I have taken Alf to school twice,to O'Reilly's auto parts(they love her there),2 pet stores,and to the gas station,as well as an aimals education program,and to where my husband works at a garage here in town,my mother-in-laws,and a birthday party.She gets to go alot of places.The library here won't let me bring her,not sure about stores,most of the time I would rather not take her to the store,I would be more worried about her than what I came to get.And sometimes you have to be careful around kids. I had to pull her back from one little boy,he kept rubbing her the wrong way(from tail to head even after being told not to do that and pulling at her beard.My favorite remark is .....is that thing real? I thought it was a toy. That's when I want to say,excuse me but I quit carrying toys when I was about 7 or 8 years old.LOLOLOL