[nagdu] Air Travel With a Guide Dog

Mark J. Cadigan kramc11 at gmail.com
Mon May 14 02:48:46 UTC 2012


Traveling by car is a little different than traveling by air. If someone has 
to go, dogs included, all you have to do is pull off somewhere. Kind of hard 
to pull over and stop at 35,000 feet. Lol



How do you go about finding a relief area in an airport?



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry D. Keeler" <lkeeler at comcast.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Air Travel With a Guide Dog


> Enjoyable, not so much.  But easy, sure.  The dogs usually just lie there. 
> If you can at your lay over relieve him.  I don't give Holly any food and 
> limited water when we travel.  Having just got back from D.C. and keepping 
> Holly in the car for 8 hours each direction, It can be done.  They sure 
> love to get out though!
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark J. Cadigan" <kramc11 at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 10:20 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] Air Travel With a Guide Dog
>
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> I have a quick question for all of you more experienced guide dog 
>> handlers. On May 29th I will be flying to Denver. I live in Boston, so 
>> this is going to be a long flight, with a layover in Texas. I have flown 
>> a lot pre-guide dog; however, I have never flown with a guide dog. Anyone 
>> have tips or tricks for making flying a more enjoyable experience.
>>
>>
>>
>> Another question I have is parking the dog. I will be traveling all day, 
>> and across 2 time zones. Does anyone know if there is a guide dog relief 
>> area in any of the airports I will be in? I am taking off from Boston, 
>> changing Plaines in Dallas/Ft Worth, and finely ending up in Denver, CO. 
>> all told, I will be spending 12 hours traveling.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
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