I mean DOGS<- Not people, thank goodness I do not work as an editor!!! - em :-)
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of e Bloise Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 4:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Re: Pebbles Shopping Trip You are right Meg, you are more likely to become sick from kids than people. But really dogs have about the same amount of germs that we have, but they are species specific. Dogs don't catch our germs. They don't make us ill, imagine if we could get kennel cough! Hmmm, I may use that as an excuse for my next sick day!! -- em :-) _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Meg Giddings Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 2:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: Pebbles Shopping Trip I wasn't saying that I agreed with the health code; rather, I was trying to say that I understand that establishments functioning within a public jurisdiction must abide by the codes prescribed. I firmly believe that one is much more likely to become ill around children and other adults than around dogs - without question. People are much germier (yes, I know that isn't a word) than a pup! I have never been as severely or frequently sick as I was the first year I taught pre-k - never had that problem around my dogs. [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can understand the health code - and it makes sense, but it just bothers > me that Beans can't come in his carrier. Actually, to tell you the truth, I *can't* understand it. I'm not sure I know exactly what specific health risk a dog is supposed to be at, say, a restaurant. Pee or poop on the floor? A service animal or a baby might do the same (and I've SEEN toddlers do it in the chairs). I've seen people vomit on floors, on chairs, even on the table at restaurants. I've seen full-grown adults at a buffet sneeze and cough right over the food, making no effort to turn away or cover their nose and mouth. Toddlers consistently make horrific messes of the floor and certainly create far more disturbance than a quiet dog could. I've seen children reach into buffet bins with their bare hands, take food out, put it on their plate, decide they don't want it and put it back in the buffet bin. I find it hard to believe any dog could physically accomplish something that dire. In many places, pets are permitted in outdoor dining areas. Why there and not indoors? A dog could pee or poop on the floor on a balcony or terrace, too, and the employees would STILL have to clean it up if the owner didn't. In many other countries there are no such restrictions. In Japan, people routinely take their pampered little chihuahuas with them into every sort of establishment. In Paris, dogs on leashes are allowed pretty much everywhere. In England, it's been a longstanding tradition of men taking their dog into the pub with them. I certainly agree that *any* establishment, food serving or not, should have the right to forbid a disruptive dog. I also think they should have the right to forbid a noisy, disruptive child. Anne _____ Everyone is raving about the <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=42297/*http:/advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbe ta> all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.
