We just returned from Marriott Newport Coast.
We were on the Lanai looking at the ocean when we heard another guest whistling loudly and yelling "here boy". In fact there were several people doing the same thing. They had a little young dog that decided to run down into the canyon and then run across the golf course. You could tell where he was because he was yipping as he was running. It seemed like an old Chevy Chaise movie.
After perhaps 10 or 15 minutes the dog finally decided to return. Probably just hungry as he returned after the adults stopped yelling. They put a leash on it and entrusted the leash to a 3 or 4 year old kid.
Then I noticed that they had "staked out" the grill area with their multiple ice coolers on the table tops and had the chairs tilted to indicate that all of the tables were taken.
I also noticed what appeared to be about 12 plus people coming out of the same unit. These are nice-sized 2 BR units but come on folks? 12 people? And a dog? An out-of-control dog?
I later talked to the guy to make sure that the dog was still secure. Then I asked him how he was able to get the dog past the "dog police" (security). He said "oh...ah....ah....the dog is a service dog."The dog looked to be perhaps roughly 7 or 8 months old. I always thought that service dog training took quite a while. The dog was not disciplined. It yipped. It wanted to play. It ignored the owner commands. It bit another guest. It was totally out-of-control.
Isn't it a shame when another guest does selfish things like this? It kind of ruins it for a lot of other people. I saw security show up. I think that they caught the guy. They were nice and didn't make him leave. But I understand that he was hit with a $250 "deep cleaning" bill. :hysterical: It's a shame that the security didn't also realize that he was also several people over the unit limit and just kick them out.
BTW, my wife is an asthmatic. She is also severely allergic to dogs. If we stayed in a unit after a dog was in it, it is likely that she would end up in severe distress and we could have a life-threatening medical emergency.