[nvnvgirl]

I've taken Max to places like the mall in a purse type carrier, and nobody's said anything so far, but I don't go into any food courts or restaurants there; usually just places like Macy's where I usually just run into the store and not out into the mall.
I've taken him to places where they allow dogs and I'd never take him into a restaurant unless they said it was ok, just b/c I can't be certain that Max would not bark if someone came too close to me or something. I have taken him to a restaurant that let us bring him in in his carrier and they said as long as he stayed in it, it was fine. He was pretty tired, so it wasn't much of a problem anyhow and once, when we got to a place we frequent, it was raining by then, we had Max with us and the owner knew we'd leave, so he told us if we sat at one of the tables by the windows and put Max in his carrier and set it on the floor we could stay there. Thankfully, nobody noticed and Max was very good. I hate it when people complain, and there's always at least ONE miserable person who will. I don't want the restaurant owner to get into trouble either. The only time we really did sneak him in somewhere, was for my MIL's funeral when we had to find a hotel room and the only place we could get b/c everything else was booked, didn't allow dogs. We stayed there all the time too, so it was pretty tough.....and trying to make sure that Max didnt' bark and getting in and out (it was a small hotel that you would normally walk thru the lobby and by the front desk to go outside).....we had to take Max out thru the back stairs when he had to go out to go potty....ugh....I'll never do it again; it was too stressful, LOL.