Actually I don't think its the pee and poop they are worried about. I think it is the dog hair in peoples food (at my house its a condiment) and fleas. I would die if I found hair and fleas in my food at a resturaunt, and I have 7 dogs. Also at what weight do you allow in? If you can bring in a 4 lb Chihuahua is it unfair not to be able to bring in an 80 lb lab or rotty? There has to be rules that fit everybody or someone will scream prejudist (sp?). Not everyone keeps their dogs clean either (although some people are dirtier). I have seen some dogs so dirty and very smelly that I would not pet them.
Lisa In a message dated 12/12/2006 12:42:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > 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. >
