Comments on: Doggie Dining – Making sense of the confusion

By: Autumn

Autumn — Mon, 13 May 2013 02:56:06 +0000

I love my little dog and would eat out more often if I could take him with me. Just moved to Akron, Ohio from chandler,AZ and kind find any outdoor restaurant patios for doggies. I feel like moving back to AZ for the wonderful places to eat out with my dog. Restaurants are losing out on a big population of dog lovers whose little friends beg to go.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:09:05 +0000

Anybody who says “I love dogs”, then talks about how they stink and bite is obviously not being truthful. It’s a cultural taboo in America for people to say they hate dogs, so they come up with excuses.

In Europe, of course, dogs can eat inside of many restaurants, and nobody is much bothered about it. Cafes are no problem at all. The dogs there are no better-behaved than here (worse-behaved, in some instances). If a dog misbehaves, he and his people have to leave.

It’s not always practical to leave the dog at home, and anyway why should I have to give up spending time with my buddy in order to eat out, or go on vacation? Why can’t restaurants decide for themselves whether the allow dogs, and if people don’t want to eat near dogs, they can eat somewhere else? It’s a nonsensical rule, and the notion that you pass laws based on the personal preferences of a minority of people (ie, dog-haters) is crazy. Most people are perfectly happy to eat near a well-behaved dog, and if the dog misbehaves, then the management can ask his people to take him out–same as when people with no dog misbehave.

If service dogs don’t create a health hazard, neither do regular dogs. It’s the same exact thing.

Anyway, I respect everyone’s opinion, but let’s at least be honest. If being near a well-behaved dog at a restaurant bothers you, you don’t like dogs. Period. And even a badly-behaved dog is easier to be around than a lot of humans who get to go right on eating near you, whether you like them or not.

It’ll take a while, but we’ll eventually be a civilized country, like France, Italy, Germany, etc.

By: Machine

Machine — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:20:12 +0000

One guest wants to bring their pet to dinner – 30 guest siting next to them get the unwanted pleasure -I love dogs but when I go out to eat i dont expect to dine with YOUR dog. Dogs stink, Bite, are not always as tame as you believe them to be. What is up with tying your dog to the outside rail of a restaurant patio. not cool in my eyes – that dog could get hurt in many ways.- could attack or be attacked by someone else walking their dog past yours – Will you then SUe the restaurant that you tied your dog to. Is your dog also 100% pottytrained. Take your dog to the Park and bring subway for a picnic.

By: Dog mama

Dog mama — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:01:00 +0000

I have a problem with babies sitting with full diapers in a cart where i am expected to put my food. But for some reason this is not considered a health code violation. Yet having a little dog totally confined in a bag in a grocery cart is???? The only health risk there is to the dog!

By: nvcy

nvcy — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:23:15 +0000

So dogs are dogs, babies are humans……how can people compare the two?? What about people (not dogs) that have allergies? Should they be exposed to dogs, etc. in a restaurant? Also, we say two dogs get into a fight at an outdoor restuarant, how is that right. Come on people keep your dogs in your very big nice yards…..Also, dogs in grocery stores, in the seat that babies sit in? Use common sense, this is not right…..

By: Gwen

Gwen — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:15:18 +0000

I am desperately trying to find when any of these laws were put into place. FDA, local, state etc. If there is no
Federal law why can’t these state laws be overturned? How can a pet dog be a health code violation, when there is no disease a human can contract from a dog. On the other hand children carry many diseases and are often responsible for outbreaks of flu, stomach viruses and colds in
Schools, churches and Grocery stores. Is there someone that can point me in direction of obtaining exact date of these state codes? They need to be changed and that is what Bills are for.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:48:57 +0000

Come to Danville, Ca. Very friendly town! You can walk downtown and there are bowls of water and doggie treats outside for your special friends. Plus we have doggie night in the summer! No pooch is left out!

By: Gracie

Gracie — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:37:00 +0000

Thank you for the great article. Santa Barbara used to be a very dog friendly town until someone complained to the board of health about someone dining with their dog at an outdoor cafe. After this the whole town shut down to having your pooch come along.

Visit Solvang and the Santa Ynez Valley for great places to go with your dog! Some of my favorite spots are the Corner Shop Coffee in Los Olivos, the Maverick Saloon, Panino and Patrick’s Side Street Cafe. All have areas where you can sit outside with your dog. I have two Australian Shepherds that go everywhere with me so finding dog friendly places is always a treat.

By: Maxi and Sailor

Maxi and Sailor — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:49:53 +0000

We went to an outdoor Irish pub on King Street twice – first time a gracious welcome by a waitress, served us drinks etc… and she greeted our 2 dogs…

Because of the first experience we went back 2 days later…different waitress and she cited local laws and claimed she would be fine if we don’t follow..we have to put the 2 dogs beyond the barriers..so we sat out threre with them too….you can tell this waitress wasn’t a pet person…and naturally she did not get much tips.

By: A. HALIM

A. HALIM — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:20:34 +0000

A. HALIM…

Your post regarding dog health sound interesting,but i think i need to search for more resources about this ….