Have you noticed that the OP has not responded to any of our suggestions?!:confused:

I wonder if the OP checked into canceling their original reservation, most of the time you can do that within a window of time.
Then I would find a pet friendly hotel to stay at. That is so much easier nowadays!
I wouldn't risk it. First of all, it's just not right.
Your dogs might be quiet most of the time, but they are going to be out of their element in a strange place, this may cause them to make noise!

I would say that there a therpay dog, thats how I get maggie into wallmart with me ! haha, and she is for therpy, just not official with training.

a whole 'nother can of worms opened. Disabled persons fought long and hard for the right to bring their certified/trained assistance animals into venues that are prohibited to other animals. Therapy dog owners have put a lot of training into the dogs as well and are proud of their animal's abilities and that they were able to meet the requirements for certification. To frivolously/fraudulently abuse those rights is distasteful to a lot of people.

Wow. :thumbdown Yet another case of thinking one is above the rules. :rolleyes: Those regulations are there for those who actually NEED those dogs and you are abusing their privilege. Do you park in the handicap spots without actualy needing them too? That's just wrong in so many ways. :mad:

I think it's most likely because they had to leave in a hurry. Hopefully they were able to find a good pet-friendly place. Funerals are bad enough without the extra stress.

Just adding a little bit of info.

Anytime you take the chance of staying in a non pet friendly hotel, if that pet is left alone and there is a disturbance or someone services your room. Management has the right to call animal control to remove your pet. They can also file a police report.

Now lets ask ourselves why you need to respect the rules. Allergies has been talked about. But lets talk about safety. Of your pet and others. I know everyone expects all pet owners to take care of their pets like we Yorkie owners do. But in fact there are pet owners who don't. They may pass on fleas, or other pest. Pet friendly hotels have a service come in on a regular basis and disinfect for these types of issues. Non pet friendly hotels do not.

Carrier or no carrier. If your sneaking them in you know its wrong.

I also agree that disabled people have fought long and hard to have the right to take their animals with them. For you to oversea that I am sure was a mistake on your understanding the underlying problem. Now that you know why it's not a good idea to "fib". I am sure your furbaby will be fine if hes left home alone while you go grocery shopping.

I could never sneak this one in. Ringo would be barking his head off at the first strange noise. I wouldn't even try it!

But I'm a rule follower too ~ so boring, I know.

Thanks for the advice! We ended up taking them with us without incident. We could not change hotels, as my husband booked a non-refundable reservation. All we did was sleep at the hotel. The furbabies stayed at my my husband's aunt's house during the funeral. We couldn't stay their either, as it was already packed with people. We are back home safely. It was a rather quick trip and very unexpected. We would have not done it but we absolutely had no one to keep them on such short notice.

Pam

Glad to hear it worked out for you. :)

Personally, I don't think sneaking pets in is all that big a deal, and I wouldn't be offended if someone else did it either. This always gets hashed out on YT every few months.

Sometimes life happens, and events take place that are beyond our control. I'm not perfect, and I'm sure no one else is either but rules are broken sometimes. I'm a rule follower as well, but I think sneaking a small pet in for one night isn't that big of a deal either.

I'm not saying it's ok all the time, but in this situation I don't think it hurt anyone. Yes, rules are there for a reason, but I'm sure people with allergies stay at pet friendly hotels too; and if the pet isn't left alone and doesn't come into contact with anyone, then I don't see the harm. Just my opinion.

:mad::thumbdown Very wrong! What make you think you has right to do this? There are people who actually need therapy dogs. There is no words at my disgust at this. :mad::thumbdown:(

Sometimes you have to do what you have to do.. Funerals don't leave you much planning time. I'm sure this thread has given you a lot of food for thought for the time when you are able to plan your long term vacations.

Glad it worked out for you!

I think expressing disgust towards people lying about therapy dogs is a little harsh. I have never pretended Thor was a therapy dog, but it had never occurred to me that it might hurt the handicapped cause. When I first came onto YT, I saw people making that point, and I think it's a good one, so no, don't pretend your dog is a therapy dog. But maybe someone just hasn't thought it through.

By the way, living in California, you can get marijuana legally if it's for medical reasons. I know a TON of people who go to shady doctors to get medical exemptions they don't need. Are they disgusting because they are taking advantage of the law? You could argue that they are hurting people with cancer, because their actions can make it tougher for those who really need marijuana to be legal. Just some food for thought.

Actually as someone who need lot of prescription medication, yes I think they is disgusting and deplorable for taking advantage of medical marijuana. I know how difficult it can be to get my medication because of 'doc shoppers.'

Here story. My friend has a chihuahua who is therapy dog. She denied going into Big W because they sick of hearing how all the chihuahuas are therapy dog. So yes, it does hurt cause. Damaging handicap rights is disgusting and deplorable to me.

I do agree if you hasn't thought it through, just silly mistake. We all make mistake! However I hope if read this thread they learn. :)

Just FYI, you just called many of my friends disgusting and deplorable. I think that's the problem with making such harsh judgments when you don't know the people involved. Lots of people do all kinds of things and they aren't bad, they are just people. But of course you are entitled to your opinion.

Re: your friend, don't service dogs have official tags?

In the event that one of the next guests in that room happens to be allergic to dogs, I'm sure they would beg to differ that it didn't 'hurt anyone.':rolleyes:

My opinion is if you doctor shop, you are disgusting and deplorable. That is my opinion. It is wrong to take advantage because you want drugs. Some of us really need them and it hard when I see new doctor in ER who suspicious to give me my medication as I scream in pain because other people come in wanting codeine and such because they addicted. If you are an addict, get help. Doesn't mean you bad, but the act is disgusting and deplorable.

