[doberville]

Pets are already allowed in restaurants in France. Children are not. Reason? The pets are far better behaved and much less disruptive than children.

Know what? I agree.

[Judith Anne]

That post just BEGS for a cheese eating surrender monkey remark...

[July 4th]

Yup, that's correct. In France, it's quite common for someone to go eat out on their own, and on several occasions I've seen people eating alone with their dogs sleeping at their feet. I mind that much less than I do some snot-nosed 10-year-old whining to mommy because he doesn't like the menu.

[alwaysconservative]

There are responsible and irresponsible parents, as well as responsible and irresponsible pet owners. Britain also is very dog-friendly, especially in pubs.

[MarkDel]

Pets are allowed...children are not...yeah, that pretty much sums up the French.

I'll make a deal with you dog owners. You guys are allowed to bring your dog wherever you like, legally, but the first time it tries to bite me or my children, I am legally allowed to whip out my Glock and blow off its freaking head...deal?

I'm not even going to attempt to argue hygeine issues, privacy issues or anything else that should be painfully obvious to you people, because if I have learned anything at all over the years, it's that the only people more unreasonable than Environmentalists are extreme Animal lovers, so I know attempts at rational discussion are pointless.

When I hear that you can bring a dog into a public place, but not a human child...all I can think of is that it sounds like a Monty Python skit instead of reality.

[Simcha7]

Shalom!

I agree with you.

My Shih Tzu is better behaved than most "kids" I know.

My husband and I were traveling through New Hampshire in 1996, it was a very hot summer day, we were exhausted and needed to eat and have a cold soda.

The only place that we could find was a very nice Jewish Deli, I asked the waitresses if we could bring in our Puppy as it was way too Hot to leave her in the car (which we NEVER would leave her in the car anyway).

They agreed to let her sit with us...Not a Problem.

Everyone was very accomodating, and we gave the waitress a very nice tip.