>Maybe it's just a product of irrational fear and ignorance
Hardly.
One - liability. Your insurance may prevent you from allowing dogs. Or may up your premiums.
Two - risk. Is there a risk letting a pet in? Yea. The risk it will bite, be loud, shit/piss on the floor, or annoy other customers or carry disease. Many businesses feel this is an unnecessary risk with not much benefit.
Very few people are irrationally fearful of animals. Businesses are just risk adverse. Theres can be a lot of cost and not much benefit.
>But absent such matters, and other problems like obvious disturbing behavior
People don't bother training their dogs or using common sense and curiosity. If they did this wouldn't be an issue, dogs could just come and go in appropriate places. Since people won't do that we have the majority of businesses who don't care to have them on the premises.
Ever heard of the expression "this is why we can't have nice things?"
But you are 100% free to go open up your own non food establishment and invite all the animals you want in.
Hardly.
One - liability. Your insurance may prevent you from allowing dogs. Or may up your premiums.
Two - risk. Is there a risk letting a pet in? Yea. The risk it will bite, be loud, shit/piss on the floor, or annoy other customers or carry disease. Many businesses feel this is an unnecessary risk with not much benefit.
Very few people are irrationally fearful of animals. Businesses are just risk adverse. Theres can be a lot of cost and not much benefit.
>But absent such matters, and other problems like obvious disturbing behavior
People don't bother training their dogs or using common sense and curiosity. If they did this wouldn't be an issue, dogs could just come and go in appropriate places. Since people won't do that we have the majority of businesses who don't care to have them on the premises.
Ever heard of the expression "this is why we can't have nice things?"
But you are 100% free to go open up your own non food establishment and invite all the animals you want in.