Dogs In Restaurants?

[diddlydo]

Do others think that all dogs (apart from guide dogs obviously) should be completely banned from restaurants? I do and would avoid any restaurant that claims to be dog-friendly as these smelly creatures have no place near food.

[diddlydo]

TTT - to ban guide dogs would be against disability discrimination laws so that's why most shops ban dogs apart from guide dogs.

[Sqad]

The thread is not about smelly humans or badly behaved children, it is about DOGS.

[NellieMay]

As far as being a health hazard is concerned, I am now in my 70s and have lived with dogs and cats around me for most of my life. I can honestly say that all transmittable illnesses I have suffered from have been caught from or caused by humans.

[hereIam]

As a dog lover I would be very, very happy to eat in a restaurant that allows dogs. A pub in my hometown allows dogs and I often take mine when eating out with a friend. She is a very pretty little dog and gets a lot of attention from other diners and not because she goes wandering over to them, they come to her.. Oh and diddlydo - she does not smell!

[Sqad]

NelliMay......congratulations and I hope it stays that way, but it it didn't, then at least you would be infected by your own animals and not someone else's pets.

[bhg481]

I think you can just about guarantee that a guide dog will not stray from its owners feet and will not pester other diners. The same guarantee would not apply to all other dogs.

[ladybirder]

Mally, unlike you I have had a meal ruined by a dog. He got to it before I did:-(

[NellieMay]

Ok Sqad. I will answer the question. 'I don't agree. I think dogs should be allowed in restaurants if the owner/landlord permits it'

If the dog is dirty, smelly or noisy then they should perhaps be turned away, and take their owner with them

[Sqad]

Nellie....I respect your opinion.

[Baldric]

Despite being a Dog Owner I would not patronise a Restaurant that allowed Dogs in.
We take our Dogs to our local Pub but never into the eating area, just the bar.

[dannyk13]

Likewise if the owner is smelly.

[bhg481]

NellieMay - I have visions of a restaurant owner sniffing a dog to see if it's OK to be allowed in.

[dannyk13]

^^ for nellie^

[NellieMay]

Squad, I do mix with other dogs too! Just wondering what you can catch from dogs who are on the floor in pubs. Perhaps rabies If they bite your ankles.

[Sqad]

Nellie.....viruses, bacteria, tapeworm and many other infections of which i know very little. I admit that dogs are vaccinated against many of these or should be.

[NellieMay]

Lol bhg. Perhaps landlords should smell their customers too

[237SJ]

I wouldn't mind too much as long as they didn't breathe over my dinner and there weren't too many of them. I wouldn't stay in a hotel room that had allowed dogs though.

[douglas9401]

Constant whining, fidgeting, getting food all over the place, poor training and downright awful hygiene makes me tend to prefer dogs in most circumstances.

[ToraToraTora]

//TTT - to ban guide dogs would be against disability discrimination laws so that's why most shops ban dogs apart from guide dogs. // - yes so you'd allow them so you might as well allow non guide dogs.

[Mamyalynne]

Not quite following that logic TTT - would that apply to other situations.

Wheelchairs at concerts (in certain venues)at the front, so everyone at the front? (For example)