Wow! Where do you find concerts, movies, stores (apart from pet stores), taverns or buses where dogs are allowed?
I've gone to a bunch of places wheeling the puppy through the front door in a shopping cart.
Walmart, Bi-Mart, Lowes, Home Depot, Harbor Freight, Fred Meyers, Walgreens and Rite Aid pharmacies, Big 5 and Dick's sporting goods, Safeway and Trader Joe's groceries and a few others.
Most of these stores don't have dog friendly policies, so I haven't asked permission before going in.
This is a cute looking puppy in a shopping cart- I think the reception might be different with a grown up canine on a leash.
We've got a bunch of movies in the parks during the summer and a couple of drive in theaters nearby, and that's been the extent of our movie experience.
The concerts have been outdoors as well, except for one hosted by a friend, and the other- allowed in as a friend of the band.
There are several taverns in Portland that allow dogs on patios and in outside dining, drinking, smoking areas.
We've gone to a couple-three to engage in different cultural experiences: a biker bar with open pipe motorcycles, a redneck bar, and a hippie tavern...we haven't tried to integrate into the upper-crust elite establishments (yet).
We spent some time at a busy bus mall and a train yard just for new sounds, sights, smells, and ground texture. We've traveled mostly by car with short jaunts on a ferry, by skateboard, and in a large horse drawn carriage.
Before we got the puppy, I resolved that facilitation of puppy socializing activities would be my main job for the first few weeks.
We've knocked off five weeks, and I'm going to keep it up for a few more.
It has felt like a job at times...I'm ready to simply hang out at home.