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Letter to the editor
As published Dec. 2, 2009
Pets at bazaars and craft shows
I, personally, love dogs and cats and birds, but I do feel like there is a time and place for everything and Church bazaars and Craft Shows are not the place for people's pets. Oh, I'm not talking about service animals. I believe that they are welcome everywhere.
Recently our Calvary United Methodist Church had a craft show. They were selling crafts and serving food. In came a woman with a medium-size black dog on a long leash that just made itself at home under craft tables and it bothered the craftsmen and others who saw it.
So, it was reported to the "woman in charge" and she very politely asked the woman if it was a "service dog". The answer was, "No, it’s my pet". So the woman in charge asked her politely to leave the dog in her car or just take it home because someone could trip over the leash, it could bite a child or break crafts that were being kept under tables.
The woman went into an outrage and called the "very nice and polite woman in charge" a b*&%# and said she would never come back again and thought our church was terrible. I'm sorry ... the woman maybe had a real understanding problem, but she upset the woman in charge (who had worked really hard on putting this all together,) and we were all glad the woman and dog left.
Why in God's name would someone bring a pet into a church bazaar or craft show?
Please use plain common sense and leave your pets either in the car or at home when going into churches for dinners and other activities unless it's a pet show or unless it is advertised that pets are welcome.
Carol Eskin, Mt. Airy
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