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As a dog lover and 'mom' of two great danes and a lab who go just about
everywhere with us, I'll chime in with a resounding agreement with Lizzi.
I'm in Houston, which is most certainly NOT a dog-friendly town, IMO, having
lived in one for five years. Colorado Springs actually encourages people to
bring their dogs into their downtown establishments (one bookstore even
states in plain view under its name that your canine friend is welcome) and
many downtown restaurants have sidewalk eating where well-behaved dogs are
allowed and provided bowls of water.

Emphasis on well-behaved.

All the posts I've read about dogs going to the bathroom on restaurant
floors were obviously written by people who either a) have ill-behaved,
untrained dogs or b) don't even have one. Just as it is assumed you will
keep your child under control in a public eating place, it goes without
saying that if you feel you're entitled to bring your canine friend, he/she
should also be well-trained and controllable. There is no excuse, IMO, for a
companion animal not to be trained, socialized and properly controlled at
all times.

Our phobia with "dog germs" is just one more example of how American culture
has brainwashed into embracing a concept which has no logical basis.

(aside note: What the hell happened to the Houston.eats newsgroup folks?
Only about 20 of the 200 messages I downloaded this morning had headers that
even remotely resembled what this group is about.)

Also... was the person who said they'd seen many dogs in pubs locally from
Houston? If so, what establishments were those?

Meg


"Chicagodogs" <chicagocanine@aol.com> wrote in message
news:f6782a4b.0305190819.1ece153c@posting.google.com...

> Actually, I have eaten at a restaurant with 5-6 dogs at once... They
> were not at the table, but right next to it outside a fence (slatted).
> No one complained- actually, the people at the next table started
> talking to us because of it. They lived in Paris and were commenting
> on how much more dog-friendly their city was, they were surprised to
> see the dogs and also mentioned how nice and well-behaved they were
> (which several people passing by did also.) These were all therapy
> dogs, we were having a get-together on the last day of animal-assisted
> therapy before the summer break.
>
> Lizzi