I'm not -overly- worried about the sanitary aspect of dogs, although humans with fleas is a lot rarer than dogs with fleas, and no one ever requires a health check on those dogs that are let into businesses.
What I worry about is the problem with owners of dogs in the Villages who either a) don't know how to control their pet and/or b) aren't physically capable of controlling their pet.
Places of business don't get to pick and choose which pet to allow in. They don't check the pets to say "yeah this one is good, but that one has to stay out." If you let one in, you have to let them all in - and deal with the consequences after the fact.
If one dog is not well trained, and gets triggered, someone can get hurt. You see that at dog parks, in outdoor environments. I've seen it inside as well when I ran an indoor craft fair where pets were NOT allowed, but people brought them anyway and insisted they were "comfort animals" - and the owners were clearly going to make a fuss if we refused them. So we let them in. And to the surprise of absolutely no one, one of the dogs jumped on one of the patrons. That patron tried to dodge the dog and bumped into the crafter's table, toppling it and resulting in thousands of dollars in damage.
"But MY dog is a GOOD dog, she'd NEVER act like that!"
This is true. Your dog is a precious angel. But the other guy's dog is not. I don't know this though. So I have to let them both in.
Your world might revolve around you and your precious angel poochie woochie. But my world does not revolve around you and your precious angel poochie woochie. And that other guy's dog just wants to take a bite of your precious angel poochie woochie.
So leave your dog home, or bring a friend and have the friend stand outside with the dog while you go in and get whatever you needed to get.
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