Flying with emotional support dog

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would contact the airline and ask what their protocol is. I'm sure they would let an allergic person seated next to you switch seats. Although I've never seen a support dog on a flight, I see people bring support dogs with them to the ER. I've never seen another patient complain (and to be honest, my coworkers and I love seeing dogs in the ER even though we know we can't touch them!!)

Dogs do not belong in a human ER.

Wtf is wrong with dog people?!?

you're a huge fucking idiot - it has been proven that exposure to dogs can help aide in recovery time. when i was in the hospital, after i was involved in a head on collision with a drunk driver, there was a service where the hospital brought dogs in to visit patients for this very reason.

There was a thread a while ago by some of us who are chronically ill and have had to actively fight to opt out of these visits because we weren't benefitting and no one bothered to ask if we wanted a dog in our room. When my MIL was recovering, she had a minor stroke following a visit. She'd been terrified of dogs since having one sicced on her as a teen in the civil rights movement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would contact the airline and ask what their protocol is. I'm sure they would let an allergic person seated next to you switch seats. Although I've never seen a support dog on a flight, I see people bring support dogs with them to the ER. I've never seen another patient complain (and to be honest, my coworkers and I love seeing dogs in the ER even though we know we can't touch them!!)

Dogs do not belong in a human ER.

Wtf is wrong with dog people?!?

you're a huge fucking idiot - it has been proven that exposure to dogs can help aide in recovery time. when i was in the hospital, after i was involved in a head on collision with a drunk driver, there was a service where the hospital brought dogs in to visit patients for this very reason.

There was a thread a while ago by some of us who are chronically ill and have had to actively fight to opt out of these visits because we weren't benefitting and no one bothered to ask if we wanted a dog in our room. When my MIL was recovering, she had a minor stroke following a visit. She'd been terrified of dogs since having one sicced on her as a teen in the civil rights movement.

When my mom was wheelchair bound in a nursing home a nurse brought her 2 labs which were trained for the job. They were always on leash. Only those willing were approached. I have been attacked by a dog [each time a pit mix] in the dc area and also boxer and doberman. Each of those was a police haul off and one attacked a mailman -out of work for minimum 6 months.

Emotional support can be BS and current news includes an "emotional support" muzzled pitbull being denied boarding by American Airlines. http://www.wlox.com/story/32687346/emotional-support-dog-banned-from-flight-leaving-richmond

Time to write a thank you note to American Airlines!!!

[Anonymous]

and a celebrity designer flys her massive "seizure" dog and the thing can't even walk hru an airport it's so obese
http://www.ohmidog.com/tag/american-airlines/

just so KOOL to rescue pits https://www.instagram.com/p/BBn33NqvgVz/?taken-by=kari_whitman_interiors

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just do it - the airlines are not legally permitted to ask you any questions - just check in at the ticket counter and go - it's super easy to fly w an emotional support pet

This is the entire misperception with Emotional Support Animals. No one is permitted to ask you why you have a SERVICE Dog, and they cannot refuse you entrance becaus of a SERVICE Dog. That would be illegal under the Americans with Disabilities Act. This is NOT the case with an ES dog. An airline can refuse to allow your pet in the cabin. There is a huge distinction that most people don't know about.

Additionally, ADA doesn't apply to airlines, they have separate regulations regarding accessibility that dictates what they can or cannot do. The regulations in the Air Carrier Access Act are generally less stringent than ADA so the airlines likely have much greater latitude to restrict even service animals on board, let alone "emotional support" animals.

[Anonymous]

I was at a theatrical production geared toward kids where a dad brought his Newfoundland emotional support dog and it blocked the entire aisle. A Newfoundland.