But did a dog ever show you how to pull off a harrier landing? Help you carry the plane to the line? Go in his flight box and give you that spare glow plug you didn't have so you could then fly that day?
Dogs are great if you like your shoes chewed, bite fines from animal control, and stepping around his steamy fertilizer left in the backyard. Club members usually don't have fleas either. A club shouldn't have unruly dogs, or children as serious injury can happen in the blink of an eye. Some fields don't have much protection between parked cars and the runway...I bring my kids to some other activity while I fly, for everyone's sake. Just my opinion. In today's unbalanced society, if a child gets injured unattended, who knows what charges the parents could face for neglect?