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Originally Posted by Barefoot
The Villages is pet friendly with two dogs allowed per household. Some restaurants allow well-behaved dogs on the patio. I don't understand why people who think pets are dirty and/or distasteful would choose to live in TV.
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Turn that around and say a lot of people don't understand why people want to bring their dogs to a restaurant unless the restaurant is following the Florida Laws that allow it then it their choice to be there or not. If they are following the laws then no problem, if not then no dogs should be there on the patios. it is really pretty simple if you think about it. Being pet friendly does not mean there are no requirements about where they can and cannot go.
Personally I don't enjoy seeing a dog clean themselves no matter how quietly and well behaved they are while doing so not to mention the urine and waste residue they leave, especially the urine dribbles where they sit or lay not to mention the occasional pile of waste left behind.
I am sure when we moved here we thought people would be respectful of others and not assume everyone's yard and all the public areas were set aside for their dogs including the cul de sac common areas.
Please (RE) Read Post #172
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. 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.