I wish I had a dollar for every post I have read on TOTV concerning this topic. The going back and forth is helpful to at least understanding how people feel. However, this is always going to be a topic of opinion only . The only way for it to be addressed is that the organization sponsoring such events has to make clear if there is a dog restriction policy.
Unless it is posted with the advertised news event I assume dogs are allowed and given the crowding this time of year will not participate.
Dog bite claims and attacks are more numerous then people realize and can create some very serious physical and psychological damages

I guess until this happens...you should stay away from these events. Problem solved......

This morning at the farmers market a man had this big dog and he was sniffing all the food! UGH! Gross

Yep I saw that at one of the fruit and vegetable stands. Yes I know to wash my fruits and vegetables but still feel it is wrong to let a dog sniff the food.
I have seen people doing the same thing or worse. Like tasting and smelling food on the buffet line so they can decide if they want some instead of putting some on their plate and trying it at their table. I stopped eating at buffets a very long time ago and I seldom eat out. Thinking about what might have been done to the food makes me
barf

I go out very little for that reason exactly

I have never seen so many dogs in so many public and food venues. Dogs in grocery carts sitting where I am going to place groceries, dogs in shopping carts at the department stores, in the same cart I am going to place my new purchases. Why do people bring their dogs to a eating area and have the dogs on the floor or sitting on a seat next to them, while eating, the same table I am suppose to sit and eat. Dogs drinking from drinking fountains at the mail stations. Yes, I saw it with my eyes! At the neighborhood pool a person brings her dog or dogs in a large beach bag while she swims or sits on a chair. Just to have her dogs near her, advice stay at home with them. As said before, no one loves your dog like you do.
This community is "going to the dogs". Really!!

As I have stated in previous posts, I have determined that dogs are actually alien beings from other solar systems and that their "owners" are brainwashed abductees utilized purely as life support systems in a bizarre host/parasite relationship. That leg humping thing is their way of marking potential "hosts" for their Friends Their dangly bits and behinds secrete a chemical that makes humans attribute childlike human qualities to them. The critters transfer this chemical to humans by licking themselves then licking the humans either on the lips, nose, or eyes. Once afflicted the human host is doomed to a live of submissiveness to the alpha alien.

Hi gerryann: It would appear that the following the above-referenced post five posters have expressed concern about the state of health risk posed by dogs. It has reinforced my decision to stay away from such events.

I did not intend to hurt anyone's feelings or upset them but based on your comments, I did or its just that for some reason you just don't like how I say things because of all the posts here you struck at mine. Perhaps its just my username? I will try harder at being sensitive to others and more subtle

I think there are many of us here who are painfully conscious of the fact that, as the value of human life is quickly being devalued and circles the drain, the value of dog life is being made sacred and exalted.

It's more of the gross national product of a godless society.

Given the tremendous failure of humans as a "humane" species, I think an indication of a highly evolved human being is to recognize that other species are not lesser than humans...just different...in fact, superior in many attributes...loyalty being just one.

This morning at the farmers market a man had his wife sniffing all the food! UGH! Gross! I guess they didn't know any better either.

And this is the difference:

"....a highly evolved human being" indicates human life evolved from animal life such as apes.

By contrast, many of us of Judeo-Christian belief believe this about human and animal life:

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God created mankind in his image;
in the image of God he created them;
male and female* he created them.
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God blessed them and God said to them: Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it.* Have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all the living things that crawl on the earth.

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There is a natural order of things, and it is: Human life before animals, and God before humans, self, and animals.

I would like to add, that putting them in strollers and coming to these events are just as annoying. Dogs are meant to walk - not be strollered. They should not be allowed to be in stores or restaurants. They are animals - yes it may be your baby, but it is not mine

We had a baby shower in OUR home on Saturday. We have 2 rescue labs (the foster has been adopted) and we love our dogs. We also recognize the majority of the population are not dog lovers. Our pregnant daughter in law being one of the majority. Our pups went to Doggie Day Care for the duration of the shower. It was a courtesy for our guests and avoided having less than a perfect day for the mother to be carrying her first child.

In my mind, there are dog parks for dogs. There are places to walk man's (and woman's) best friend without taking them to areas there may be people that don't love your dog as much as you do.

I also have to jump in about pets at the Farmers Market in Brownwood. We saw a woman with a dog on a leash stop and actually let her dog lift his leg and pee on the plants that were in pots on the cement that a vendor was selling! She just stood there and let him finish as a big puddle ran out of the pot and onto the cement. She then just walked away with a big smile on her face.
You can't fix stupid!