yapping dog on airplane

<p>We had a wonderful, crate trained cavalier (miss him terribly). He probably would not have fit in a sherpa bag, and we never traveled with him on a plane, but I think while he’d have prefered to sit on our laps, but would have also happily snoozed in a sherpa bag (if he fit). Agree that passengers should be considerate of other passengers. If you are going to travel with a pet, sedate the pet (makes the pet and the passengers happy) and ask the passengers sitting nearby if they mind. </p>

<p>Apologies in advance for bringing up the next example, as it has been a delicate subject here before. My SIL is a big lady, and does spill over one seat. She usually tries to sit in a “2 seat” row, I believe, and not in a center seat of a 3 row seat. And if the person next to her is also not small, she will offer to move. I dont think she has purchased 2 seats. Thats another topic. </p>

<p>I’ve also had the unfortunate experience of being on a long overseas flight sitting next to someone whose bathing habits wee not the sam as mine, shall we say. Perfectly miserable experience. There should be some basic hygiene guidelines. Really. I turned on the air jet to send the aroma in the opposite direction. apologies to passengers on the other side of the aisle.</p>

<p>The bottom line is air travel sucks! We travel all the time and if I were rich I would never, ever again travel coach. And if I were * really * rich I would own my own jet. One of the few luxuries I really wish I could afford.</p>

<p>I do sympathize with the noise and another annoying situations but the allergy concerns involve health, which place them on a different plane.
I know a few years ago the airlines stopped serving peanuts because of allergy concerns (and rightfully so), so I wonder why pets on board don’t pose an analogous situation.</p>

<p>Thankfully, I’ve never had to deal with that situation. But isn’t there another compartment where they have animals contained while flying?</p>

<p>People can pay to have their pets travel with them ON the plane. Some planes do have travel compartments for pets…sort of one step up from where the baggage goes.</p>

<p>^ Yes, and that is what I ended up doing with my cat. I also got something from the vet to calm his nerves as he can be nervous around other people. For him, and the other passengers, it was the best solution. I was just surprised the airline pushed carrying him on board when some people can have severe reactions.</p>

<p>“Some planes do have travel compartments for pets…sort of one step up from where the baggage goes.”</p>

<p>I used to fly for American Airlines. On the panel we had what we called the “dead dog switch”. Meaning if you had animals in the cargo compartment and you forgot to turn on the compartment heat, they were dead. I wouldn’t put my dog in any cargo compartment unless I was absolutely desperate (moving overseas and couldn’t bring them any other way). And then I’d do it as little as possible. My cavaliers, no way, they would die without someone to hold them and reassure them constantly.</p>

<p>"This is how the owner tried to get the dog to be quiet, “SSHH, SSHH sweetie! If you’re quiet I’ll give you a big treat when we land.” </p>

<p>That owner sounds like a complete moron. If nothing else, she should be petting that dog, comforting it, doing anything to get it to quiet down like you and me would have.</p>

<p>I’ve carried my cat on board during a move (fifteen years ago). Despite being heavily drugged, she moaned the entire flight (thankfully, it was a fairly short flight). I know many people who take their dogs on board. Most of the time you’ll never know they’re there. Service dogs (and keep in mind that may include seeing-eye dogs, search and rescue dogs, anxiety-assistance dogs, and dogs helping the handicapped) are always allowed on board. </p>

<p>Truly life-threatening reactions to companion animals are vanishingly rare. Such people would not be able to walk down the street, either.</p>

<p>I beg to differ DMD77…when walking down the street I can choose to give wide berth to an approaching animal, and do not need to sit/stand/walk in close proximity if I do not choose to. On a plane I have no choice but to breathe in the recycled air, complete with pet dander. </p>

<p>Now, that said, I do believe those who would suffer a truly anaphylactic reaction if exposed to cats/dogs would be quite a small sampling. More common, I would think, is the annoying, yet non-life threatening, itchy eyes/sneezing/general misery.</p>

<p>I still think medicating the pet and putting it in the pet cargo compartment is the best option for the health of the human passengers, which are the majority of the flying public, afterall.</p>

<p>Shellz: annoying and non-life threatening is NOT anaphylactic shock. If you have anaphylactic shock from pet dander, you would be at risk if the plane’s cleaners had a cat at home. The recycled air on a plane is filtered, which does remove pet dander. There were probably two animals in the cabin on almost every flight you’ve ever been on. Very few planes have a “pet cargo compartment”; pets in the hold are at significant risk, as was made clear by busdriver.</p>

