cesco.g

Recently, a lady on a 4hrs20' flight had that dog under her seat in the row behind me. She was in 3B on a B739. That animal barked loudly like every 2 minutes thru the entire flight to the very visible annoyance of all F pax!!!
I failed to realize initially how bad this will be, otherwise would have gotten off this flight.
I have never ever come across anything like that in over 35 years and some 5+ millions miles of flying - on any flight/any carrier.

Wondering about strategies to prevent such an ordeal in the future.

WineCountryUA

Was it barking before departure, I would have raised the issue with the FA.
Even inflight, looking irritated isn't enough, press the FA to address the passenger.

One of the many reason for a good noise canceling headset (and earplugs can be added)

HNLbasedFlyer

I'm not sure much can be done except get off the plane. One of the reasons I dread being near a baby.

Lux Flyer

Pet in cabin are held to different standard than a baby. Any behavior by a pet that's deemed to cause a significant disruption to cabin service isn't allowed to fly per the pet in cabin rules and should be raised to attention of FA or customer service. Technically if a customer service rep (and I presume by extension a FA) observes a pet in cabin behaving poorly (such as continually barking as OP experienced), they're supposed to confirm with the customer the pet is ok to fly, and if the pet continues to have poor behavior, refuse to allow it to fly and help owner make alternative arrangements for when they're pet can be better behaved. Now whether or not a CSR/FA is gonna take the initiative to address it on their own if no one complains about it, thats a different story, and it of course would need to be handled before the flight departs, so does nothing if the pet begins acting up once airborne.

evol

Iʻm laughing out loud. Yea, I think the baby/toddler is way worse than an underseat dog. Undeseat > Emo Support Animal: any size dog seated on the floor or in the lap of the person next to me is the actual pits. Thank goodness the rules are being reigned in on this. Although last JFK-LAX flight i had there were FOUR support dogs in one J cabin, all very well behaved albeit.

re toddler: One of my most recent trips, i crapped out at #2 on the list and low and behold who is my seat mate but this little guy, all smiles and flinging cheerios from his bulkhead playpen and pawing me with his sticky hands.

Excessive dog barking anywhere is terrible, and anything like that on a plane get amplified and can be really unnerving.

https://liveandletsfly.com/delta-air-lines-dog-barking/ A different side to a similar story..

nomad420

I am sorry you were submitted to that, that gives pet owners a bad name. It is already getting more difficult to fly with pets so I don't like to hear these kinds of reports as I regularly travel with my dog. The pet owner should have deplaned with the animal, I would have. If my dog barks in her travel case then I know something is wrong. She virtually never barks on flights. FA's often comment on how well behaved she is and some don't even relize I have a dog until I leave the flight upon landing. I think that since she has flown since she was a puppy she knows the game and by now realizes that we often end up somewhere that she typically loves to be at. Well that is my animal 2 cent psychology anyhow ....LOL

Flying Machine

Tell Mrs. cesco.g to leave the family pooch home next time😜

cmnmia

I'd be worried about the dog feeling stress. Some animals can't cope with such large amounts of stress and is bad for their health.
I have sensitivity to noise on planes and other people's actions so can completely understand how uncomfortable it must have been.
The only thing I can say is that you expressed 35 years of flying and 5 million miles, and this being the only time, so it's most likely this is an incredibly rare occurrence and not likely to bother you again.
The other commentators advice sounds great - I would agree with always having noise cancelling headphones.

bocastephen

The passenger should have brought the carrier up from under the seat and tried to calm her pet, and at least checked to make sure they were ok - but if I had to choose between a barking dog and a screaming baby, give me the dog any day.

seanp7

I think my dog has barked once in 50+ flights - because a toddler ran down the aisle stomping and screaming (of course) and it freaked him out.

If a dog is barking every 2 mins reliably, something is wrong. Shame on the owner. F or Y; it doesn’t matter - do something.

fumje

​​​​​​​The toddler or the dog? Or both?

Collierkr

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thought he meant the adult.

WineCountryUA

This thread is going off into multiple directions, the OP asked for advice about a barking dog, let's try address that query and not get in crying babies or bothersome children or other unrelated topics that have had plenty of their own threads.
Thanks

WineCountryUA
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mahasamatman

The dog in question (and its owner) should be banned from flying until they can prove they can both be civilzed.

ani90

But what could the FA do at this point?

How? They are mid flight already.

Do what though? As you say something is wrong with the poor animal....