When does a friendly dog become a threat to others on an airplane? What should you do if you encounter a poorly behaved-dog on a plane?
Cute Or Vicious? Dog Gets “Friendly” With His Seatmates
View From The Wing shared the following tweet, simply commenting, “Those faces tho.”
Best flight ever. 🐕🦺 pic.twitter.com/5OSnJork4D
— The Beach From Florida (@BeachFrmFL) July 31, 2024
As the resident dog critic on Boarding Area, I cannot help but to ask….why? What is going on here? The original poster of the video describes it as a flight, but I thought Europeans were not as tolerant of “emotional support animals” as we are in the United States. For that reason, this little scene could have unfolded on a train (not that my analysis changes all that much, though at least trains are easy to alight). But if did take place on a plane, it looks like EasyJet or another low-cost carrier to me with thin seats meant to maximize revenue.
In any case, the seats were wide enough for a dog to squeeze his nose through and create quite a scene.
But when he bears his teeth…does that not cross a line? What if he…bites? Then what?
A lot of questions, not a lot of answers at this point, but I do think we are on the cusp of a very tragic incident onboard a plane. I see so many dogs these days (and a lot of very questionable “service dogs” since only service dogs are technically permitted outside a carrier on an airplane or train) and wonder how long it will be until a dog attacks a child and causes severe injury.
More rules or laws are not always the answer, especially when those truly in need of service animals are severely punished, so I close this with a plea: if your dog is going to act like that, please leave it at home. You may find it cute, but I find it disgusting.
Um. Not that this is good canine behavior but what we are seeing is a golden retriever trying to snag food, rather than being vicious. The owner is entirely at fault for allowing this intrusive action on a flight.
Blow some pepper in its nose?
I support a mixture of cs gas powder and pepper . That’ll bring on some howls for help .
Imagine how the three Rottweilers killing a 2 year old in Houston would influence your opinion. Any updates on Pablo?
@JoeMart … Bingo !
“Vicious golden retrievers.”
“What if it… bites?”
Hahahaha good one 8/10
I’d give it a boop!
I’m not sure that is vicious…if anything the only reason his teeth are baring is because his face is being smooshed back while he is pushing it inbetween the seats.
Now, it isn’t the best behavior by the dog, which is more the fault of the owner for not keeping a better eye on the dog. But vicious, it isn’t.
Also, judging by the teeth, it is about a 5 month old puppy. The owners should have made this a training moment.
@Aaron … Vicious It Appears , and ought not be in public at all . Airline ought to be criminally and civilly liable for allowing dogs on airplanes .
this ES dog shit will not stop until some airline gets sued because one of these bs ES dogs bites a child in the face. It’s just that simple. Airlines will not fight this issue with the FAA, required tighter regs and enforce true Service Dogs only in the cabin rules until the FAA truly has their back.
@Mike … +1 . Bingo !
@mike +1. Unfortunate that it will take a tragedy to deal with the issue.
@Travelgirl … +1 . Bingo !
Just a note here but dogs bare their teeth, not bear them. That said, while the critter doesn’t look vicious, eventually some innocuous looking dog will maim or kill someone and then the law will finally change, as @Mike notes.