Thanks for the responses, ladies.

ausgirl - I don't think that the general act of taking a dog (and then needing to leave them somewhere for a short while) would have raised any eyebrows within the group I was with, and indeed the owners of the dog had seemed to be quite intentional in trying to make provision for the dog - it was more the length of time, and the venue which some were concerned about.

But in general, the attitudes seemed to run from Ginger's to Ms Fi.

Thus my interest in what other thought.