点评:The website states that dogs are welcome, which is why we brought ours. We drove two hours to Dismal Park on a Thursday morning in early October and were refused entry.
In the parking lot, a woman asked if our dogs were friendly. I don't let strangers pet my dogs, so I said "no," which is my standard answer. That was the entire conversation. She turned out to work the ticket booth.
When my husband went in for tickets, staff told him we couldn't enter because our dogs were unfriendly, and claimed one had lunged at her. It didn't. That dog is so sociable that our daycare uses him to socialize other dogs. My husband tried to explain, but staff talked over him and wouldn't let him finish a sentence, lecturing him about dog bites and visitors who are afraid of dogs.
As a private business, the park is free to turn anyone away. But the lot had three cars in it, and they refused a paying family over a false claim without any interest in hearing our side. We would have spent about $200 there on admissions and food.
If dogs aren't welcome, or are welcome only after a screening, say so on your website. And if you advertise dogs as welcome, treat the people who bring them like guests.
翻译:网站上写明允许带狗入园,所以我们才带着自家的狗前来。十月初的一个周四清晨,我们驱车两小时来到迪斯莫尔公园,却被拒之门外。
在停车场,一位女士问我们的狗是否温顺。我不会让陌生人抚摸我的狗,于是回答了“不”,这也是我一贯的答复方式。对话仅此而已。后来才知道,那位女士是售票处的工作人员。
我丈夫去买票时,工作人员告诉他:由于我们的狗不够温顺,我们无法入园。她声称有一只狗朝她扑了过来。其实并没有。那只狗极其温顺友善,我们所在的宠物托管中心还特意让它来帮助其他狗狗进行社交训练。我丈夫试图解释,但工作人员打断他,不让他把话说完,还对他大谈特谈关于狗咬伤事故以及怕狗的访客之类的问题。
作为一家私人经营的场所,公园有权拒绝任何人进入。当时停车场里有三辆车,可他们仅仅因为一句毫无根据的指控,就拒绝了付费入场的家庭,甚至根本不愿意听听我们的说法。我们原本打算在那里花费约200美元用于门票和餐饮。
如果狗狗不受欢迎,或者只有在经过检查后才允许入内,请在网站上说明这一点。如果您宣传说欢迎带狗的客人,那就应把带狗的顾客当作尊贵客人来对待。