Traveling, in general, is a labyrinth of obstacles and annoyances, but a travel companion can help ease rising tensions.
As long as they behave themselves.
A passenger on a recent United Airlines flight to Newark Liberty International Airport took to social media to complain about another passenger’s dog barking for hours, according to a report from Fox News.
“I have never experienced anything like this,” the post in the r/unitedairlines Reddit forum says. “It woke everyone up, it yapped nonstop from about an hour into the flight.”
The dog and its owner were asked to move to the back of the plane at one point to see if dog would settle down, according to the post.
The poster said they noticed the dog at the airport earlier that day giving its owner trouble after they tried to fit it into a different bag.
On the flight, the dog was being held in a carrier that appeared to be too small, the post said.
United Airlines’ pet policy outlines that cats and dogs can ride in the cabin with their owners and must remain in a hard or soft carrier. The carriers must fit under the seat in front, according to the policy.
On United flights, pets are no longer permitted to be checked as baggage and only service animals are allowed on flights without a carrier, the policy states.
Animals on flights have become more common in recent years.
Emotional support animals have appeared on flights, including Dexter the Peacock, Daisy the squirrel and Coco the bunny.
Coco made it on the flight. Dexter and Daisy were not so lucky.
Airlines have separate policies for pets, service animals and emotional support animals.
Passengers bringing emotional support animals on flights have been rising since 2016, with more than one million passengers bringing their emotional support animals on flights in 2019, according to the trade group Airlines for America.
About 2 million pets travel on domestic passenger flights each year, with dogs accounting for about 58% of all animals traveling on commercial flights worldwide, according to a 2022 study by the National Institutes of Health.
Whether or not a pet is permitted on a flight depends on the airline.
The American Kennel Club recommends communicating with airlines about their pet policies while booking flights.
Flying can be stressful for dogs with strange sights, sounds and smells, and can also cause dehydration and other gastrointestinal issues, according to the American Kennel Club.
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