a person with a pit bull “service dog” on a plane almost certainly has a fake disability and a fake service dog. that makes me doubly wary of them, because they are untrustworthy and perfectly happy to lie, which makes it much more likely they have a poorly trained and dangerous dog. |
Yes, have you ever seen a pitbull? They don't fit under the seat and could not "attack" OP from behind. She wouldn't have even noticed if they hadn't turned around when the plane landed. Clearly it wasn't a big deal for the entirety of the flight. |
I wouldn’t want to be in a crowded aisle with a pitbull behind me. |
Um no. Any breed can be a service dog. There is not a breed restriction. This dog was so well trained OP didnt even notice it. It's likely better trained than any dog youve seen in public. |
there’s no “breed restriction” under the ADA but in practice we all know there are not bona fide pit bull service dogs. |
OK? Well I dont want to be in a crowded aisle with screaming babies or drunk adults, but that's the reality of flying. You deal with other people. Some of those people have disabilities and some of those people have screaming children they refuse to control and some of those people are ignorant aholes like yourself. We all have to deal ![]() |
You keep saying "bona fide" service dogs, insinuating that any non lab/retriever/GSD is not "bona fide". You are wrong. Just, straight up. You look really foolish to anyone who has actually seen/met/interacted with service dogs. They come in all shapes, sizes, colors and breeds. They serve all sorts of different medical purposes. You dont get to decide who is "bona fide" and who is not. |
Police dogs aren’t service dogs so not relevant. Guide dog organizations are the most well funded of the service dog organizations, and have the resources to get purebred puppies. They also need dogs of a specific size. Other kids of service dogs have different requirements. |
Question to OP - what kind of pitbull are we talking about? Pitbulls are not a breed, rather group of dogs, some of them are more suitable to be a service dogs, some of them less... |
OP, you shouldn't have used the P word.
Anyway, my son is allergic to dogs, so if there is time while we are waiting to board, I'll ask the person at the gate desk if there are any dogs on board that flight. At least that way I can ask to move seats if possible. |
Same. I genuinely feel like pit bull owners take pleasure in making people scared or uncomfortable. |
dp You know pp that whatever research we do present you will say they are "biased" So no we are not going to do any work for someone whose mind is already closed. |
If this particular dog had done something you would have a case. But this dog did nothing and you had zero idea of it's exsitance. Why start a thread about..nothing? And personally, this dog sounds like a dream to travel with. You, op and all the other haters with screaming children...not so much |
I mean, please point me to a reputable service dog training org that trains pitbulls. I really want to know. Because the ones I know of exclusively train labs and goldens, and some German Shephards. |
Oh right, I’m sure they aren’t training “rescue” pitbulls just because they have the money to buy labs … anyway, that seems to support that people with the resources to actually train service dogs select labs and goldens. don’t you think they’d prefer to save money? |