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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see dogs in the airport all the time: you can't check them into their crates hours and hours ahead of the flight, so people walk with them until it's time.  Of course, the peeing was not okay.
I did recently see two large huskies uncrated on the plane itself, which I thought unusual: the couple traveling with them had bought three seats and there was a husky in a seat and one on the floor.  I wanted to ask if they were service dogs because personally I would love to fly with my dog in the cabin, but would never check her as baggage.  (I feel for the people with allergies, but I have the same problem when I get on a plane where there is a cat in an underseat carrier.  I'd love there to be separate pets-allowed and no-pets flights.)

I agree with PP saying that some of these "therapy dogs" are cheats, but the bottom line is there is no standardized badge or harness for a service or therapy dog: all the dogs you see in stores, airports, etc. could very well be therapy dogs.  (Poor behavior should be a giveaway, though.)  Often store employees are afraid to ask, let alone protest, for fear of getting sued.[/quote]

I've never heard of the flying in the cabin thing. We have a dog and flew him from point A to point B a few years back when we first adopted him (never after that) and they told us 15 pounds was the limit for in the cabin. In a carrier under the seat and he couldn't even poke his head out once we were on the plane. Otherwise he had to go in a crate with the baggage. We followed all of the rules and were glad he's only 14 pounds. [/quote]

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