I'm a pet lover..

I believe all pets should be allowed at the squares under one condition

THEY LEAVE THERE OWNERS HOME

I have never met a bad pet...Only a bad pet owner

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Prts
 

I have met a bad pet or two. I got it. However, you made a good point.

Why would merchants lose money? How much do the dogs spend?

There are lots of people that are so attached to their pets that without them being by their sides they would shy away from the squares and that is how merchants would lose money.

Good point! :ho:

I agree with the no pet rule within the area of no smoking. Exception being ... legitimate service dogs. I have tripped over leashes of owners of dogs not paying attention to what they are doing. I have witnessed others falling to the cement over leashes.

If they ban dogs then they need to ban children and teens. 9 out of 10 times, the dog is more welcomed more in the town squares.

dog owners always think they are in the right

Dogs should be allowed..
Providing they have a service human on a leash

:jester:

I have witnessed babies crawling around unsupervised on the dance floor.
But surely unsupervised babies and falling over leashes is a rarity.

The first (and last) time we took our dog into a crowd of people someone nearly put his eye out with a lit cigarette. I learned my lesson. Not going to have some careless fool injure our innocent pet. He's not done crowds since.

Most of the dialogue deals with isolated incidents laced with a bit of urban legend topped with individual prejudice(s).

Know the Problems
 

I was at the Sumter Square a few nights ago. One lady was dancing with her dog on the dance floor, I turned a corner on the sidewalk and there were about 3 couples standing there with their dogs and one large dog jumped up on me. The dog was on a leash but it was obviously too long! Not surprised at our loss of controls. We actually have little resident police controls as the Sheriff is obviously under staffed and not able to keep up with the fast growth. There is a little traffic controls, (e.g. speeding) but that is about it. The Developer could care less about resident controls as he is about selling real estate and the last thing he wants to spend money on scaring away future buyers. These are both rescipe's for failure. Given these, why is anyone surprised that we have problems. :ohdear:

My post #28 bears repeating:

Most of the dialogue deals with isolated incidents laced with a bit of urban legend topped with individual prejudice(s).