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You guys make me laugh. With most restaurants here overnight invaded by cockroaches, most basic hygiene rules not respected by employees and dirty menus, you all get obsessed and upset by a dog in a restaurant. And ofcourse, in Europe, everybody is dying in the street because of food poisonings in restaurants. What cuts my appetite a lot more is a dirty Walmart type, without manners, eating next to me. I guess we all have our priorities. Have a buenos dias....and whereevever I am allowed to, I will gladly take my well behaved little Schnauzer with me. Only one solution: basic behaviour rules for people and doggies Rony

Was at Gosha's fish place and a woman came in, sitting her dog inside the door. All was fine until street dogs roamed by, and then the barking began. Pretty obnoxious, as the owner made no attempt to quiet her dog and instead seemed to find it all amusing. This is why no dogs are allowed in restaurants, by law, in this country. Who cares about the well-behaved ones?

Just about every time I go to Adelitas people bring dogs in they do sit out on the back patio but several of the last times two dogs were at it with each other and then the little FiFi somebody brings and barks almost constantly. Some are disciplined and are quiet but many are not discipline and cause a ruckus. Not a pleasant dining experience.

I'd pay that price in a heartbeat if it came from a legitimate tree removal service and meant I never had to read any more comments in this thread.

LOL. CG is not interested in selling anything. He always arrives with a router that he knows works to make sure that the router that you're using isn't the problem. There's absolutely no point telling someone that their router is the problem without proving it. Then he takes his router home with him to live and test another day.

It is a shame some "entitled" expat's are forcing restaurant's to make business decision's about breaking the law and allowing dog's in their restaurants. I think maybe if we print signs and distribute to restaurants saying this is a pet free premise or zone the expats will take the hint. Otherwise the restaurant could simply point to the sign. If a majority of restaurants do this the dog owners cannot discriminate against one. I think most restaurant owners are afraid to confront the dog owners and they should not have this burden put on them. I know their have been many posts on this forum about the dog problem but it is getting worse. Anyone else have a good idea?

What does the law exactly mean in Mexico. There are also animal protection laws here and how well are they applied ? And how come that Guad and Mexico City have lots of petfriendly restaurants. ?? Above the law, under it, next to it ? I love most of you guys, but in this everlasting cliche subject, you are mixing up priorities. For some strange reason....I can only conclude...the more civilized a country, the better pets are assimilated in society. I also dont care that I am going against a majority here. I still find your reaction over the top, blowing things out of proportion and focussing, obsessing on the wrong dangers. I only wonder why .Let this ridiculous obsession go. In 2005 and 2006, I had a restaurant here in Chapala....and I served (water bowl) pets before people and guess what.... Nobody ever got sick and the restaurant was a success. Get finally over it. Rony

I do not allow my beloved pooch to experience the fools among us.

Just keep jumping to conclusions and, eventually, you'll wear yourself out.

cafemediterraneo sez: Now our main phone doesn't work ,only the one in the casita that runs through the modem. Weren't they supposed to work through the houses electrical system? Also having some difficulty getting good reception in the house.... what to do? Computer Guy sez in response: They offer excellent and responsive technical support. I say, I can't speak for the excellence of their technical support because I didn't receibe any. I can speak to the responsiveness of that support. I NEVER recieved a response... until i received a 10 PM e-mail from the president of the company telling me that he wascancelling my service the next morning. They did. Go figure: They offer excellent and responsive technical support.

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Another plug for Chapala Tree Services, they grind the waste in their chipper, and sell it back to the public when it has mulched. For a very good price. Old stumps are only good for putting empty beer cans on and then shooting them with a pellet gun.

Oh, the temptation.........but I'll resist.😎

I love these threads, they are great for site traffic. Have seen a lot of dogs in country pubs in the U.K. I'd prefer not to have them in restaurants but at least we are finally rid of the smokers.

Allowing dogs into restaurants is widely practiced in Europe. Here, I have seen people with well behaved dogs at outside seating and have no problem with it. Live and let live. There are some people I wouldn't allow into a restaurant if able.

Our dog is an outside dog. This hair is from her patio area. In the 20 years living in GDL, I have NEVER seen a dog in a restaurant.

O.K. - I will give it a shot. Firstly, I am only used to public health care in Canada and the U.K. - I have no problem in a shared ward, no need for the "private resort" experience of the private hospitals. Get in, get out, soon as possible. Our first experiments with private insurance were a disaster - inflation of 17% per year. Secondly, the principle of reciprocity, if a Mexican family is admitted as permanent residents to Canada, they recieve cradle to grave medical care, education, and a host of other social safety nets. We are permanent residents to Mexico, quid pro quo- benefits. We also pay I.V.A. on many things, which is a consumption form of taxation - the more you buy, the more you pay. Mexican I.V.A. pays for public health care in Mexico. Income inequality is an issue in Mexico we can do very little about, other than volunteerism. Lots of unpaid volunteers in public hospitals.

That is simply... backwater.

If you get hunger for meat during Lent or Holy Week remember the Catholic Church has issued a Special Dispensation. You can eat Capybara.

A 8-10 inch trunked ficus has a root ball that can be dug out by hand with a couple guys and a pick axe. It is actually easier if you trim the leafy top back hard and then deep shovel cut (poacher spade works great) around the root ball out about 18 inches from the trunk. Then rock the trunk to loosen the grip on the earth and push it over to pull the root ball out of the ground and then cut it up.