[christiers]

I have never done this, but I have seen puppies at our local mall. I know a mall about a hour away has pet strollers and you are allowed to take them anywhere there M-F from opening until 5 or 6pm. (Short Hills Mall in NJ)

I have snuck Pickles into Target, we didn't go in the food section. She went to Home Depot and Lowes with us 2 weekends ago. She is only 4 lbs and loves to be held, so taking her places is easier.

I take all 3 of them to dog parks, although finally finding one that we were comfortable at was a challenge. They go to a small breed meetup, from Oct-Apr the facility we went to for training offers a "Play & Train" on Friday evenings, they love that! Pet Boutiques, other meetup groups, my father-in-law and step mother-in-law love when the "granddogs" come to visit. It is actually becoming a weekend thing, the girls love their back yard. We went last weekend and my SMIL was "where are the girls? why didn't you bring them?". I got a text yesterday inviting us over tomorrow and she said that the "granddogs have to come see grandpa for father's day". I LOVE IT!!

Around this area there seems to be at least a monthly activity we can find. A Pet Expo last month, Your Dog Is Worth It Too in August, October we are going to Fido's Festival....a weekend event here in NJ. I often google dog activities in NJ and am a member at meetup.com to find things to take them to. They are so well socialized, something I didn't diligently do so well with their predecessors. Another one of those hindsight situations. Belle has benefited from my guilt over it. At 9 years old I put her through basic training finally and she loved it! We are waiting for basic training II so she can take her canine good citizen test. She has high standards to live up to, both Coco and Pickles passed first time!