[nagdu] Air Travel With a Guide Dog

[Julie J.]

When I travel by car I keep the dog on the same feeding, watering and 
relieving schedule.

I have only traveled by air with a guide once, a few years ago.  It was 
awful, not because of the dog, but airport staff were unhelpful in the 
extreme. Well, one staff person was anyway.

My only advice is to plan your relief breaks for the dog when you have a 
decent length layover. It could take a bit of time to find the right 
place, get there, for the dog to do his thing amidst all the strangeness 
and then get back to your next gate.  It's also possible that you will 
need to leave the secured area, requiring even more time.  You are 
supposed to be able to go to the front of the line when returning 
through security after taking a service dog out to relieve.  I have no 
idea if this is actually what happens though.  We all know how TSA seems 
to interpret their rules based on the whim of the moment.

Sorry for my pessimism.  I really don't like flying and have come to 
have an especially large distaste for airports.

Julie



On 5/14/2012 8:23 AM, Larry D. Keeler wrote:
> True.  That's why no food the night before and just a little water.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark J. Cadigan" <kramc11 at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 10:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Air Travel With a Guide Dog
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>> 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" 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 10:37 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Air Travel With a Guide Dog
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>>> 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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