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That´s why France decided to slice off Belgium and let them be their own country, a place for all the, dogs in restaurants lovers, could have a colony of their own.

Yes. The exact law was posted --again-- on this Web board just a few short weeks ago, and re-posted several times. I am certainly not going to go and find it for you.

As Angus stated: "There is no argument for ignoring the law". That is my point, too, and so far, Rony, you've failed to address that directly. If it's a bad law in your opinion, and if you are a citizen, you can work to get it changed. If you are not, then you are showing disrespect to the country you chose to move to if you don't obey their laws. (What is happening in Europe or elsewhere is irrelevant.) Since Mexicans, not expats, passed the law in the first place, then expats are indeed acting "entitled" when ignoring it. They also are the majority of scofflaws seen on the Ajijic Malecon ignoring the leash law. I walk there every morning, so I have been directly observing this. As of this morning, there were at least ten loose dogs "loosely associated"with Gringos. What's essentially wrong with that, aside from the legalities? Some of those walking are suffering from mild disabilities due to injury and/or age and are not very stable. Enthusiastic dogs not under control of their owners and chasing other dogs can cause the walkers to lose what little stability they have and lose their balance. Enough said. Since I doubt anyone will change his/her opinion, there's no point in continuing to add any more of my words to the discussion. Adios.🖖

Oh no. "entitled" is your very personal and totally wrong interpretation, because you are having a hard time with my arguments. The very few times, I take my dog to a restaurant, I will first check with the owner, with other guests and I will also try to sit as far away from other people (and my dog will be under the table). My main and only point is how you guys, every single time, totally blow this out of proportion and make a huge thing out of this and cite a few bad examples, while it has been proven in many other countries, that this really doesnt cause a health crisis or people fighting with one another . Fortunately, in the bigger cities, people come to their senses about this and are able to bring a compromise between the 2 groups ... by simply implementing basic rules. Whether a group of conservative and tunnel vision thinkers like it or not.... more and more cities and countries are heading in that direction. Even Amtrack in the US, fairly recently, started to accept pets on its trains (and people eat there too). In all circumstances ( trains, busses, restaurants ) rules are put in place and I rarely or never witness problems. It is not just animals, but also people that cause problems by showing lack of respect. If worried about hygiene....believe me.... after years and years helping and guiding people in the local restaurant business....a well behaved, small doggie (member of my family ! ) really is the least of your problems. I doubt that any point, argument or factual comparison will give you the wisdom of really opening your eyes,....but after years of reading this nonsens, and never having had enough discussion time, I had to weigh in....even if I have to go against the majority "here"

I don't know what civilized countries you've been in but in Europe where dogs in restaurants is legal. The people do not bring dogs when they dine. You also said you had a restaurant in Chapala and kept your dog with you in the kitchen. This is a total disrespect for Mexican law and your customers. I believe we will never get the dogs out of Lake Chapala because of attitudes like yours but this does not mean I have to like it.

I almost hate to point this out, Rony, but you are breaking the law. That's not okay, no matter how you rationalize it. It's what it is.

Now wait. The hottest month in our area used to be May, according to the travel books when we were checking them out in the late 1990s.. Travel books also said weather turned grand when the rains cooled things off in June. We came down for a trial run, weather in May and June turned out to be just as described, and we moved here in 1997. May/June weather stayed like that for years. Now indeed the hot months begin as early as March. Now I don't want to begin any argument about global warming. Really, I'm just sayin': It's hotter earlier now than it used to be. I agree with all the positive things being said here to answer the poster's questions. However, some of you who came here 20-plus years ago, as my husband and I did, might remember the hot month of May--and not earlier--my way. I wonder if the travel guides to living in Mexico have had to rewrite the weather. Doesn't matter to me. I'm here to stay . . . .apparently. Lexy

I've been talking with Ilox about this. Here is where they are now. That may change in the future...But in any case, there should be no situation where you can't get running properly. - Optical Fiber Modems are more complicated than DSL modems. They are certainly easier to screw up. - All ISP's tend to give you crappy crippled modems, some crappier and more crippled than others. The more crippled they are, the less you can screw it up and create headache service calls for the ISP. So there are good reasons behind this. - Telmex modems offer a fair amount of versatility. You can forward ports, enable DDNS, set firewall levels, etc. There's also a lot you can't do. They also tend to be buggy. I have to reset my Telmex modem every week or two. And Telmex is slow. - The Ilox modem is more restricted than Telmex. One good reason is that 90% of what you want to do on the Internet can be handled by their modem config...The modem allows any service that works via outgoing connections. Incoming connections require port mapping. Default blocking of incoming connections helps keep hackers and phishers out of your system. Trust me thats a good thing. - Now here's the key difference: Ilox will absolutely configure your modem to whatever you need like the Telmex modem. They have no policies against mapping ports, or anything else. They are not a restrictive ISP. They just want to work with you to program it from their end to keep control over the crazies. . You email the NOC, they'll answer quickly with the changes. They give you a private IP by default, you can map ports to that...If there's a problem there, they'll switch it to dynamic public IP like Telmex. If you're mapping ports, somewhere you'll need to be running DDNS. For $750 pesos a year they'll give you a fixed IP. So there's your challenge. You have to know what you want with some clarity! Will Ilox at some point open up their modems and make them more like Telmex.? .Maybe...Is that a good idea? Maybe not...Very few people know what all those modem features do. The few people that need them simply need to ask for them. Tom

