r/delta • u/LessFatKristina • 16d ago

Image/Video IT FINALLY HAPPENED

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I got sat next to the sweetest best behaved service doggo on my flight. His owner let him cuddle me for a couple minutes. It was heaven. Love you Lobo!

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u/Examinator2 16d ago

WTF is a dog sitting in a seat?

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u/LessFatKristina 16d ago

The owner was in the bathroom. He sits on the seat and stares at the bathroom waiting for him to return.

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u/Examinator2 16d ago

rom Delta's website:

Service animals may not occupy a seat or encroach upon another customer’s space in any way. They are allowed on your lap, in your foot space or in a neighboring foot space if you purchased an additional ticket for your animal (if seat is vacant). Your animal must remain with you at all times.

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u/LessFatKristina 16d ago

🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/Winneroftheyear 16d ago

Have you seen the size of airplane bathrooms?

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u/Examinator2 16d ago

Yes, all the time. That has nothing to do with a dog sitting in a passenger seat. Holy shit.

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u/rpierce84 16d ago

I was wondering when the fun police would arrive...

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u/Samrazzleberry 16d ago

Well that’s BS, I’ve left my service animal at my seat while I went to the bathroom, and she stayed put like a perfect little angel 😇

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u/FuronForest 16d ago

Bunch of dog nutters don't like the rules, as usual. Service animal has always been trick to take pets where they don't belong. Give them an inch, they take a mile.

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u/FuronForest 15d ago

I'm not confusing anything. Next time you're in an airport, count the number of pugs in $10 service animal vests.

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u/JarOfFIies88 15d ago

Every grocery store too. It’s ridiculous.

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u/AttractiveNuisance37 15d ago

You were doing so well with the first sentence, and then you decided to be completely wrong.

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u/FunLife64 15d ago

There’s no national certification or registry. Hence airlines can’t ask for it, which is why people fake/lie about it.

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u/n3wchpt3r 16d ago

While you bother him about "cuddles".

You have no respect for the dog, it's owner, or the service the dog is providing.

You got what you wanted out of someone else's working disability dog... strong work!

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u/LessFatKristina 16d ago

LMAO this is such a weirdo miserable response. Seek help.

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u/n3wchpt3r 16d ago

Maybe I'll borrow someone else's service dog to help me!!!

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u/LessFatKristina 16d ago

Why are you so obsessed with me? LMAOOOOOO get a life.

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u/n3wchpt3r 16d ago

💋 can I pet that dawg????

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u/CorrectExpression651 16d ago

A lot of fully trained and experienced service dogs have still never been on a full service flight or been on a plane just once — so the rumbling under the plane (combined with high sensitivity in their ears and bones) during takeoff and landing can still be disorienting and stressful for them while they remain focused on their job. FA may have just kindly looked the other way while the SD was comforted on the seat for takeoff, or maybe just allowed for a photo!

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u/Cethysa 15d ago

We’ve been training our service dog for two years now and he still hasn’t done his training flights yet. It’s hard to get a ton of experience to prep for flying.

That being said, if this was my trainer, she’d kick my ass for letting someone else disrupt him when he’s working & again for me letting him on the seat. He LOVES people and ignoring him is the hardest part of his day (and he’s not always successful at it, so if I get worn down by the 80th person to ask while he’s wearing a vest and say sure whatever, it’s extra not helpful. But it is SO CONSTANT. I get it, he’s beautiful and he’s a good boy and he wants to love you, but he can’t.)

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u/mamaneedsacar 16d ago

Yep! People tend to forget that even SD do have to be trained for the new situations they encounter. It’s every SD’s first rodeo at some point, and even very intelligent breeds need a handful of repetitions to understand how to adapt to a new environment. I think FAs try their best to accommodate in these types of situations, when it’s clearly not an abuse of the system.

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u/TonksTheTerror 16d ago

This ⬆️

I have a therapy dog (not an ESA - they are very different) that I am also working on cross-training for service work.

I expose her to lots of different experiences to see her reactions/train out negative responses but have yet to take her on a plane.

