[sugarandspicekidz]

Well, I guess you would call this essential. I do have some medical problems that she assists with. Also, I have no one to leave her with...remember 4 pounds...very small. My husbands sister has 3 very large dogs, one of which is a great Dane. She has an open fence gate (open slats), so the dog can get out of her yard and we live in an area where there are hawks that take small animals and eat them, so our dog can never be out by herself. Both of them work 10 hours a day, and so does my son and daughter. They both have large dogs with a wrought iron fence that a small dog would be able to get out. So we do not have anyone to leave her with. My daughter had a small chihuahua a few years back.. She had the dog sat by a friend. The dog got out of the yard, even though they thought they had completely dog proofed it and drown in the pool behind the house that was dog sitting... Horrible death... It was an accident, but non the less...both my daughter and her friend will never be the same over the loss of the dog.

And to answer the question above, she would not be running around. She would be in her crate the whole trip. It would be nice to have the crate on my lap...??

In reference to some dogs not being well mannered, yes, I am sure that is not true. And yet there are many children that are not well mannered especially those under the age of 2. Should they stay home too???? And then there are those adults who drink too much and are out of control on a flight....what do we do this those people???

Again... we are off of the subject.... $300.00 to have a 4 lb. dog in a kennel under a seat with no services, and counts as a carry on... this is crazy....