Emotional Support Dogs - your view

[Otta]

Some people are petrified of dogs,imagine ending up next to one on a long haul flight...

[legalbeagle]

I agree Otta - and I've mentioned both those things. No blaggers, hence suggestion about registration, and if you are terrified then I'm sure cabin staff can make suitable arrangements so that you aren't next to one.

[Applespider]

Otta Wrote:

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> Some people are petrified of dogs,imagine ending

> up next to one on a long haul flight...

But presumably they might end up next to a guide dog for the blind or a hearing dog for the deaf so not sure what the distance is. Many other dogs can be well-behaved who will lie quietly at their owners feet for hours on end - probably more likely to sleep through a flight than children who tend to have a shorter attention span(and no, I'm not suggesting we ban them from flights)

I might have a PTSD phobia of bearded men but I'm not going to suggest that all men on planes are clean-shaven.

[Otta]

I was only talking about if there was no regulation, so in theory it could be any dog.

Assistance dogs tend to be less threatening breeds.

Although I once worked with a guide god called Samson, a MASSIVE German Shepherd with a mouth like a crocodile. He was pretty scary, but lovely.

[Alan Medic]

I can't believe this thread exists. I love the time I spent with our dog when we were growing up but I haven't been in a position to have one since. We have a snake.

[Jeremy]

It's one thing having a properly trained and registered guide/assistance dog in a flight, which happily sits there. But having some mutt leaping around, barking and shitting on the floor... don't think I'd be particularly happy.

[Mustard]

The actor who plays Superman has an huge Akita as his emotional support dog. Now that is a big dog to have on a flight.