And if you dare make a comment about the "rambunctious" children, you will be ostracized for hating children!! And people feel that it is OK to discriminate against pets but not children or some reason. I mean I love most children but I don't feel Duncan should have to stay home all the time when there are 75 children raising a ruckus somewhere. I make it a point of asking if I can bring him whenever I go to a picnic, house party, events like that. If I can't bring him, sometimes I don't go because I'm not that thrilled about going in the first place and I would rather stay home and take him to play! Obviously it means more to Duncan that I'm there with them than it does to the people who invited me or else they would have said yes!!! (Assuming they are ABLE to have me...no allergies, babies, any other factors that would not permit a large black dog!! : )...) I'm a jerk aren't I!!! (HA HA!)