My dog "is" a family member.Still you won't see her where food is sold or served.Like I said...common sense.Some folks don't have it!!

[mulligan]

IMHO if someone cannot separate himself from his dog long enough to have dinner, they both have a serious problem.

[memason]

I'm living in Germany and the only place a pet cannot go is in a grocery store. They are welcome everywhere else....shopping centers, restaurants...everywhere. Most pets are very well behaved and simply lie on the floor under the table....ie no begging or roaming. Like others have said, there is generally a bowl of water for the pets.

It's interesting the differences in cultures/acceptance.

[sunday]

[quote=Barefoot;289716]
I don't understand why people drag tiny babies out to restaurants to be exposed to germs and possibly offend [quote]

I imagine people take small childeren/babies into the "real world" to build their immune systems.... That's why i did it with my kids, and now my grand babies.. They are never ill/sick as, what I bevieve to be, a direct result of visits to Home Depot, Walmart, and restaurants starting as infants.
Furthermore... I personally have never been offended by a child/baby in a public establishment, only by thier parents in some occasions..

Back to the topic..
I live with 3 dogs. I love my dogs. They are all abused rescues and I would do anything for them with in the limits of "good taste"..
Bringing an amimal to any place that raw food marerial is being handled or served is an act of poor judgement. I personally, am offended to see special needs animals in these places as well, but compassion for those that need the assistance helps me get past it... I am involved with several restaurants and other business' to one capacity or another and do not permit animals at any of them... Boxofan is absolutely right... there are some places that our furry friends need to aviod... and we as responsible owners need to be mindful of that...

[villa2]

Originally Posted by mulligan

IMHO if someone cannot separate himself from his dog long enough to have dinner, they both have a serious problem.

[TOMCAT]

My dog is a Miniature Schauzer also, does your's bark alot? Schauzers are known to be a bit yappy. My dog will bark at all ends when someone comes in the house. He is usually good with other dogs and children. He doesn't bark at them, usually.

[armywrestle]

Bow Wow----------------------------I never thought my simple question would turn into a debate. To answer some of your concerns:

1. We are coming to TV in the hope of finding a home. I assumed we would be looking at property during the day and our dog would be left behind for quite a few hours. I simply thought it would be nice to have her accompany us to diner. I am sorry if this offends some and happy that it seems other understand.

2. We have no intention in going anywhere near groceries, kitchens, nor anyone opposed to pets. As I said earlier, if the management allows pets and they are in a segregated area, what is the issue?

3. One of the major attractions that are drawing us to TV is the evening entertainment. The ability to have our pet join us occasionally is a definite plus. On our "lifestyle" visit we noticed many pets with owners and find that wonderfull. I certainly hope that those who are opposed to pets will not have the same feeling when my grandchildren are visiting and enjoying all that TV has to offer.

4. As another has mentioned, our dog has gone throught Therapy Dog Training. One of the reasons for us OCCASIONALLY taking her out is to continue the training and socializing. We now live in a gated community and most of the snowbirds are gone and it is important to intergrate. During "season" we rarely feel to need.

5. This debate has me wondering if TV is really "Americas Friendliest Hometown".. I appreciate those that understand.

Lastly, dare I ask the question as to which Village would be the most "pet friendly"?

[armywrestle]

Tomcat:

She rarely barks when outside. I think that is part of the Therapy training. So is just like all others at home. She barks at the slightest distraction and is a very good watchdog even if she is abit small. She loves all humans and most animals. She does enjoy chasing birds even though she has yet to succeed in the hunt.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by armywrestle

Bow Wow----------------------------I never thought my simple question would turn into a debate. To answer some of your concerns:

1. We are coming to TV in the hope of finding a home. I assumed we would be looking at property during the day and our dog would be left behind for quite a few hours. I simply thought it would be nice to have her accompany us to diner. I am sorry if this offends some and happy that it seems other understand.

2. We have no intention in going anywhere near groceries, kitchens, nor anyone opposed to pets. As I said earlier, if the management allows pets and they are in a segregated area, what is the issue?

3. One of the major attractions that are drawing us to TV is the evening entertainment. The ability to have our pet join us occasionally is a definite plus. On our "lifestyle" visit we noticed many pets with owners and find that wonderfull. I certainly hope that those who are opposed to pets will not have the same feeling when my grandchildren are visiting and enjoying all that TV has to offer.

