<html><body><font face="Helvetica">I walked around in this particular relief area and it was fine.<br><br>Marci<br><br>Sent from XFINITY Connect Mobile App<br><br><br>------ Original Message ------<br><br>From: Becky Frankeberger via WASAGDU<br>To: 'Washington Association of Guide Dog Users'<br>Cc: Becky Frankeberger<br>Sent: October 6, 2016 at 3:18 PM<br>Subject: [Wasagdu] WA convention<br><br>You might want to rethink about where to relieve your dog's then the pet<br>area. What I have seen are dirty areas in pet friendly hotels. Plus who<br>knows if these pet dogs have been vaccinated or not. So I personally would<br>scout out another place, maybe out a side door. So tell each other of<br>another place you found.<br><br>We used to travel a lot. We saw a four year old child in a hotel hallway<br>holding a boxer as our dogs walked by. Fortunately, this was a very well<br>behaved dog that the owners did tons of training with. No four year old<br>could hold a boxer otherwise. Then there was the guy in the lobby holding<br>his dog on a retractable leash who jumped on my husband's dog. Then the<br>chocolate lab outside who barked incessantly at ours. Just all kinds of<br>things we have seen from great pet owners to well, ahem. A guy had his dog<br>tied inside his truck bed all night, while he slept inside the hotel. Poor<br>puppy dog. <br><br>My advice do not use the pet area. Besides we are not required to use these<br>areas. We pick up, they don't.<br><br>Becky the rebel <br>Becky Frankeberger<br>Butterfly Knitting<br>- Ponchos<br>- Afghans<br>- Shawls<br>- Custom Knitting<br>360-426-8389<br>becky@butterflyKnitting.com<br><br>www.butterflyknitting.com <br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>WASAGDU mailing list<br>WASAGDU@nfbnet.org<br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/wasagdu_nfbnet.org<br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for WASAGDU:<br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/wasagdu_nfbnet.org/mjc59%40comcast.net<br></font></body></html>