Moscow dog owners love their animals and seem to enjoy showing them off any chance they get. Some owners take their dogs, no matter how small or large, to public gatherings. This has become a bone of contention - no pun intended - with some attendees of the Moscow Farmers Market. Arguments against dogs at the market make sense, as did the banning of dogs at the recently held Moscow Renaissance Fair. There is little demonstrable benefit to taking dogs to an event attended by hundreds of people. Some people don't like dogs and some are downright afraid of them. Those folks are entitled to the same market access as others and should reasonably expect not to be scared by an animal/Murf Raquet, Moscow-Pullman Daily News. More here.

Question: If you were ruler of the universe, would you ban dogs from public gatherings, like a farmers market, or 4th of July Parade, or Car d'Lane?