Originally Posted by DrAlex

<a href="https://www.avma.org/KB/Resources/LiteratureReviews/Pages/The-Role-of-Breed-in-Dog-Bite-Risk-and-Prevention.aspx">https://www.avma.org/KB/Resources/LiteratureReviews/Pages/The-Role-of-Breed-in-Dog-Bite-Risk-and-Prevention.aspx</a><br />Care to read some peer reviewed literature, then??<br /><img src="https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.flyertalk.com-vbulletin/474x600/dog_breedsd_9d070b0c24f317ff8464996511902ffa903d97 fb.png"/><br />And, here's some more interesting info on dog bites: <a href="https://www.westword.com/news/the-popular-dog-breeds-most-likely-to-bite-you-and-theyre-not-pit-bulls-10211207">https://www.westword.com/news/the-popular-dog-breeds-most-likely-to-bite-you-and-theyre-not-pit-bulls-10211207</a><br /><a href="https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&amp;action=hash&amp;hash=1">#1 </a> biter in most of those municipalities is Labrador Retriever. As more municipalities ban breeds, it becomes apparent that training BY THE HUMANS (or the lack thereof) is often the root cause of dog bites. And, yes, pit bull type breeds are over-represented in fatalities, but NOT in bites.<br /><br /><em>You do realize that the statistics from the Westworld article with labs as <a href="https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&amp;action=hash&amp;hash=1">#1 </a> is from a region that had a pit bull ban until 2018 -- Ferrets are banned in NYC so I imagine that we have a lower amount of ferret bites than places where they are allowed.</em><br /><br />Ultimately, as this is the Alaska Airlines forum, I would say that AS diligently analyzed the situation and came up with a fair prerequisite process for qualifying a dog as an ESA:<br /><a href="https://www.alaskaair.com/content/travel-info/accessible-services/specialservices-support-animals">https://www.alaskaair.com/content/travel-info/accessible-services/specialservices-support-animals</a><br /><a href="https://www.alaskaair.com/content/travel-info/policies/pets-traveling-with-pets?lid=nav:info-pets">https://www.alaskaair.com/content/travel-info/policies/pets-traveling-with-pets?lid=nav:info-pets</a><br /><br />And as it applies to the sad situation that happened in PDX a little over a year ago: the new regulations/forms make it pretty clear that the onus on the owner and not AS.