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Originally Posted by Phrozen1ne
I should have been more specific. How would a restaurant monitor checking dogs for fleas?
I would have a problem ( I do own a dog) with somebody's "pet" being inside a restaurant. Like it was said before, seeing eye dogs, ok, but folks bringing their pets to dinner, hell no. I would think restaurants would be concerned that one the patron's pets might attack someone. People may have dogs that are friendly to them, but not everyone else.
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While seeing-eye dogs are highly trained, they are still dogs and they still get fleas and
do have bad reactions other dogs, particularly when their harnesses are removed and down-time is signaled. That's something owners often do to give the animal a break while they eat. I have no problem with any kind of clean, tame and socialized dog being in a restaurant. It doesn't make a lot of sense to me that one would be ok with seeing-eye dogs but not other dogs.
I think it would be interesting to have dog and non-dog sections like smoking and non-smoking in areas that still have them. A lot of places with outdoor cafes allow dogs in the outdoor area. I used to take my puppy to places like that. People sat outside even if they didn't have a dog with them.
This hijack is waaaaaaaay off topic. We could talk about dogs in restaurants that nurse their pups under the table.
