The RSPCA is looking into getting all councils to change there bylaws so as to make it legal to be able to take your fur kid to a dog friendly area on the outside of cafes People can now make a complaint to council health dept if they are offended I no a lot of cafes make allowances for fur kids but this will make it legal
I am also a animal lover, had dogs, cats and birds most of my life but I dont like animals where I am eating and find it most offencive. If people travel with animals they need to abide and accept the restriction the same as I do as a smoker. I was a night manager at a CP that allowed pets and must say most were more than happy to pay the $50 bond and were very responcable but there was always a few that tried to spoil it. But please keep them away from where I pay to eat. In saying that when we have our family camp over chrismas there is at least 10 dogs ranging from great dane down to a chiowa (sp), pocket dog, and have spent many a happy meal time with these well behave and controlled dogs cheers blaze
I'd prefer a well trained dog, asleep at my feet, than a smoker blowing smoke into my lungs.
Also I can't see why, with a choice between a dog asleep under the table, a child screaming and demanding, a smoker feeling free to exhale and car exhausts up and down the steet, that anyone worries about the sleeping dog.
I suppose its like smokers, not all are well behave or considerate. cheers
How true is that.....my daughter smokes and one or two of my friends and they are certainly considerate.....but geez I have come across a few who are not.
How about the guy who comes out of his caravan to stand right beside mine to have a smoke!!!
Simple statement and I don't want to start a war here PLEASE.
The world is full of inconsiderate people... parents with noisy brats, smokers, loud music-lovers, hoons on the street, as well as pet owners. They are in the minority but because they get so much attention the rules are changed for them. Then all the considerate people just have to put up with it.
nor do my 2 poodles- always on leads, and I collect their leavings.
While I too share your disappointment at not being able to visit National Parks because my dog travels with me, I suspect that even though you pick up their "leavings" you most likely don't pick up their urine.
It seems likely that the smell of both these may send a warning to native animals that a predator is about, and thus they may then vacate that area, meaning they have to move into another's space etc causing distress, fights, hindered breeding etc.
So I will just have to wait til my Josie passes on before I visit those parks.
Unless my idea for travelers to display a "Dog Swap" on their van catches on
David
You can teach horses to urinate in a container when you whistle, I guess you could teach a dog.
My pet hate is inviting someone for dinner who brings their dog and feeds it off the plate.
I was in a park with a no dogs sign a few months ago with the dog in the car in the parking area. There was a wild dingo in the park scaring the kids using the swings.
My pet hate is inviting someone for dinner who brings their dog and feeds it off the plate.
I'm the other way. My pet hate is visitors to dinner who look disdainful when I let Josie have my plate when I'm finished
David
It would turn me off if I thought the plate I was eating from had been given to the dog to eat from. I would hope it had been thoroughly washed in very hot water before it was given to me, but.............. ow, maybe its not enough! I don't like the dogs begging for food at the dinner table, and so don't like them being fed titbits from the table either.
I too don't like dogs begging for food, but I've taught my Josie to just ask nicely by sitting up
And of course I do wash my plates whether or not Josie has cleaned them for me (never have to rinse them when she's on the job)
David
I have a friend with 34 cats and if you go to her place for dinner, there are cats walking over the counter that she is dishing up the food on. Don't go there very often.
I have a friend with 34 cats and if you go to her place for dinner, there are cats walking over the counter that she is dishing up the food on. Don't go there very often.
One of my friends only had 3 cats, but she too let the cats roam over the food preparation area, walk over plates, have little tastes etc while she served up etc.
Strange how she never seemed to relate this to her kids constantly missing school because of stomach upsets. I always had an excuse for refusing when she invited me for dinner.
David
I think it is a whole different issue to have a dog asleep under the table while people eat a meal. To have animals in/on the food preparation area is unhygenic in anyone's book, and feeding an animal by hand, and returning unwashed to preparing or eating food also lacks hygene. I would not eat out of the dog's bowl, and don't accept an animal eating from tableware.
I think it is a whole different issue to have a dog asleep under the table while people eat a meal. To have animals in/on the food preparation area is unhygenic in anyone's book, and feeding an animal by hand, and returning unwashed to preparing or eating food also lacks hygene. I would not eat out of the dog's bowl, and don't accept an animal eating from tableware.
Don't invite me to dinner- I'm not coming.
Josie says she happy that you are not going to eat out of her bowl.
David for Josie
I agree there are inconsiderate people around, however, I believe that most (not all) dog owners are considerate and are aware of the problems noisy dogs can cause. One way to avoid the issue of any noisy or unfriendly dog is the stay in a five star motel/resort complex - no dogs - no bad behavior.
