John,
I agree -- anything with texture should work. I spent yesterday on a Rescue mission so I didn't get a chance to check out any locations but between Mothers Day shoots, I'll try to do that this weekend.

I hesitate to suggest particular settings but things like a junkyard for Rotties and Pits or a hair salon for Poodles would be cool as long as people had some sort of sense of humor about it . But neutral ones will probably work best. The Winter Park chapel would be cool for Parson Russell Terriers!!

More later,

Jim