I just left my Chiropractor's office and the receptionist has a dog that stays in the office. His name is Gus and he looks like a reddish Golden Retriever. I'm not sure of the breed but I know he isn't an Irish Setter. He's not quite that red. Very nice and well mannered dog. They have signs as you enter telling the patients about Gus and that if he makes you at all uncomfortable to let them know and they will put him up. Other than that he has the run of the place and interacts with patients. I certainly don't mind him and have yet to see anyone that does.
This is because most people actually like dogs! Even those who choose not to have any of their own for various reasons tend to like them fine in such a situation. Most, also, enjoy the ones who are well behaved better than the ones who are not (I feel the same way about children, too).
It is the rare person of those I have encountered that do not like dogs at all and have such a hatred of them as ol' JohnnyLoco does.
If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you.---Winnie the Pooh
