I suppose I think in an entirely different way. The issue of dogs and their owners isn't ethics or morals when you are running a business. In any situation, people will do the wrong thing. We as a society are limiting literally everything that is possibly allowed in the interest of what's easiest. When this happens, a lot of people suffer unnecessarily. Kids, dogs, stores, etc. Everyone spends tons of time on the moral issues here when you aren't going to change it. No one is going to see the people these rules are meant for on these forums nor are these rules going to really affect them because they just don't care. It's pointless.
Here's what just frustrates the hell out of me. You are a business. You are a store, a hotel, an owner of a building, etc. You will always deal with people that are inconsiderate. So the bottom line is to get all up in arms to prove a point and achieve nothing but drive away business of good people or assume that every person is going to do the same? Back in the day, that wasn't an option because people needed the patrons. And you are a business. You don't like the kids bawling and running around, leaving toys and trashing areas? No kids allowed (and there are places like this.....). You don't like the way some pet owners act? No pets allowed. You had some shoplifters in your large store? Shut down half your registers, restrict door entrances based on your convenience, check every living person's receipt and stare at them at check out as if you are running a prison. See where this is going?
We have two chihuahuas. One is 4 lbs and one is 8 lbs. They are both 9. If you sit them in any grass, you can see a nose and part of a head. So we take them to one of the last campgrounds that allows pets in an area. We take them on their little harnesses for a walk. Bella, the 4 lb baby will not go to the bathroom outside now. Only on her pee pad. She will circle in any given area for minutes and not do anything. So these obnoxious young people are watching us and yell out that we didn't pick up after our dog in a rude manner. My husband and I are very confused. One becomes confrontational and we say but she didn't go to the bathroom. She is across a field at a picnic table and then comes closer yelling (I would assume drunk) and starts looking around the area. Now we have a dog stroller and a large plastic bone attached to it with a huge roll of bright red doggie bags. You get the idea. My husband and I pick up the dog and leave. Next day we have the park coming to us. I showed them Bella, our old and tiny chihuahua. We get this straight but we just were done. We left. This is just getting absurd. You have to deal with all kinds of stuff when you offer a service. Period. Make the rules, try to enforce them. And deal with it when they aren't enforced. But now we are apparently a country of extremes so we just prohibit everybody. It's really just insane and pointless.
To complain about people that don't do the right thing is just pointless. That's not going to change anything. Nor will just prohibiting everything. Stores that don't limit pets like Ollies and Home Depot still have those customers that will comment about your dog just for existing based on their own extreme sense of justice from personal experience. My husband are retiring and want to become camp hosts instead of just campers. We will not retire without our chihuahuas. If parks stop allowing pets, we won't use them. Probably many people can say that. That's the issue. Period. Figure out how to run a business that treats everyone fairly and deal with the hassles all businesses have to deal with in making money. If you have a complaint about another camper and their dog; complain and let the business handle it. If you are a worker at this business (as I have been at other campgrounds in the past); do your job. You should know by now dealing with inconsiderate people is part of it.
