yeah Nobody says anything anyways. Like, I don't know if they're allowed. Nobody says anything. But, like, everybody's with their dogs everywhere. Yeah, that's crazy. Thanks for the call. Appreciate you listening. What's up, Alan? How you doing, buddy? Good. So a local radio station was having a fundraiser, and I was umpiring at it. and one of the radio station employees had brought her dog with her and played kickball. She carried her dog with her and nobody threw the ball because they were scared they were going to hit her dog. Like she was going to run the bases with the dog? Yeah, the dog ran the bases right behind her and they were scared to throw the ball because they were scared to hit her dog. What a great way to get away. What station was this? 97.9 Free Baron Hot Wings. Free Baron Hot Wings. So their dog, they like bring their dogs everywhere, people? Or is it, who is it, their co-host? Yeah, she takes her dog to the shows, to any event. It's annoying as hell. And then, Mojo, for the pharmacy, Mark Cuban has an online pharmacy. You don't even have to leave your house. They will mail them to you. Does our insurance cover it? With your insurance. I need to find out if our insurance covers it. I'll do it in a second. From what they say is they charge less than insurance. All right. Would you see a commercial somewhere? Actually, it was on Shark Tank. Okay. All right. Got to go check it out. Thanks, Alan. I appreciate it. I don't think our insurance covers anything, but to be quite honest with you. What's up, Misty? How you doing? Good. How are you? Fantastic. We're talking about Shannon bringing her dog to the CVS, but people who bring their animals everywhere. You saw something interesting. Yeah, I have a pet pig that goes with me everywhere. Oh, come on. Really? How big is your pig? Yeah. She's around 200 pounds. Is it like a pig pig or a guinea pig? No, a pig pig. She's like a key cut pig, but she's about 200 pounds. Oh, my God. Where do you live? She goes everywhere. Pontiac. Oh, my God. In Pontiac, this is all places. Really? Mm-hmm. You know what you need to do? You've got to take that pig down the aisle of Kroger where the bacon is served. Oh, my God. I couldn't. Come on. I think she'd go for the Twinkies first. No, this is what you've got to do. And if you take a picture of this, I'll get you a prize or something. Take a picture of your pig just standing in front of the bacon section there at the grocery store and just see what people's reaction is to you being there. It'll be like, you know how they have occasionally like where vendors will serve like samples? Yeah. You can say that you're about ready to serve some samples there at the, at the, what's the closest there in Pontiac? Is it the Kroger there off of M59 or where, what is it? No, it would be the Meyers on Brown Road. Yeah. Okay. All right. So you got to do this. Go to the Meyers and then have your pig just right there in front of all the Oscar Meyers stuff. stuff okay okay all right what do you do with a pig is it just something that you like to have as a pet or are you going to eventually sizzle that thing up oh no she will be my pet my husband and my kids try to say that we're gonna eat her but that's not happening she will be treemated how did you get this pig how did that come about uh i drove two hours to ben harvard to get her I understand, but what was the, like, I get one. Like, why a pig versus a dog? I have three dogs but I always wanted a pig So she been born and raised with three dogs Okay And I was just spend with her Who the dominant of all the animals She is Man. That is funny. That's wild. So the pig owns you guys, huh? Oh, yeah. She sleeps in the bed with us and everything. Your pig sleeps in the bed with your poor husband. Oh, yeah. Do you have, like, when you guys go on vacation, do you have a pig sitter? Like, do you have, like, somebody coming over and taking care of the pig? No, she goes with us. You bring the pig on an airplane? No, we usually drive if we go. She goes with us. So if you're going to Cedar Point with your family, you'll take the pig with you? Not at the Cedar Point because that's a lot of walk-ins, but my mother-in-law will stay at the house only for the day. So we only usually make a day trip, yeah. Oh, my God. Keep Misty's number here just in case we ever need a pig for a bit, Lydia. Oh, she would love it. She loves everything. What's her name? Daisy Mae. And how do you know that Daisy Mae is a Daisy Mae and not a Darren? She has lady parts. Okay. So you can, are they pretty, like I've never seen a pig's lady parts or boy parts. You can tell. Okay. And she's been fixed. Have you ever seen a pig's privates? I don't know that I've ever made the point to look. Take a picture of the pig's privates. No, no, no, we're good. I trust you. I trust you. A male's what? Male parts drag on the ground. Shoot, now I might look the next time I met Blake. Shannon all of a sudden goes, wow. What if mind control is real? If you could control the behavior of anybody around you, what kind of life would you have? Can you hypnotically persuade someone to buy a car? When you look at your car, you're going to become overwhelmed with such good feelings. Can you hypnotize someone into sleeping with you? I gave her some suggestions to be sexually aroused. Can you get someone to join your cult? NLP was used on me to access my subconscious. Mind Games, a new podcast exploring NLP, a.k.a. neurolinguistic programming. Is it a self-help miracle, a shady hypnosis scam, or both? Listen to Mind Games on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can scroll the headlines all day and still feel empty. I'm Ben Higgins, and If You Can Hear Me is where culture meets the soul. 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