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There’s one aspect of this terribly stretched out post that’s missing. Having been in the restaurant business for many years we can quite honestly say that we always adhered to local municipal legislation as it relates to pets and service animals. However, there were incidents then and even sadly now where we sadly wanted to take totally ignorant patrons ( or now, fellow diners) and physically (read forcefully) eject them.....as almost any dog would be far more welcome and far less intrusive!

I will not go to any restaurant that allows men with beards to eat there. https://abc7.com/5252325/?fbclid=IwAR2qhkCRKHsE8TojLP2NG13UrSx1sqNXlve34cYqZ-H5EVwA_b4S1ut32ZE

Heem: All this current stuff got re-started in a thread over a small, strictly indoor restaurant: Emilia's, where the owner has elected to allow dogs inside. Most of us have no problem with dogs in an outside area. If we don't want to "dine with the dogs" we sit inside. As Computer Guy said, the law has been quoted, verbatim, on this board before, so there's no point in anyone pretending they don't know what it is. The one issue we need to be clear about is indoor or outdoor or everything gets too fuzzy for discussion.

We are talking about a single law. Trying to make it about other laws is a false equivalency, fallacious, false analogy... whatever you want to call it, it's straw-man territory.

I am not taking any chances!

You remind me of Trump!

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.🖖

There is no argument for ignoring the law.

I thought about PM'ing you.

I didn’t PM you..... 😲

While I do not bring my dogs to a restaurant, I know many do during the day. We also have someone in the area who needs to bring his bird everywhere he goes, a bird which does not wear a diaper. However, that is not what I wanted to bring to everyone's attention. Do you all walk outside in town? Do you breathe the air, the air which carries much dust? The dust which includes the fecal matter of the horses, cows and dogs which walk on the streets? How does that not bother you?

So...” computer guy , gringal and several others “ the whole crux of your definitive interpretation of this law is the “ Service Area “ Verbatim gringal says..Widely substantiated ,exact law ,computer guy says , it’s all service area ..R V gringo . Absolute B S of course...as Kellyanne says alternative facts . When I first came here twelve years ago ...few restaurants mostly mediocre at best .These days ..so many more choices some vastly improved .They all need business..not enough to go around .They can’t afford to be exclusionary every seat in a chair enables them to carry on..keep the doors open ,feed their families. Don’t sweat the small stuff...ignore the odd pooch ,enjoy what time you have left ! ..as one by one we creep to rest .

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.