Comments on: Traveling with a Service Dog http://www.workinglikedogs.com/2009/10/traveling-with-a-service-dog/ a resource for people around the world with working dogs and service dogs Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:06:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Noddy Brothers http://www.workinglikedogs.com/2009/10/traveling-with-a-service-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Noddy Brothers Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:12:31 +0000 http://www.workinglikedogs.com/?p=333#comment-94 I travel a lot and stay in hotels about 10 times a year, so I applaud this hotel for their ingenuity on solving a problem we always face. I'm luckier than most because my dog is a hearing dog and not a larger mobility dog. That means he's small. More importantly, that means he can and will use those potty training pads when nothing else is available. He doesn't *like* them, but he'll use them. I always pack a handful for him when we are staying someplace that doesn't have convenient toileting facilities for service animals. I travel a lot and stay in hotels about 10 times a year, so I applaud this hotel for their ingenuity on solving a problem we always face. I’m luckier than most because my dog is a hearing dog and not a larger mobility dog. That means he’s small. More importantly, that means he can and will use those potty training pads when nothing else is available. He doesn’t *like* them, but he’ll use them. I always pack a handful for him when we are staying someplace that doesn’t have convenient toileting facilities for service animals.

]]> By: Morgan http://www.workinglikedogs.com/2009/10/traveling-with-a-service-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Morgan Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:20:05 +0000 http://www.workinglikedogs.com/?p=333#comment-31 i recently had to travel with my husband to L.A. and after much troulbled planning I decided to board my service dog instead of putting her through a 9 hour flight connecting through 2 airrports without knowing if there would be an area where she could "go" between flights. I was glad we didn't take her!!! It may have been easier for me to have her, but she would have been miserable for just this reason. No place to potty at the airports, no place at the hotel! What innsanity!!!! It's bad enough that most places think just putting in a few side rails in the bathroom makes it "handicap accessible", but to have to put my service dog through this is just wrong. i recently had to travel with my husband to L.A. and after much troulbled planning I decided to board my service dog instead of putting her through a 9 hour flight connecting through 2 airrports without knowing if there would be an area where she could “go” between flights. I was glad we didn’t take her!!! It may have been easier for me to have her, but she would have been miserable for just this reason. No place to potty at the airports, no place at the hotel! What innsanity!!!!

It’s bad enough that most places think just putting in a few side rails in the bathroom makes it “handicap accessible”, but to have to put my service dog through this is just wrong.

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]]> By: Team Logan http://www.workinglikedogs.com/2009/10/traveling-with-a-service-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Team Logan Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:46:34 +0000 http://www.workinglikedogs.com/?p=333#comment-24 I had a similar experience of lack of service dog relief areas while staying in downtown Chicago. Any potential areas that we found around trees were fenced off with ornamental spiked fencing and planted with flowers. We had to travel quite a distance (also through questionable areas) to find a spot. Kudos to this hotel, I am very impressed! Would you mind sharing their name? If we ever travel to Denver we'd like to stay there. Team Logan I had a similar experience of lack of service dog relief areas while staying in downtown Chicago. Any potential areas that we found around trees were fenced off with ornamental spiked fencing and planted with flowers. We had to travel quite a distance (also through questionable areas) to find a spot.

Kudos to this hotel, I am very impressed! Would you mind sharing their name? If we ever travel to Denver we’d like to stay there.

Team Logan

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