[NAGDU] water in air ports

[Julie Johnson]

I have a dog who will refuse heavily chlorinated water.  It's easy enough 
when traveling by car, train or bus.  I just pack a few bottles of water 
from home.  For longer trips or travel by air, I have a small water filter. 
It's maybe the size of two bottles of water, so easy enough to pack.

However for the transport itself, I'm like Tracy, I give water at home 
before we leave, then a couple opportunities to relieve before getting on 
the plane and then more water once we reach our destination.

The only place my dogs are off leash to relieve is in my own backyard. 
Every other place we go they are expected to relieve on leash.  If the 
indoor relief area at the airport was occupied, I'd wait my turn or find 
another place to take my dog.  My limited experience with the indoor relief 
areas at airports has been that they are smallish, ample space for one dog, 
but no way would two be comfortable.  Also it is a really out of the 
ordinary thing you are asking of your dog and if another dog was there you 
are just increasing the stress for both dogs.  If it was possible to skip 
the indoor relief area by getting a faster straight through flight or 
planning a longer layover so you could get outside and then back through 
security, I think that would be better.  Still I'm glad the indoor areas are 
available because sometimes it's the only workable solution.

Julie
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Tracy Carcione via NAGDU
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2017 9:07 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Cc: Tracy Carcione
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] water in air ports

Personally, I don't give my dog any water for a while before we fly, nor
during the flight.  Water that goes in has to come out, and finding a
relief area inside security is not a sure thing.  If I had a really long
layover, I might consider it, but probably not even then.

I don't let my dog off leash in the indoor relief area.  If he does a #2,
I have to clean it up, and I can't do that if he's off leash and I don't
know where the deposit is.
Tracy

> Hi janell - unfortunately absolutely not.
> But you should bring the bottle, have water in it until you get into the
> airport.
> Then empty the bottle, but keep it in your pack - empty.
> Once you're through security, have someone point you to the next water
> fountain.
> They're all over the terminals and most likely next to the restrooms.
> Then fill it up again and you got your water :)
> Best, sonja and chief
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Aug 13, 2017, at 3:08 PM, Gabriel Moloney via NAGDU
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi there
>> My thoughts on this, I don’t think you can carry any bottles of water
>> through security even if it is for our guide dogs, I can be corrected on
>> this here.  Second of all in regards to relieving our dogs, in airports,
>> I do not let my dog off the leash while reliving her whether there is
>> another dog in that area i would wait, and if I cannot wait, i would not
>> allow my guide to be distracted by another dog. This might sound harsh,
>> it is just my thoughts in regards to this.
>> gabriel
>>> On 13 Aug 2017, at 22:49, Janell via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Just wondering if anyone knows if I can bring a bottle of water
>>> through
>>> airport security for Sully?  I know people can't, but I wasn't sure
>>> about a
>>> guide dog?  When you use a pet relieving area in the airport do you let
>>> your
>>> dog off the leash if there is another animal in there?  Obviously not
>>> the
>>> harness, but I don't know if I  want to let him off the leash
>>> completely?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks, Janell and Sully pup
>>>
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