Dogs are allowed in the squares, period. And they always have been. During any event, including vendor nights, there may be food sold on the square.

I don't see how dogs walking around the square during the "farmers market" should be considered a health issue. They're walking on the ground...they're not sneezing, coughing, picking their teeth and/or their noses, and then handling the produce like the humans are. (Have you ever people-watched at the farmers market?).

I agree with others about the heat concerns when it comes to taking pets anywhere...but I have a problem with people complaining about pets showing up where pets have always been allowed!

One of the reasons I moved to The Villages was because of its pet-friendly reputation. I'm very discriminate about where I take my dogs (for their sake). I look out for their well-being, as I'm sure most pet owners in The Villages do.

Talking Dogs
 

DThe other day I went shopping at Winn-Dixie. As I came out of the store and got to my cart, I noticed that the woman in the car parked next to me had reached her vehicle at the same time. She opened the car door and two dogs jumped up, panting and obviously glad to see her. "Well", she said, "that's what you get for insisting that you come along!".

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Evolution, adaptation, I don't know. Dogs who wear clothes, sunglasses, and shoes, ride in strollers, enjoy happy hour ifrom the comfort of a purse, go shopping, and basically are with their humans 24/7 must surely talk!
Do-do-do-do.

I thought I read that dogs are not allowed during farmers market times. I saw a sign or heard it on our radio station. I would not have known if it was not for that.

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The other day I went shopping at Winn-Dixie. As I came out of the store and got to my cart, I noticed that the woman in the car parked next to me had reached her vehicle at the same time. She opened the car door and two dogs jumped up, panting and obviously glad to see her. "Well", she said, "that's what you get for insisting that you come along!".

Oh my! Those poor dogs!

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I have always defended the rights of dogs on this forum. For their sake. I'm against dogs on hot pavement, pooping/peeing in people's yards, and running around loose, dyed pink, riding unrestrained in golf carts.

This is the first place we've ever lived where dogs were allowed in farmers' markets. Mine is tall enough to sniff a peach pie that you couldn't take home and wash. (But he doesn't go to farmers' markets.) If it's legal, fine, but curious that the health department allows it.

It's a good thing Bonanza and I weren't in the parking lot!::swear:

Amen

My guess is that woman was embarrassed she got "caught" leaving her dogs in a hot car and tried to blame it on the dogs in front of you. Where's bonanza when you need her?

We have a lady that walks her dog at least 10-15 times a day on our street. All hours of the day, all temps. Sometimes that poor dog looks like a dancing chicken walking on the pavement. I said something to her one day and she said she didn't want the dog doing it's business in her yard and that's why she walks him so much. Wow!

She should be embarrassed. It's inhumane and against the law.
There is no possible excuse for trapping innocent children or dogs in hot cars.

The disgusting thing is trying to blame it on the dogs.

She was trying to be cute. :rant-rave:

My friends in MI left their very hairy Keeshund in the car one day. It was 70 degrees out, so they thought he would be okay. Someone in the parking lot called the police. The cop really chewed my friends out. They were ticked! I was secretly glad. I hope they'll never do it again, but I'm sure they became defensive enough to convince themselves they did nothing wrong.

Like people say frequently on TOTV, sometimes you can't fix stupid.