If a hotel is hosting a dog show they know the participants want the whole package. Rooms and meals. The hotels are free to not rent the convention space to a dog show.
My pet peeve at HD and Costco are the parents who encourage their children to race each other to the end of the aisle.
When it comes to peeves, we donāt have to choose only one. I can dislike the improperly suprevised children and the ESAs.
Bringing a non-service dog into a restaurant would be a health code violation in my state.
It was only a matter of time before something like this happened. Itās time to dump this crazy āemotional support animalā BS. X(
This is despicable!!! X(
This is the wrong standard for an ESA. It is the standard for a service animal.
Just venting, I guess, but I am sick sick sick of prospective tenants calling me and trying to persuade me their pet is allowed because they āhave a note from their doctorā. Sometimes they refer to it as a service animal, sometimes as an ESA.
A note from the family doctor does not mean the patientās ailment rises to the level of being legally recognized as a disability, nor is a general physician typically recognized as qualified to give such a note.
Do you decline those requests since they do not meet the standard?
As I have said before, I have never had a client ask for a letter for an ESA, but I have had friends ask me to write a bogus letter. They have no trouble asking me to engage in an ethical violation. Um, sorry, no.
There was a cat on our last flight that meowed most of the trip. Kind of annoying.
I read the pitbull/Portland article and I donāt see how an animal in the waiting area is the Airlineās fault. No, ESA animals canāt be in a cage as the cage canāt be in the main cabin of the airline and thatās the whole point of having a ESA, to give you emotional support on the trip. A cage big enough to hold a pitbull is not going to fit under the seat or behind your legs. The airlines have started to restrict the ESAs, but the size of a pitbull is usually going to be within guidelines, and of course someone could show up with an unacceptable pet but this person had not even tried to board so the airline hadnāt had the chance to even reject the pet before it hurt the girl.
Unfortunately, the airline is the deep pocket.
Would it be legal to require animals not in a carrier to wear a muzzle?
Then the muzzled ESA will suffer an emotional breakdown and will need its own ESA!!! I am all for putting a good muzzle and leash on the ESA problem. B-)
I think it would be legal to require ALL ESA animals on an airplane to be muzzled. I donāt think there is anything in the law that would restrict that and of course the airlines are now being more restrictive in the types of animals allowed and the breeds. I donāt think the huge dogs are allowed anymore as a 100 pound dog just canāt fit in the space allowed.
In the post about Portland airport, the owner had walked into the airport (public space controlled by the city), through security, through the general spaces and into the waiting area for an Alaska Airline flight. However, anyone could sit in that space and no one is checking to make sure only those going on an AA flight are in the waiting area. When does AA take control of the passenger? It might be that when the person got to the gate, AA would have said āNO WAY is that dog of death getting on this plane.ā
Also a good idea for parents not to allow the child to pet every dog it comes in contact with. This child asked and was granted permission to pet the dog. Mistake by both the parent and the owner.
The airline is between a rock and a hard place hereā¦
I absolutely adore dogs but this āemotional supportā animal stuff is really ticking me off. It makes it more difficult for people who need their actual, licensed and trained, service animals to travel. Almost every time I travel now I see an āESAā animal misbehaving at the airport.
In many European countries and cities, dogs that ride public transport are required to be muzzled while in transit.
@ BunsenBurner-- āThe airline is between a rock and a hard place hereā¦ā
No, itās between stupidity and more stupidity.
Common sense. The airline had a financial line that needs drawing. Anybody with half a mind could see it coming.
And a million dollar law suit for a five year old shouldnāt become the line.
Iām sure the airline is suing the fed gov for stupid regulations. Weāll all pay.
This suit stemmed from 2017 incident.
The airlines have no choice. They have to allow ESA animals because it is federal law. What they have been doing is requiring proof of the ESA status, limiting it to animals that are safe in the cabin (size, type, etc) but itās been hard for them too.
My point was that no airline has any control over what passengers or others bring into the waiting area. The airline can really only say NO once the animal is presented for boarding. the airlines rent gates and the desk areas, and have to pay for the waiting areas too, but they canāt restrict who actually waits in those areas. I often wait in an adjoining gate area if there are no flights leaving from that area and it may be controlled by a different airline.
@twoinanddone You make a good point. I too wait in different gates especially if my gate is crowded.
They covered this on GMA today. Glad to hear more airlines are putting some policies and procedures in place. Those who abuse the law make it worse for everyone.