weltschmerz
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 27, 2015 17:19:22 GMT -5
Should imagine the main reason for not having dogs in restaurants... is that they are not very hygienic and pose a risk to public health.
People don't like dog poop in the Town centres....they don't like out-of-control and barking animals....or nutters with status dogs trained to bite... when there is small children around.
I love dogs....but I'm not the only person who lives here and have to be considerate of other people.
Can't see anything other than guide dogs being allowed tbh. We have a garden and plenty of green spaces....we don't have to be a nuisance Kids aren't very hygienic. I'm more worried about them. Kids can actually make people sick because they're little leaking petrie dishes. Dog illnesses aren't usually passed on to humans. I move that we ban both.
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joemilitary
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Post by joemilitary on Jul 27, 2015 17:22:58 GMT -5
Horatio sure learned fast how to get thread counts up
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Green Eyed Lady
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jul 27, 2015 19:32:27 GMT -5
Should imagine the main reason for not having dogs in restaurants... is that they are not very hygienic and pose a risk to public health.
People don't like dog poop in the Town centres....they don't like out-of-control and barking animals....or nutters with status dogs trained to bite... when there is small children around.
I love dogs....but I'm not the only person who lives here and have to be considerate of other people.
Can't see anything other than guide dogs being allowed tbh. We have a garden and plenty of green spaces....we don't have to be a nuisance As Weltz pointed out, I'd be more afraid of getting some germ from some kid dripping snot. In addition, I see more poopy diapers discarded in public than I ever see dog poop. I have no problem restricting some public places to well-behaved animals....but then I have no problem restricting access to some public places to well-behaved children either.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 19:59:05 GMT -5
I love dogs. I've had several. But I believe there is a time and place for everything. If a dog is not trained to be well behaved, he doesn't need to be in public except maybe on a leash in a park.
It really bugs me that people think it's ok to let their dogs disturb and/or frighten other people with unruly behavior. A busy, yappy little dog is as annoying to me as a big barking dog. A lot of people already don't like dogs and owners that take their unruly dogs to places they shouldn't be, just makes people's perception of dogs worse. I know that dogs can be trained to be unobtrusive and well-mannered, so I blame the owners instead of the dogs.
Just recently I've seen people with small dogs in stores where I'm pretty sure they weren't suppose to be. One dog was in a bicycle shop, peeping out of a bag a woman was carrying around. The other dog was laying on the part of a shopping cart you'd sit a small child in, in Best Buy. Both dogs were quiet and minding their own business. No big deal to me.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 20:10:00 GMT -5
I can see the point of buying a service dog vest and using it to get a dog into a hotel. Especially if the dog is certain not to bother anything or anyone. The McDonald's thing bothered me more because it was so obvious the dog was not a service dog. If I could not tell except by being told, I would not mind at all.
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CarolinaKat
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Post by CarolinaKat on Jul 28, 2015 14:17:00 GMT -5
Does anyone actually know anyone that smokes? Zib, meet 2/3 of my plant.
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The Captain
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Post by The Captain on Jul 28, 2015 15:31:25 GMT -5
My aunt found an organization online out of California that would certify her dog as a therapy dog. She just needed to get a physician to sign off that she had emotional issues and needed the dog with her. She has no issues, she just wants to take the dog with them when they travel and get it into hotels that other wise prohibit pets. I'm sure the people with asthma staying in the room after her appreciate that. Or maybe the hotel that has to spend extra cleaning the dander out of the room. ETA - not directed at you. I had an asthma attack triggered on a trip once and I was pretty sure someone snuck in a dog in the room we were in. I could smell the doggy scent even though the room had been supposedly cleaned. No other rooms available. Should've changed hotels or slept in the car.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2015 17:38:35 GMT -5
My father had a party last weekend outdoors, I hadn't seen so many people smoking in years. I was like, is this coming back?
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emma1420
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Post by emma1420 on Jul 28, 2015 18:05:20 GMT -5
I think any dog must be able to pass the good canine citizen test before they can issued a vest. The GCC test is passable by most dogs, but requires more than just basic obedience. If there was some sort of requirement like that then I think people who really need to use their pet as a service dog would jump through the hoops, and those who are trying to game the system wouldn't go to the trouble (and if they did at least there would be decent level of training for the dog in public).
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mollyanna58
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Post by mollyanna58 on Aug 23, 2015 18:13:53 GMT -5
I was working at a dog adoption event, and this young couple put in an application for a nice dog. They rent; we checked with the landlord and were told the lease prohibits all animals except service animals. The young couple knew this. So they are planning on adopting a random mutt and calling it a service animal.
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