When Pigs Fly
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Ed of all trades
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Lucky it was not an emotional support horse, or cow or...........
oosik
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Just a passing thought. I really wonder if anybody wants to fly with a person that needs an emotional-support pig to keep their emotions under control. Is this the beginning of a "flying barnyard". I guess they could have made room for this gal & her pig back in the cargo hold.
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James, when my kids were little we had their cousins come spend a week with us in the Summer. One, a 10yr old boy wouldn't eat a hamburger because my boys told him it came from a cow. He thought it came from the grocery store. 
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I like to carry a S & W .45 for emotional support. They won't let me take that on a plane, either...
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rekees4300
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WTH is an emotional-support animal?! That's a new one. Is it a PC version of a service dog?
westcliffe01
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I had a college who freaked out on a flight from Detroit to Atlanta (his main flight was one from Atlanta to Frankfurt, and this was just his connecting flight). Anyway, he ended up getting off the flight in Atlanta, getting a rental car and driving all the way back to Michigan. He now refuses to fly, period.
People have phobias and for some, flying is one of them. I get the impression that the condition will not improve without affirmative action on the part of the individual and many are not even willing to confront the issue. Certainly in the example I gave, the individual concerned is fundamentally a low risk tolerance person. Will not date after his divorce, for example... The general nannification of society and depletion of any vestage of manhood in our education system means that this sort of limp wristed stuff is going to become more and more commonplace...
People have phobias and for some, flying is one of them. I get the impression that the condition will not improve without affirmative action on the part of the individual and many are not even willing to confront the issue. Certainly in the example I gave, the individual concerned is fundamentally a low risk tolerance person. Will not date after his divorce, for example... The general nannification of society and depletion of any vestage of manhood in our education system means that this sort of limp wristed stuff is going to become more and more commonplace...
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Dont know what is up with the forum. First my post doesn't show up, then it loads 3x, then I can't delete the 2 extras....
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I have noticed many more "Service" dogs lately, and REALLY question the legitimacy of many of these so called service critters. I have no problems with legitimate service animals for legitimate reasons, but putting a patch and vest on your miniature foo-foo dog just so you can put it in a bag and take it into the restaurant or doctors office with you is B.S.
My wife injured her foot badly, and when we were at the Doctors office to follow up on her progress after a week in the hospital for the injury, some lady came in after we were seated, sat down, pulled her "service dog " out of what looked like a handbag and put the dog on the floor. It then decided it wanted to sniff my wife's wrapped up foot.
I politely asked the lady to either put her dog back in the bag or get control of her dog. She said she had to have her service dog with her. Fortunately, we got called to go into be seen before I told her to put her service dog where the sun doesn't shine ( but I sure thought it).
My wife injured her foot badly, and when we were at the Doctors office to follow up on her progress after a week in the hospital for the injury, some lady came in after we were seated, sat down, pulled her "service dog " out of what looked like a handbag and put the dog on the floor. It then decided it wanted to sniff my wife's wrapped up foot.
I politely asked the lady to either put her dog back in the bag or get control of her dog. She said she had to have her service dog with her. Fortunately, we got called to go into be seen before I told her to put her service dog where the sun doesn't shine ( but I sure thought it).
dave1949
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I don't know about service pigs, but I know that some people will get their dog certified as a service dog when they have to fly and the dog is going with them. The reason is that too many dogs are injured, lost, mishandled, etc. by the airlines. Some airlines will not transport dogs in cargo space in the hot months. So, people use the service dog situation to keep the dog safe in the passenger cabin.
It's not right, but it's not wrong to do what you have to do for your pet's sake either.
It's not right, but it's not wrong to do what you have to do for your pet's sake either.