A Roch Society Volunteer Campaign
Let Dogs In is run by The Roch Society, a non-profit dedicated to one simple idea: that dogs belong in the everyday life of the places we live, work and gather. This campaign is part of that work, focused on one clear, winnable change in Canada.
Why We're Doing This
Dogs are part of the family. They go almost everywhere we go. Yet a rule written for restaurant kitchens still shuts them out of the one place a neighbourhood gathers, the local bar.
We picked this fight because it's the clearest, fairest one to win. A bar with no kitchen has no food-safety reason to ban a dog, and parts of Canada already allow it. We're not asking for anything radical. We're asking the rest of the country to catch up, with a sensible safety standard attached so nobody has to worry about how.
Who We Are
The Roch Society is a non-profit dedicated to genuine canine inclusion in public and commercial life. We exist to move past the empty "pet-friendly" sticker in the window and set real, measurable standards for what it actually means to welcome a dog: into the room, not just onto the patio, and with rules clear enough that an owner, a venue and a health inspector all know exactly where they stand.
That work runs across the places dogs and their people spend their lives. Roch publishes dog-friendliness standards for hotels, for homes, and for workplaces, and assesses and certifies against them. Let Dogs In applies the same thinking to Canada's bars: a clear standard, honestly applied, that everyone can trust.
Get in Touch
Questions, media enquiries, or want to get involved?
The Roch Society · 997 Seymour St, Vancouver BC V6B 3M1 · info@rochsociety.com