F1flyer

At T3 this morning I noticed a passenger walking through the arrivals gates with a dog on a lead. I thought it was strange (wasn't a guide dog).

Anyway, I ended up in the lift with them. The owner was talking to their driver about where the dog was going to sit. She didn't want him in the back of the car because, "he sat on my lap on the plane so another 30 mins will be fine".

Really? I've never seen a dog on a plane...is this allowed on any airline?

aceman

plenty allow small dogs (I think under 8kg) in the cabin, usually in a cage though, so maybe she snuck it out.

F1flyer

Well I've learned something new today.

jcm9000

Being t3 an AA (or any other us carrier at t3) flight arrival, service dog (different to a guide dog)? Seen it enough times on aa and definitely no cage. Supposed to be preapproved i believe, often are not. Woof.

SteveF

Yuk! Another thing to add to the list of seating preferences.

LondonElite

You see this on US carriers all the time. Because of quarantine issues in the UK you get less dogs being schlepped back and forth, but you do see it occasionally. Usually they are better behaved than many others on board.

corporate-wage-slave

Indeed outside the UK, travelling with small dogs is fine. I'm often cheered up by seeing dogs in US airports.

Now if the this LHR T3 we have an interesting mystery: it cannot be an international arrival, due to rabies/ pet passport restrictions, which require them to be treated as air cargo and imported via the Animal Reception Centre by T4; and it can't a domestic arrival at T3 on a traditional carrier since all of them ban dogs in the cabin unless assistance. So this brings us to the outside chance that this was a VIP with her own aircraft as well as dog, who came in via one of the various T3 VIP entry channels having departed somewhere else in the Common Travel Area. Or someone very naughty. Or a hearing dog (etc) without its jacket. Or a working dog: One of the dogs I've bred now works in T3 sniffing out drugs.

windowontheAside

I hope it's fewer dogs rather than less dogs

LondonElite

You are correct! My (embarrassing) mistake!

KARFA

Thepointsguy has a dog called Miles which you might have seen he takes around the US on flights. Seems to be perfectly fine there if they are under a certain size - his is a French bulldog I think. How can seeing this happy little fellow not brighten your day?



My sister has a similarly small pug which would probably be suitable for travel - although my sister does seem to like dressing the pug up

SteveF

Quite easily if you don't particularly care for dogs. I wouldn't be too happy if I had to sit next to one on a flight without any option of moving seats.

Unless they are the companions of a person with a disability then I really think the hold is the place for all animals. And certain people. Oh and all kids (only joking on the last one).

KARFA

Oh dear. You sound like a very miserable chap

Perhaps the dog wouldn't care much for you either

HIDDY

We had a couple sitting in front of us on a EZE-CDG flight who had a small dog in a carrier. We didn't even notice it until a cabin crew member came to ask about its well being. I also recall seeing some passengers with small dogs airside at CPH as well.

Stez

Can you breed some more dogs to work as LGW baggage handlers? (I stole that joke from someone else).

windowontheAside

On a related note, I have quite a bad allergy to cats. I wouldn't be able to sit within a few seats of one for any length of time.

Presumably CC have to accommodate such issues should they arise?