By Levi Parsons For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 01:40 EDT, 12 May 2021 | Updated: 02:47 EDT, 12 May 2021

Bunnings has introduced a new trolley accessory to help four-legged visitors feel more comfortable.

Some branches of the Australian hardware chain are now offering patches of artificial grass for dogs to sit on in trolleys as they're chauffered through the aisles with their humans.

All Bunnings stores since 2015 require dogs to be muzzled, carried in their owner's arms or placed in a trolley when entering the store.

The wire trolleys were uncomfortable for dogs to sit or stand on, hence the adoption of the matting. 

Some Bunnings Warehouse stores are providing Astroturf mats for their four-legged visitors

All Bunnings stores since 2015 require dogs to be muzzled, carried in their owner's arms or placed in a trolley when entering the store

The rule preventing dogs from walking around stores was introduced after a child was bitten by a Jack Russell terrier in Melbourne. 

But some customers complained that their dog's paws got caught on or between the wire grating of trolleys.

One woman, who shared a pic of her poodle lifting a sore paw earlier this year was 'belittled' by online trolls who called on her to make better 'arrangements' for the animal.

With this in mind, many Bunnings stores hander out sheets of cardboard to lay down in the trolley.

Some Bunnings customers have complained it's cruel to let a dog sit on the metal grate of a trolley as there's a chance their paws might get stuck

But one woman from Melbourne tweeted: 'Our Bunnings now gives fake grass mats for them to sit on.'

Others on the social media platform revealed how their pups were also given the special treatment at the hardware stores and handed sheets of Astroturf on the way in at the cashier's counter.

Bunnings have been contacted for comment.

Daily Mail Australia understands grass mats for dogs is not an official nationwide policy for the hardware chain but was adopted at a number of stores.

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