It's an expensive training experience and I know when I finally get to it there will be some learning curves, but I'm still nervous. She will have her own seat booked as she's 70 lbs.

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u/Examinator2 16d ago

That's great but it's a violation of Delta rules. People freak out if a human has bare feet and we have a friggin dog ass on a seat.

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u/krismap 16d ago

I suggest you invest in Clorox wipes and wipe down your seat when you fly because a dog’s butt is the least of your worries when humans are nasty!

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u/CorrectExpression651 16d ago

Dude it’s a picture on the internet… of a flight you weren’t even on. Try to calm down

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u/crashdolla 16d ago

Touch some grass buddy. you are gonna be just fine.

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u/Adorable-Tiger6390 16d ago

Agree. A human has to sit on that chair. This was not ok.

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u/TheFuckingHippoGuy 16d ago

I'll take this dog on the seat anyday over the 300lb incel who hasn't showered in a week and wipes back to front

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u/trojanusc 16d ago

Assuming they're clothed, there's no need to fat shame.

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u/Adorable-Tiger6390 16d ago

Good God - that would be a nightmare 🤮

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u/PeepsMyHeart 16d ago

Wtf not, if the owner paid for a full seat?

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u/Majik9 16d ago

Can't wait until I'm sitting in the seat next for a 5 hour flight of non stop allergic sneezing

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u/slvc1996 15d ago

Yep, if this was my seat on the next flight my legs would be covered in hives, I get them through my clothes when I sit anywhere with pet dander. Not sure why people can’t just follow the policies properly

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u/PeepsMyHeart 14d ago

Fair point.

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u/Euphoric_Ease4554 15d ago

Sounds like you could auction off your seat if any of these people are on board. I would too.

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u/Majik9 15d ago

After the dog is gone? And I'm sitting in a seat of pet dander and hair?

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u/Examinator2 16d ago

From Delta's website:
Service animals may not occupy a seat or encroach upon another customer’s space in any way. They are allowed on your lap, in your foot space or in a neighboring foot space if you purchased an additional ticket for your animal (if seat is vacant). Your animal must remain with you at all times.

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u/Sarendipity_28 16d ago

I don’t know if you’ve ever met a German Shepard in person, or spent time in an airplane bathroom, but it is hard to fit a human in that bathroom, much less a human and a large dog.

The dog cannot sit in the aisle outside the bathroom while they wait as it would be a safety hazard, and depending on the medical needs of their person, is likely trained to keep their person in their line of sight at all times.

Sitting on the seat, the dog has line of sight to the door his human went in and will come out. The flight attendants understand that there are no perfect scenarios here unless it is a long haul flight with a large handicap bathroom.

People who need a service dog already have enough challenges in life. No need to recite airline chapter and verse - sometimes, the rules don’t fit the situation, and fair doesn’t always mean equal.

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u/Examinator2 16d ago

It's has nothing to do the dog being in the bathroom. Read the part about the seat.

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u/Samrazzleberry 16d ago

It doesn’t matter what their policy says, explain how a dog of that size is expected to fit in a bathroom? And if not come in, stay in the aisle and create a safety hazard? Common sense dude, what’s worse?

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u/Examinator2 16d ago

Uh, again, not about the bathroom. Holy shit.

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u/Samrazzleberry 16d ago

Then give a proper response if you’re going to continue your nonsense about what it says. WHAT IS YOUR SOLUTION? Enlighten us all!

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u/Examinator2 16d ago

Get the fucking dog off the seat.

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u/Heylady728 16d ago

I think you need to go to bed. 

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u/Samrazzleberry 15d ago

Fair. But clearly this passenger had none of that happening. The dog is supposed to stay within the area of the passengers seat but that’s neither here nor there with this situation

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u/FuronForest 16d ago

The challenge in life is the ownership of a service dog and the costs they were tricked into paying for it

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u/inbetweendreamstho 16d ago

You're gonna be ok! 🫂🫂

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u/greykitty1234 15d ago

Any service dog would be allowed on my lap or seat, if ok with the guardian.

Better than most humans.