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Jul 24, 2009, 6:04 AM

justme

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Originally Posted by goosed

By the way, I am not an animal hater, and believe that trained service dogs, etc. have the same rights to access as people. However, a trained animal does not poop all over and then make a racket throughout the entire trip.

I agree... Maybe they should change the law to require not only a doctor's note stating that the animal is needed for support/service, but also documentation of the animal completing some sort of required training to qualify as such. The way I understand it now, ANY animal qualifies if your psych says it's for support. But psychs aren't animal trainers, and if an animal is going to be "loose" on an airplane it should be trained by a professional IMO.

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