Actually I am unsure. This was my mother friend. I probably shouldn't have used as example because I don't know the ins and out of it all, I don't know much about therapy dog. In Australia I do know law are fairly strict on therapy animal. I have seen supermarker be suspicious of seeing eye dog, how silly is that! They has the coats even.

IMO, yes...taking advantage of that would 'disgust' me to. If your friends happen to be guilty of that, then feel free to pass along my sentiments along to them...lol. Both them and the doctors. Does that make them "bad people?" No, no one ever said it did. But bottom line is it's dishonest and lying, no matter how you spin it. If someone thinks that is 'no big deal,' then that is certainly their opinion and they are entitled to it, just as others are entitled to feel otherwise.

I don't think that anyone is claiming someone guilty of the things discussed in this thread are deplorable people or that they are perfect model citizens....just expressing opinions on the topics that have been mentioned. :)

Thanks you for expressing what I feel better than I can! :thumbup::thumbup:

Well I respect how you feel and your opinion, but like I said...that's just my opinion :)

Hey, no worries. Understood. :)

I think disgust is a really strong word, and should be used carefully. Of course you can make the distinction, "you yourself aren't disgusting, it's just what you DO that's disgusting!" and it's a valid distinction... but someone's probably still going to be offended by it.

Let's see if I can try this... Hm. I'm against tail docking. So if you've docked a tail, I find that disgusting and deplorable (and in all seriousness, WAY worse than staying in a hotel with a dog). If anyone you know does it, they are being disgusting. But don't worry, I'm not saying anything about anyone personally.

I don't understand...Tail docking is disgusting. It illegal here too. :confused: What point you trying to make?

To be honest I do not care if they is offended. I feel very strong about lies and doctor shopping. If they offended by my opinion, maybe they need question why it bother them so much if they has clear conscious.

It's legal in America, and lots of people on this site have docked tails personally.

It's fine that you have strong opinions, and I am truly sorry if you've had extra difficulties in your life trying to get medication. That sounds really unpleasant.

What I'm saying is that if you disagree with something, it is kinder, and generally more effective to explain your position than to condemn people you disagree with. If you said simply, "I think this is wrong, for x, y, and z reasons", I think it's easier for people to hear you, and more gracious. I just felt you were coming on pretty strong. That's all.

I have agreed with Disney and felt she did explain her reasoning with how she felt. Maybe I am missing something. :)

Okay, I'm going to try to thread the needle one last time... :)

I just used the medical marijuana thing as an example, and I don't really think it carries. It's ridiculously easy to get marijuana on a medical exemption in California, because pretty much every doctor will do it. It's not the same as going to the emergency room and pretending to be in pain to get codeine. You can make the more abstract argument that it would be easier to legalize marijuana if people didn't take advantage of this, and that would help people, but it's not an obvious connection, because there is plenty of institutional resistance to legalizing it.

By the same token, handicapped people are not directly hurt if someone lies about having a therapy dog, because it's not like the lie makes it legal to refuse service dogs the next time. I believe it would actually be illegal for Walmart (or any other vendor) to refuse to allow entry to someone with a service dog. It's not up to the discretion of the business, it's a law. And here at least, service dogs have some type of official documentation that can be produced on demand. If Walmart questions a service dog, they can ask to see proof.

Again, this is not to say that it's OKAY to lie about having a service dog... more that it's like following an ambulance to get to your destination faster. Tacky, maybe, but you're not directly hurting the people inside.

Anyway, I know this is really far afield... I'll try to stop now.

I guess to be honest, this hits a nerve with me, because I feel that it's SO important to consider where another person is coming from, and try to educate when you can, rather than just assume that people are doing something wrong because they are dumb, or spiteful, or selfish, or whatever. If so many people in the world are so awful, what hope is there of making this a better place?

I think it can be very satisfying to judge other people, and you have to be careful not to indulge in it too much. So yeah, that's why I'm writing a five paragraph essay on something the OP has already resolved.

I guess I am lost on how getting medical marijuana or pain pills through immoral means is being used to discuss if a dog should be taken into a non pet friendly hotel. :) ?????
All the medical analogies aside, taking a pet into a No Pets allowed hotel COULD hurt the next guest. Anyone with severe allergies will agree.

Maybe -- but so can taking your dog out on a walk. When I am done with my rescue shift, I am *covered* in pet hair. If me and other volunteers have lunch somewhere, we could sit in a restaurant and trigger someone at the next table over. We could leave pet hair on our seats when we leave.

The bottom line is that the hotels that don't take pets aren't doing it out of deep concern for people with bad allergies. They are doing it for their own convenience, which is their perogative. However, I think it's a little silly to turn something fairly minor into an issue of good and evil. For people who think it's wrong!!!!!!!!! to take a dog into a hotel that doesn't allow them, does it make a difference if the dog stays in its carrier the whole time? If not, why not?

To me, it's breaking the rules, which is wrong, but if we are honest with ourselves, is something most of us do, probably on a regular basis. Do you jaywalk? Did you drink before you were 21? Ever indulge in any recreational drugs? Steal cable? How about office supplies? Did you ever surf the web at work?

How about failing to do things that are legal, but you really SHOULD do? Are you always a good tipper (I am!)?

To me, these sins are about the same level, and it's silly to get so worked up and judgmental over them. Some rules are dumb, and sometimes we're a little selfish. It's a matter of degree.