<p>That is the key: you shouldn’t unless it is an emergency travel with these poor defenseless creatures, human or otherwise. I think there was an editorial about setting up a child/pet section on planes just like they have a business, first class section. Makes sense.</p>

<p>OP,</p>

<p>I sympathize. On my wish list, I’d fly up front, away from crying any mammal.</p>

<p>Flying across country, I had the middle seat free. As the doors were closing, a woman and her wet dog came in. Within 1/2 hour, my eyes were swollen and red, nose running, etc. Even my Benadryl wasn’t helping. I have never had this reaction to a dog, but his/her smell… The flight attendants did find me a new seat. </p>

<p>On positive side, when the worm still a toddler (where did he time go?), our seat mate was a resident in pediatrics. He asked if he could play with the worm, and he was wonderful. His future patients will be lucky (well, by now, he has probably been practicing 20 years).</p>

<p>to the OP , I too love dogs , but I would be annoyed at your situation.</p>

<p>Let me sit next to the yapping dog. My little one cried loudly for the whole way between Miami and Houston almost 20 years ago. I’m still trying to work off that karma.</p>

<p>Worst flight I ever had was out of Salt Lake City after aromatherapy convention. Think of 50+ energetic people opening various tubs of aromatic substances. I spent most of the flight in the galley with very sympathetic flight attendants as I could barely breathe due to allergies. I told them I was ready to call a medical emergency, as I was having some difficulty breathing. (My husband & I are both EMTs, so we had some medical standing). I nearly hit (literally!) a woman who told me that she had a therapy that would help me. </p>

<p>I was on a flight with an unhappy cat 1-2 rows in front of me. Next time, I would demand to be reseated due to allergies. While it may not be true, you just need to cite ADA and that opens lots of doors.</p>

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<p>Where did I say that annoying/life threatening WAS anaphylactic shock? I am well aware of what is and is not anaphylaxis, as I have a child with a nut allergy. </p>

<p>Please provide your source on plane filtration. I’d be curious to read it.</p>

<p>People may not have a choice but to bring babies on long flights. We were overseas for several years and not traveling with babies would have meant never visiting home and never seeing our families. I had one that was wonderful to travel with, and one that was really a nightmare. So I try and be really understanding of people traveling with babies.</p>

<p>I have once sat next to a lady with a cat in a carrier under her seat. Very well behaved fortunately (the cat) (and the lady) (and I love cats and am fortunately not allergic). I have wondered about how one deals with bathroom issues. My daughter has a 2 cats and one of them gets terribly travel sick in cars - foams at the mouth, vomits, gets diarrhea. We willingly watch the cats if they are away but I refuse to ever transport that cat again. And we just live an hour away currently. Imagine that on a plane. Shudder.</p>

<p>We have a friend who is allergic to cats and can’t spend more than a few moments in our house. A cat near her on a plane would be a problem for her.</p>

<p>My stepdaughter lived and taught overseas - she buys a first or business class seat for her dog. Strangely, after a couple of decades working overseas, she does not have much money saved.</p>

<p>I have never found earplugs totally effective against a piercing noise like a yappy dog or a young baby crying. A couple of years ago I was traveling back from the UK on my own and had upgraded to business class (something I don’t do on a regular basis and was really looking forward to!). In the cabin was a family relocating to the US with a brand new baby. Their newborn screamed for the majority of the flight. It was a tremulous, piercing scream. I didn’t know a baby that young had sufficient lung power to scream for the better part of six hours. It reverberated through the entire cabin. It was obvious that the parents were upset about it and they nursed the baby from time to time but the child just couldn’t settle down. They apologized to everyone in sight and I absolutely ached for all of them. </p>

<p>As a mom there was no way I could shut it off in my head. Perhaps some sort of headphone would have worked but earplugs?..not a chance.</p>

<p>Had an interesting flight recently. They announced that there was a peanut allergy on the flight so no peanuts would be served for 3 rows in front to 3 rows in back of the row the person was in. They only served pretzels there.</p>

<p>A colleagues of mine was travelling from the US to Mexico City. The airport was usually fairly efficient, you could get off from the plane and be out around 30 min. This one time, they waited to pick up their luggage for over an hour. They kept on asking what was the hold up, but were told to just wait for few more minutes. </p>

<p>Then an official person came running, looking very happy holding a dog, he gave the dog to a passenger, “Here is your dog, we were looking for it, but it just got out of the cage. Thanks for your patience, all of your luggage will be here soon.”<br>
The passenger said, “This is not my dog.”<br>
The airport personnel said, “What do you mean? How do you know?”<br>
The passenger said, “My dog was dead, I brought him back to be burried home.”</p>