It is unbelievable how many intelligent people elect to ignore good sanitary conditions when it comes to animals.
Yes I have worked in France and have seen the most outrages health practices , have lived on a farm and was taught to treat animals like they should be treated and honored and respected which did not include pretending they are human which is a form of disrespect to them. Taking a dog to the town Squares is both disrespectable to the animals and the other residents who don't love "Fido" as you do. Should you love and treat your pet well, of course, does that mean acting like them or being obsessive or being abusive to them of course not. It would do well for those who have a difficult time understanding dogs to spend time on a good working farm and find out what they are really like and how they don't need you to try to convert them to humans.