My mother's DOG is causing problems....

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She's got this yellow lab, Sam, who is causing problems. He is obnoxious, jumps on everyone, barks so loud that you cant talk over him (i mean he stands there and barks and barks when she has company), and slobbers bad. Well, my daughters are young, 3 and 1, and i really dont feel comfortable taking them around this 125lb obnoxious dog. So, i rarely take them to my parents house. I make them put him out back if we do come over and he barks the entire time and her neighbors have even complained about his barking. I would rather not take them over there than to feel constantly rushed because "Sam is barking and wants in the house". Its getting to the point that I am feeling uncomfortable about going over there because of Sam. She will even tell us to leave after a little while because she's going to need to let Sam back in the house. So anyway, today my 1 yr old and i were going to go to their house for a short time to pick up something. I told her that i would be there in 30 minutes. 20 minutes after i hung up the phone with her, i was getting my daughter ready to go and my mom called and was basically yelling at me because I wasnt there yet..why? BECAUSE SAM WAS OUTSIDE IN THE BACK YARD BARKING AND HE NEEDED TO COME BACK IN THE HOUSE. She said she would just wait out in the car with the baby while i got up in the attic to get some stuff i needed. Well i decided that id rather just go to the store and buy the stuff i wanted, than to feel uncomfortable and unwelcome in my own parents house with my daughter because of SAM. Other people have tried to tell her that he's a bad dog and she needs to get him trained or get rid of him and she gets mad at anyone who says anything about "poor Sam". Well i told her that i'd just forget coming over to get that stuff because Im really sick of having to worry about Sam, and she hung up on me. Yes its her house, her dog, whatever, but if i had a dog that was making everyone feel unwelcome, i'd do something to change that situation. Do you feel that I am in the wrong for not going somewhere that I feel unwelcome because of a dog who might not like to be outside for 30 minutes?