I did find it to be dog-friendly, however, I didn't really try to bring her anywhere, so I don't have much info for you. She was great walking around the downtown (where we stayed) and no one seemed to have a problem with her; in fact many stopped to admire/pet/ask questions about her. However, we didn't try to take her to any parks or restaurants. We were only there 3 nights, and since we stayed right downtown we were able to go back to our room often for breaks. So our schedule was to basically keep her in the crate while we did our stuff, then come back and play/take her for walks on our downtime. The hotel we stayed at, Drury hotels, was extremely friendly though, I cannot say enough good about it. The workers were Great about Tosca, I could walk her all over (on leash of course)! They all stopped to pet her too! Plus, the hotel had lots of free stuff, like free breakfast, free internet, free long distance, free drinks (both soda and alcoholic) and snacks (nachos, chex mix) etc each evening. I guess there are Drury hotels in many of the surrounding states, and based on my experience I would recommend them to anyone traveling with pets!