Hope Amtraks pet policy is better thought out than this one was…
Interesting you bring this up right after I was reading Brightline’s policies on emotional-support animals. (Which, if I read them correctly, says you can travel with your cat reasonably next to you, not in a carrier, if you have the right kind of ‘doctor’s note’)
How long this apparently-generous policy will survive the first activist allergy/ailurophobe challenge in court will remain to be seen. But I applaud Brightline’s management for developing and providing their policy.
I want a Klingon targ as my support animal.
RS
I want a Klingon!
Stop using toilet paper.
Pity the person who has an emotional support chicken when I unbox my emotional support wolverine.
If emotional support animals fly free, I could bring my women along for free! I really need them for emotional support!
A little bite on the cheek for old times sake?
How many do you have? I’m thinking they’ll draw the line at one.
(In my best Foghorn Leghorn accent) I say, I say son- is that a wolverine, or are you just happy to see me?
Having a son with severe dog allergies, I can well understand the feelings behind the “acitivist allergy” types. For Brightline, a reasonable compromise could be setting aside a “no animals allowed” car per train.
One other difference between Brightline and an airliner is that medical help would only be a few minutes away in case of a severe allergic reaction. Another difference is that the recirculated air is contained to one car versus the whole, hence the “no animals” car suggestion in the previous paragraph.
The main reason behind Delta’s new policy has been the incidents with either untrained or poorly trained emotional support animals excreting in flight or worse yet, biting another passenger (maybe require proof of insurance for emotional support animals?). I suspect a biting incident was what lead to a local restaurant putting up a sign prohibiting animals.
I totally get need for service dogs that actually provide a service.
What seems to be a problem these days is the little old lady with the teacup poodle who now insists that it’s a service dog.
I gotta get a teacup poodle that will do domestic service…(cooking, cleaning, shopping…)
Actually, I saw a young lady in a dr’s office that had a nice looking bigger dog - she told someone she needed him for balance. He sort, kinda seemed to lean against her.
I looked at my cane and thought, well that would be quite a trade off. And if a dog that size leaned against me, he would have to know how to pick me up, too.
Has the world lost its collective mind? Why should others have to put up with animals in the small confines of many airplanes?
If you are so “fragile” you need an “emotional support animal”, maybe you are too “fragile” fly on an airplane? or ride on a train?
We have a cat at our house, she is cute a little thing, and living in a 117 year old house, cats are nice to keep mice away.
She is just one of many in along line over the last 22 years…but we have never had more than two at a time…
I would never expect to be able to just “take her with us” in public places. And I think much of what is going on these days with dogs (other than REAL service dogs) is beyond the pale.
One day last winter, in bad weather, a woman was walking briskly thru the local Home Depot with a very large dog on a leash (they alow this). After I spent several minutes in the store gathering my purchases, and saw her several times, it dawned on me, she was not there to shop, she was walking/exercising the dog.
The nerve of some people…
Guess what pet owners, not everybody wants to interact with your pet. Heck there are lots of times when I’m happy to not interact with any more people than necessary…
There is a place for pets, airplanes, trains, and retail stores (except the big box pet store) are not it.
Sheldon
Where I now live, several people bring dogs in–some for residents to pet, some apparently to visit particular residents. There is one dog brought in for anybody to pet (which I have not seen for some time) which, I fear has not had a bath in a year; you do not have to see him to know that he is in the room.
A few of the residents keep dogs or cats in their rooms; such residents are responsible for the entire upkeep of their pets.
Note their definition of ‘Service animal’ and the difference to ‘Comfort animal’.
https://www.amtrak.com/planning-booking/accessible-travel-services/service-animals.html
First thing that comes to mind with “service animal” is a seeing eye dog, which have a very specific purpose and typically have had extensive trining in both providing a service and not being an annoyance. I also noted that Amtrak requires pet owners to sign an indemnification agreement.
I do not wish to start an argument with Sheldon(Atlantic Central),
BUT, There are differences between PETS and SERVICE ANIMALS: Those differences are spelled out in Federal Regulations, primarily, under the Americans with Disibilities Act. ADA which is administerd by the D.O.J., and its Civil Rights Div.
A coupe of time a week I get to deal with a few of t