I DID separate ‘service animals’ from ‘dogs as pets’ in my first post in this same thread. BEFORE you go off on your rants, please read the entire thread. You are misinformed regarding ADA guidelines and service animals- and you cannot possibly know what other dog owners do- or do not do. PPs have taken the initiative to educate you on ADA guidelines so that I don’t have to.
I know this policy inside out, upside down, backwards and forwards because it affects my HEALTH. As to the ADA guidelines- we used to promote events using various schools throughout the state as venues. Animals- other than service animals- are NOT permitted on school property in the state in which we were operating. In addition to posting signage at the admissions desk, our employees were required (if they wanted to keep their jobs) to ask the 2 questions in OBNurseNH’s post above. Anyone that said no to the first- or was unable to answer the second- was turned away. One has to wonder why schools have this policy in the first place. Given all the sightings of dogs in the parks, restaurants, etc- it brings up the perfectly legitimate concern that Disney may not be policing the situation in the way we did at our events.
As to a ‘pet dog’ mauling a kid- still feel it is highly possible, and will happen sooner rather than later. You cannot take an untrained ‘non service dog’, put it into an overstimulating environment- and expect it to behave as it would at home. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out what could happen. In the end, time will tell who is more accurate on this subject.