[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

I tend to agree with what appears to be the majority of the posters here. Service animals OK. But pets in stores and restaurants? Nope.

Still it is not always the pets. Ever eat at the Lighthouse Point Bar & Grille at Lake Sumter Landing? Nice outdoor dining but...every post is occupied by a sea bird, not facing the water but the diners. The smaller birds just seem to be doing flyby patrols. Heaven help you if you need to leave your table alone to use the biffy. They'll swoop down and help themselves. I've seen it where diners get up to leave and the birds have a (albeit short-lived) field day with the scraps. Birds as a rule are not toilet-trained critters so even though I haven't witnessed it there's a fighting chance that birds leave their "signature" on the tables on a pretty routine basis.

Of the two, birds and dogs, I think I prefer the dogs.

Biffy. I had to look it up.