Really glad I could help...

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Taken From 3rd Web Link: There are health perils to owning pets -- a fact many pet owners seem to prefer to ignore, often choosing unbridled affection over hygiene.

Can't say for sure but they may have been regular customers. Restaurant managers usually remember these things. Often those with service dogs will voluntarily show their documentation but it isn't required nor can it be requested.

Yes, I also read your third link to Melissa Kaplan's Herb Care Collection.

Your first link "Health Risks" is for Scoopdedoo.com

Perhaps this link can provide real info The Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind

[QUOTE=Patty55;662678]Yes, I also read your third link to Melissa Kaplan's Herb Care Collection.

Thank you so much for the links, I always go to Scoopdedoo.com when I want the real truth-LOL



Really was done but : Maybe we need to click on the links again in your last post where they were copied or check your computer for major problems ...have no idea what we're talking about Herb Care??? LOL I think it is Herp

Melissa Kaplan's
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Pets Pose Health Hazards, Experts Warn

For the umteenth time, no one has a problem with true service animals helping anyone that has one..on the inside or outside as the laws provide for this

[QUOTE=KeepingItReal;662640][B]If managers are not allowed to ask, as stated in the posts, how did he know they were documented Service Dogs?????
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How on earth could I possibly respond to your question? I called the manager of City Fire. He told me the three dogs in question were documented service dogs. :ohdear: I have no reason to feel that he was lying.

I'm sorry, but I think you are prejudiced against dogs in general.

[quote=Barefoot;662693]He/she should know and nope, I have had dogs all my life and a Sheltie house dog for many years. We never took her to a grocery store or a restaurant and we didn't take her out to other places she should not be. Our dog never left our yard until her business was done and then we walked. Just gets old when people want to scoff at the laws, health warnings, and just do whatever they wish without regards for the rights and wishes of others. Though many with dogs want to ignore the health issues the people who don't have a dog understand the risks, take them seriously, and should not have to worry what is left on the floor, chairs, tables, etc. at a restaurant from the previous patron and their dog.

Again, no one has a problem with true service animals helping anyone that has one..on the inside or outside as the laws provide for this and these folks depend on these animals to go about their lives

[quote=KeepingItReal;662702]Absolutely, NOBODY should ever ignore a warning from Scoopdedoo.com

FYI-Service animals out of harness act like any other well-mannered dog. You wouldn't know the difference. In harness, they are "on the job".

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Absolutely, NOBODY should ever ignore a warning from Scoopdedoo.com

FYI-Service animals out of harness act like any other well-mannered dog. You wouldn't know the difference. In harness, they are "on the job".



There is an old saying that there are none so blind as those that refuse to see......

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.

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.

I'll tell you why. Because we don't think the PETS are dirty, distasteful or anything else!!!! It's the numerous OWNERS who are the problem!

Every week there is another dog poop thread that accumulates dozens and hundreds of posts, with thousands of views, about the numerous inconsiderate, disrespectful, irresponsible dog owners who let their dogs crap on other people's lawns and rec center and pool/postal station lawns, and do not pick up after the dog, and their dog urine kills grass that has cost money to plant and maintain.

There have also been lengthy threads about the ignoramuses who pick up their dog's crap at the pool/postal station, and throw it into the trash cans by our postal boxes, creating a disgusting stench coming out of the trash cans. It's been discussed ad nauseaum whether there should be dog crap disposal receptacles there.

Then there have also been several threads about people wanting to keep dogs out of the town square dance and seating areas, because they have stepped in manure that the dog owners did not pick up, and what's a person going to do to get rid of manure off their shoes while there at the square?!?! Buy new shoes? Go to SweetBay and buy a spatula and toothpicks to dig and scrape the crap out from between all the treads? Or go home to get different shoes? Either way, that person's night is done when they step in a dog pile.

The real problem is that the limitation of only credentialed service dogs being allowed inside and outside restaurants in FL is disappearing, with various communities adopting ordinances allowing PET dogs, cats, and other pet animals to be in restaurant dining areas.

If that gets approved in TV, the irresponsible, selfish, egotistical "I don't give a damn" dog owners cited in all the infamous dog poop threads here will be "exercising their rights"....and there WILL be dog manure left under restaurant tables....or in walkways where servers carrying loaded food trays will slip on fresh dog crap and they will fall with food platters flying. All the dog poop threads here leave NO doubt this is what will happen if PET dogs and other animals are allowed in restaurant dining areas here in TV.

And already, the enablers here are making excuses for scofflaws.

:bigbow::bigbow::mademyday:

So, what's your point? Life goes on, whether a dog licks my ear, or pees on my bushes. The world has a lot more problems that should be addressed.
Just sayin--------:ohdear:

especially the urine dribbles----Dogs have dribbles?????? How about that!!!!!

I never studied a dogs privates to see if they dribble.