I have to say No.

Most of my family think we are nuts to have two big dogs. Two big HAIRY dogs! What were we thinking blah, blah, blah. We don't have visitors often so no one really sees them. My mom seems terrified of them which I find odd because we have always had dogs, but I guess they were always small to medium size dogs. I never knew bigger dogs scared her. My dad thinks they are beautiful, but that we are still crazy. They LIKE the dogs but there is no love. It made me and Alden sad the other day when we found out his mom and dad were in town and had thought about stopping by but were afraid the dogs might hurt his dad (his dad is very frail and ill). Geesh, the first thing we would have done would be to put the dogs outside or put up the gate and confine them to the kitchen/dining room. I can't take my dogs to anyone's house. We do go to my folks place once in awhile to run the fields and they do go inside for a bit but I can feel my mom tense up partly because she is scared of them and partly because they might get her house hairy and dirty..lol. I mostly keep them outside when I take them out there.

I have to add that Katie goes completely nuts over my mom. She licks, paws and noses her to death. She seems to love her. I always have to tell her to leave Grandma alone..lol. I wonder if this is because she senses my mom's submissive behavior around her and its her way of dominating her. Is there something to that?