imho, it is better (and usually more economical) to buy the most concentrated and start with VERY small doses and a lot of time in between. Then you start moving the in between times closer together until you achieve your best results. I would not take CBD after 6 pm because it can be somewhat stimulating and, if you're taking it during the day, you're not going to need any more if insomnia is caused by stress or anxiety. For daytime I would use CBD only with no THC if you want to maintain cognitive clarity. If you want to have deep restorative sleep with limited dreaming (less REM) then try concentrated THC (but no CBD and, again, a VERY small quantity) just as you climb into bed. If you wake up groggy, you've taken too much so cut back the quantity. There is no one size fits all. It's a process with which you must have patience and good communication from the patient as to what he/she is feeling. Sublingual is best because the product is absorbed directly into the bloodstream through those big veins under your tongue. Takes about 10 minutes at most. Ingesting the product causes it to go all they way through your digestion process and that throws another whole monkey wrench full of variables in its path. Wishing you and your husband success. Anything is worth a try when all else has failed.

Laws tend to be optional Mexico whether we like it or not. How many of us pay all the taxes we are liable for or have not given a donation to a policeman. Picking your favourite law and expecting the world to obey it a little optimistic.

One town we passed by yesterday was called Benito Juárez. The town looked like nobody lived there. I asked my in-laws if anyone lived there. They said "No one. Everyone lives in the US. The whole town."

There is no argument for ignoring the law.

We just returned from our own magical trip. We were in Santa Fe de la Laguna.

If you want your dog with you in a restaurant, just move to Europe if you can not do without your dog for a hour or two. You would be doing everyone a huge favor.

Thanks for sharing those videos.....

There is a difference between "outside" and "inside". We all know that. Let's don't belabor the issue to the max.

Fair enough. It is part of the restaurant, isnt it. It usually is actually the best part

Here is a first list of places....that all "break the law??" https://www.timeoutmexico.mx/ciudad-de-mexico/restaurantes-cafes/restaurantes-y-cafes-pet-friendly We are going to need a lot of extra prison cells, pet friendly or not. Also note, that most of these places are not somewhere hidden away. So forgive me....I really try to respect the law, but if I see all this (( lists of pet friendly restos )), I surrender and bring in the handcuffs Sorry, but in this game....elbelgicano - the rest.... still 1 - 0. And do I hear the fat lady singing ?

Thank you for this very first valid argument. I love you, Gringal If this really is a law....and it might be.....how come that some big GDL and Mex City restaurants have signs that allow mascotas, even with pet drinking bowls. I forgot the name of it, but I recently saw one in La colonia Americana in GDL. It is certainly not that those places are somewhere hidden away or outside of centro For your information, those spaces are often on the terrace, which doesnt bother me.

Think unending rain in Panama.

You can easily see entitled attitudes when quoting the law, they usually say something like, "What does the law exactly mean in Mexico." A lot like the sound of one hand clapping. What about Hillary?

Wouldn´t the area where you are dining, be an area where food is received? Most back bars are in plain sight of the dining area and not in some obscure location on the premises. Why not take them (dogs) to movie theaters, churches, grocery stores, schools from kinder to university, and a lot of other places that are public venues. Just allow dogs anyplace and anywhere. Get real Rony and leave your dog at home or with a sitter along with other personal items from your home, you wouldn´t take to these places. Show a little consideration for other people who don´t want to dine with dogs. Go home and eat with your dog.

The issue probably has nothing to do with the cameras. I don't know how Ilox system works but I am assuming due to the price/bandwidth they offer that they are using NAT off of one public IP address. Using NAT allows one single IP address to serve multiple customers or (group). If you were to configure your cameras with your own internal IP you should be able to monitor them from within your home network. The issue is you most likely will not be able to see the cameras outside the private network. With Telmex this is not an issue because Telmex assigns a public IP address to each client. Some ISP's for an additional monthly cost will assign you a public IP address (if requested) that way you would be able to see the cameras outside your private network. A full Class C block of IP's (255) addresses used to be cheap 20 years ago and were plentiful. I had 2, but they are now scarce and expensive which is why most ISP's will use NAT to avoid the extra overhead, unfortunately this creates a problem in this case cameras or any other device that needs to be broadcast on a public network to function. If Ilox wants to they can configure the IP address on a network level (their sever) to work but to be honest it's a royal pain.

You remind me of Trump!

So many of you keep wittering about the law , the law....have any of you actually seen the law or better yet seen a definitive transalation of this law not to mention the correct interpretation ....highly doubtful I suspect. Ambiguity seems to be the norm with many Mexican laws . I tolerate the laws that are tolerable And tend to ignore the ones I find stupid.

Really?