No Dogs - Proclamation

This is true - and if I were to speculate on the reasons why we don't see dogs in places like McDonalds, Home Depot, and Bloomingdales, it is two primary reasons: 1) health and cleanliness and 2) legal. While I absolutely love dogs and never visit Trill during busy times, I love seeing dogs there. But I also think that breweries that allow dogs could be just one lawsuit or visit from a health commissioner away from a real headache in the case of a angry dog bite or ill placed and unseen mess. But the folks I've seen at Trillium with dogs have been very conscious of minding their dogs with leashes, and other places with outdoor spaces will hopefully continue to keep breweries a breed apart from those other businesses where we often shop, but aren't necessarily in the habit of spending time hanging out.

 

Unfortunately most people who own dogs have no clue about training/ responsible dog handling in public. As much as we would like all dogs to be well behaved they aren’t always. I totally understand their decision.

BTW you can bring your dog into any store that does not specifically post “No Dogs” or “Service Dogs Only”. I have taken my dogs into Home Depot, Lowe’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Joanne’s fabrics, Michael’s Crafts, etc... while I was training them.

 

Dogs for some, miniature American flags for others.

 

It's this and the fact that people don't properly gauge how their dog is in certain situations. They only see their dog through one lens and that's them being the best, friendliest dog on the planet. There are few dogs that fit that bill. Mine included.

I love dogs and would like to openly take my dog anywhere. However, I realize that not all dogs should be taken everywhere. There are some issues that come with that, and we need breweries to come down with rules and restrictions or else people will continue to abuse that freedom to the detriment of the greater dog owner beer aficionado society. Wait, am I still talking about dogs?

 

And beers twirling, ALWAYS TWIRLING.

 

Fine with it, it's for the best.

 

One thing no one has brought up is that some people are absolutely terrified of dogs, no matter how gentle or well behaved they are. I bring this up because I regularly have first hand experience of this because one of my daughters best friends won't enter our house unless we put our (very well behaved and loving) **** hound in the basement. As few and far between as those people may be, it poses the question, should a person be denied the experience at a brewery because dogs are allowed?

The most overlooked issue is probably the legal issue, though. Imagine a bad dog bite situation at a brewery. Sure, the dog owner's own homeowner's insurance policy is going to get called in first, but any personal injury lawyer is going to sue all parties involved, first and foremost the brewery who likely has much higher liability limits than the patron, who may not even have liability insurance, and if they don't own a home, they probably don't.

 

I wouldn't say terrified, personally, but they do make me highly uncomfortable. And, I'm allergic, which doesn't help. A dog gives me a play bite that doesn't break the skin and I still swell up. So heading for a relaxing pint or three at Trillium in Canton on a Saturday and counting at LEAST a dozen dogs makes it way less relaxing than I'd like.

ESPECIALLY WHEN ONE DOG SHITS ON THE FLOOR.

Yeah, that happened. Coincidentally, I was drinking Covered in Puppies at the time.

 

Remind me again why I've never been?

 

And thought this was going to be about some awesome new beer.

 

Hate to say it but having read all these posts, even us dog lovers are doing our level best to talk the brewery owners of the world out of allowing dogs in the taprooms! Enjoy it while you can! Cheers!

 

I watched a dog jump up onto a tote of spent grain once when I was assisting at a brewery. We got the usual "he never does that" stuff, but the no dogs signs went up the next week. Hasn't seemed to hurt buis at all.

 

Interesting topic.

To me the obvious answer is yes, and the word "denied" seems really strong. It's just something you don't get to do. Someone who has phobia for snakes isn't going to the reptile house at the zoo, someone who has a phobia of clowns is going to avoid the circus. For something kind of similar, I'm allergic to shellfish, and there are certain restaurants I just can't eat at.

This I've got to agree with. As a consumer, I generally like the idea of breweries that allow dogs, and in the right situation the well-behaved dogs (and well-behaved owners), I think it's kind of cool. I imagine if I owned a brewery, I would just got the safe route and not allow them on the off chance of something happening that got me sued. That said, it's every individual business owner's decision how they want to develop the ambiance of their taproom to be.

Full disclosure, I own a dog, have never brought him to a brewery. I maybe would bring him to a situation that I know is low key, but it's more that my particular dog (11 pound dachshund) is jittery in crowded situations; he tends to want to just curl up and shiver in one of our laps. So for my dog I think he would rather sit at home alone than in a potentially crowded brewery.

 

Your examples would work if breweries were dog zoos instead of places that brew and sell beer.

 

Correct, I didn't see the connections to his analogies either.

 

I have a dog and have had dogs all my life. I would never think to take her to a restaurant or brewery. I'm shocked it was even allowed, does not make sense to me.

Take the dog on a walk, then go drink a beer.

 

I like beer.

I dont like dogs.

So the less dogs in a place that I'm enjoying myself, the better

 

No one's dog is as a cute or as cool as their owner thinks it is. It's a big bumbling moron with potential to harm or a tiny annoying yipper who is guaranteed to pee due to years of inbreeding. Dogs are lower IQ, more dangerous, worse behaved kids.