For the most part.. Layla stays in the car... it is hardly winter here and i put her heating disk in her crate and she naps.. however.. we are leaving for Florida tomorrow and while we are there... she will be coming in with us. I have a carrier that looks like a big pink purse... it is a fight to get her in there.. but once she is in.. she just naps... about every 10 min i sneak her a treat but otherwise i try not to draw attention to her. I also take off my jacket and drape it over the purse in such a way that it just looks like i'm trying to have a free hand.. i don't want it to look like i'm hiding something... layla is good as gold in the purse.. but we practiced around the house before we went to the mall.. i can't imagine anyone seeing her.. there are vents on either end.. but they aren't at eye level.. if someone asked me about her.. i'm not sure what i would do... part of me would wnat to have attitude.. tell the person she is not a pet but a memeber of my family.. the other part would just leave
i guess i'll have to find out when the day come! good luck and practice lots before you take your pup into public.