4. As another has mentioned, our dog has gone throught Therapy Dog Training. One of the reasons for us OCCASIONALLY taking her out is to continue the training and socializing. We now live in a gated community and most of the snowbirds are gone and it is important to intergrate. During "season" we rarely feel to need.

5. This debate has me wondering if TV is really "Americas Friendliest Hometown".. I appreciate those that understand.

Lastly, dare I ask the question as to which Village would be the most "pet friendly"?

The different villages have no distinction as to for or against pets.
BTW I do not think you can compare grandchildren to dogs.

[armywrestle]

Your right the is no comparision. My dogs behave better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[vj1213]

I understand how you feel about your dog. I have a little yorkie and I take him with me quite a bit. You will probably see us strolling around LSL a few nights a week. We have live in states coast to coast and our dog has traveled and stayed in more hotels than most people. I have taken him to many restaurants that have the outdoor patio areas (not in TV yet, because I wasn't sure if they allowed) but I have seen people with their dogs at different restaurants here) I wouldn't take him in a grocery or where people might be uncomfortable, but he bothers no-one sitting by my feet on the patio of a restaurant. I do consider him to be part of my family and he gets treated as such.

[villa2]

We love our dog but if they banned them from the squares at night during entertainment, it would not bother me at all.

[golf2140]

Originally Posted by villa2

We love our dog but if they banned them from the squares at night during entertainment, it would not bother me at all.

Amen

[new peeps]

Group, When I responded I was afraid things could get taken out of context and in some cases I was right. When I responded to the question about pet friendly restaurants in the villages, It was to answer the question the visitors had. I did not read into this as the owners want to take there pets out to eat everytime they get hungary. For those that critized the decision, If you are traveling or visiting sometimes and have your pet with you, sometimes you can not find a place to board the pet on short notice and leaving it in a unfamilar place is not what you want to do if it is not necessary. I have never taken our dog to grocery stores unless we stop to get one or two things on our way home and if I do one of us waits in the car or golfcart with her. And I would also say out of 50 times going out to eat the dog is not with us. I stated that we had our dog with us on a evening golf cart trip and decided we were hungary and asked the resturant for two plates to go, The resturant is the one that stated we could eat at the outside dinning area with our pet. That was their suggestion not ours. In most cases we would eat in a picnic area if we have our pet with us. I also stated it added to our experience of having a good time in the villages of being able to experence that oppertunity. If this leads to some people thinking we are sick because of the choice we made that is your opinion. If the question was who thinks it is O.K. to have the oppertunity to take a pet to a resturant I am sure I would have expected some of the critical comments as not all of us think alike. To answer the comment about common sense, I also feel we do use common sense when we made that decision. The couples that chose to eat outside with us apparently enjoyed our company as we did theirs also. If this is considered sick I am O.K. with it. Barefoot and Armywrestle anytime you would like to have dinner with a sick couple with or with out your pet I would be honored to have you as our guest. LOL. And to show no hard feelings that invitation is open to the others that disagree with our choices made. By the way all of our past and present pets was abused rescue animals also. As our other house is at the end of a road in the country, we get a lot of unwanted and sick animals dropped off. This is not our choice. We always try to help the less fortunate pets that others have put out as we have been very fortunate to be able to do this. We nurse them back to health and try to find them a new home. The Golden in the picture probably takes more medication than alot of villagers. She gets intravenous treatments twice a day. Again our choice. She had kidney failure when we rescued her at 9 months old. She is now nine years old. She has a good life with us. I guess we could have her put down when we found her but chose not to. I like to think all villagers think this way but I certainly understand if they dont. I do appriciate the resturaunts that consider pets O.K. on the patio in the villages. I always take that into consideration when I decide where I want to eat. Not to take my dog but to spend my money on places I enjoy. I am not going to respond to anymore of the comments taken out of context on this subject as it is not going to change or make everybody agree. Thank goodness we all live in a country to have that oppertunity. I hope everybody has a Beautiful day in the Villages.

[graciegirl]

NEW,

Please don't worry. This is a dog friendly place, but ya have to know this...When you ask a bunch of retired people for an opinion...they have PLENTY of time to give you one.

Come on down. You will love it here.