[TeresaM]

I have a small canvas bag that I use when going into stores with Gracie Ruth. It's both to keep her comfortable in the shopping cart and to "protect" the carts from dog germs. When she sits in it just her shoulders and head are visible. She has always sat so quietly in it and just looks around at everything. I was in Hobby Lobby one time picking out scrapbook paper and she was sitting there like a good girl but she was getting bored and ready to move on. So she turned her head to look at me and gave the tiniest little whine. The lady standing next to me nearly had a heart attack. You'd of thought a bomb had gone off. She started laughing then and said she thought G was a toy. Yea...I'm a 50+ yr old woman and I carry a stuff toy dog with me shopping. But she was sweet and told Gracie that she was a very good girl and that she wishes her dogs were so well behaved.

We also get the rat dog comment a lot. Depending on my mood I'll either reply with "Thank you...you know that is what they are bred to do, kill rats." Or just look them square in the eye and ask, "Why would you say that about someone elses dog? Really, why would you say something so rude?"