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Originally Posted by Barefoot
As far as the concerns of other patrons, I know there are some people who dislike dogs, for sure. However any time we take our dogs anywhere public, we have a constant stream of people wanting to pat them and ask questions about them. It's been our experience that The Villages is very pet friendly, and most people are warm and congenial and seem to enjoy pets.
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Dogs are great and don't think I have ever said they were not but they are dogs not people and at their best they are prone to licking and sniffing anything and everything including themselves and their waste as all animals do. Dogs have their place and it is obvious many badly need their companionship and become totally irrational if anyone doesn't agree that Fido or whoever is not just not the sweetest adorable thing ever was. A lot of other people feel threatened by them, even scared to death of them, or just don't care to have them in their face all the time even in places they are not allowed. Guess we could compare them to a smoker's second hand smoke being in your face if you do not smoke when someone put's their dog where it should not be. Those with dogs at least in this area are still in the minority not the majority even though it seems otherwise. Out of 20 homes nearby 5 have one or more dogs. As far as the constant stream of people wanting to pet them have we ever bothered to notice there are also a lot of people who do not wish to be near them.