Flying with Your Dog

[Texzilla588 765]

My wife travelled for years with a small cairn terrier in a Sherpa bag. Paid the fee and most of the time no one knew she was in the plane. We’d never put a larger dog below so it would be leave home or drive.

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On 1/23/2022 at 7:30 AM, Landomatic said:

 

td/dr - How does this whole "service dog" thing work?

Please don’t. 

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On 1/23/2022 at 11:51 AM, mchookem said:

i'm a huge animal-lover (we probably all are)... but the proliferation of 'my dog is my child and must go with me everywhere!' is fucking ridiculous.

if i'm at a restaurant with outside seating and they have signs indicating they are pet-friendly, i have zero issue with it. but people who bring their clearly non-service dogs into HEB, Lowe's, etc. are the worst. LITTLE FIFI IS NOT YOUR DAUGHTER YOU STUPID TWIT 😡

people who think/treat their animals like humans are terrible pet owners for a variety of reasons (not saying this applies to OP at all, just general observation).

What’s worse is apparently a ride share driver has to accept you and your pet if you say it’s a service animal.  No proof needed 

[RollLeft 5038]

Ornery surly is the best surly.  Dogs be cool until you bring them to my house or put them on my flight.  Then fuck yo dog.  

[NeverMarryAStripper 21765]

There are no bad dogs, only bad owners

[next2naus 436]

7 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

There are no bad dogs, only bad owners

I bet Dogs and other animals would disagree with this. I bet from their POV there are plenty of asshole digs, and they should know. There is a goldendoodle out there that some jack russell thinks is an asshole. 

[RPM 26090]

I don't get people that travel with animals. That has to be the most traumatic event that animal has ever been through. Noise, crowds, g force, pressurization. Jeezus H Christ.

[Deej 76156]

11 minutes ago, RPM said:

I don't get people that travel with animals. That has to be the most traumatic event that animal has ever been through. Noise, crowds, g force, pressurization. Jeezus H Christ.

Judging by the posts in the Flight Disrupting thread, the animals handle all of that much better than people. 

Edited July 16 by Deej

[RPM 26090]

[Shaddie 1628]

On 7/16/2024 at 8:54 AM, RPM said:

I don't get people that travel with animals. That has to be the most traumatic event that animal has ever been through. Noise, crowds, g force, pressurization. Jeezus H Christ.

Ha. You think that traumatizes them?  
 

I’m gone for 3 days (wife is home with them) and I get back and think it’s been years since they’ve seen me. They can put up with a lot of stuff if pack leader is there. 

[royiv 9044]

I’m firmly against people who abuse the emotional support or service animal shit to take their dog on a plane. That said, I would rather fly on a plane full of dogs than a plane full of humans.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21765]

I fully agree.  I don’t mind the fake service dogs, but the owners are always complete assholes so fuck them

[Js1 82952]

11 hours ago, Shaddie said:

Ha. You think that traumatizes them?  
 

I’m gone for 3 days (wife is home with them) and I get back and think it’s been years since they’ve seen me. They can put up with a lot of stuff if pack leader is there. 

LOL right? I think my dog would prefer flying (with me) than being left home with a dog sitter.  He also loves people and kids, so he'd have a fucking field day seeing so many people.  

But I don't want that stress, so he stays home. 

Edited July 19 by Js1

[Deej 76156]

9 hours ago, royiv said:

That said, I would rather fly on a plane full of dogs than a plane full of humans.

Hell yeah.

Looks like fun. 

 

 

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On 1/23/2022 at 11:00 AM, pronghorn said:

Almost all airlines have nixed the service dog option for flying. Unless you go the full investment to train and certify for it. Emotional support certification no longer works to get your dog on the plane.

Only option is crate. Alaska airlines is the best experience that we have had to date across multiple airlines.

On our trip to Thailand last month, there were dogs in the cabin on 3 of our 8 flights. All barking. One each on American, Delta, and KAL.

They may or may not have been legit, but anyone faking it can fuck themselves right in the face.

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On 1/23/2022 at 11:21 AM, Incredulity said:

I guess I have flown many times then with cats and never knew.  I wouldn’t really have given a shit except for 2.5 hours of meowing is fucking ridiculous.

Further, and I have stated this before, the contradiction between the allergy policies of airlines with small bags of peanuts and peoples pets is some bullshit.  

This reminds me, somehow, of the time when I was working on the IAH ramp tossing bags for Continental. A guy turned too hard when pulling up with the baggage trailers, and a pet container rolled off, and hit the ground, opening the door. Poor cat bolts out like lightning, straight away from the plane and toward the runway. Adios, Whiskers. Have a nice life.

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On 1/23/2022 at 1:51 PM, mchookem said:

i'm a huge animal-lover (we probably all are)... but the proliferation of 'my dog is my child and must go with me everywhere!' is fucking ridiculous.

if i'm at a restaurant with outside seating and they have signs indicating they are pet-friendly, i have zero issue with it. but people who bring their clearly non-service dogs into HEB, Lowe's, etc. are the worst. LITTLE FIFI IS NOT YOUR DAUGHTER YOU STUPID TWIT 😡

people who think/treat their animals like humans are terrible pet owners for a variety of reasons (not saying this applies to OP at all, just general observation).

Todo este. Fucking dog snapped at me once from a shopping cart I was walking past ... at motherfucking Home Depot. Please, someone explain to me the need to take your dog into Home Depot, or any of the other idiotic places people feel the need to take their dogs these days.