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no dogs allowed?!
Thursday, October 30th, 2008To hear another perspective, check out this article from my friend Laurie of GAD…
By LAURIE WILLIAMS
For the Stafford County Sun
I love the looks on people’s faces when they see my dog Andrew sitting on my lap during an airplane trip. It’s so much fun to watch the double takes and stares we get when he struts down the concourse on our way to the boarding gate.
And there’s nothing like the surprise we get when the hotel elevator door opens and the person inside sees Andrew is the guest patiently waiting to get on!
The truth is, even before his celebrity status, Andrew accompanied my husband and me on many trips, and not only him, but our Dalmatian Tucker and some of my other dogs as well. Like many who show dogs, taking our dogs with us on trips and finding pet friendly accommodations has been par for the course.
We’ve frequently seized the opportunity to take at least one or more of our dogs with us on vacations as well. Why not? They’re part of our family. Why shouldn’t they enjoy time away from home too?
At one point we’d calculated that Tucker had been to 20 of the 50 states. That’s pretty impressive for a dog.
All in all, for me a trip just seems more fun when you have a dog with you.
Humans say I’m crazy.
I don’t walk on a leash. (I can, just prefer not to.) I often eat at the dinner table. (Food tastes better that way.) I surf. (Not that I enjoy it, but mom loves the ocean and I’ll do anything for her!) I skateboard. (Not as well as Tillman, but the b!tches dig it.) I play the piano. (Terribly!) I paint, amazingly well. (Just ask my friend, Wendy Diamond ;) I cherish being naked. And wearing ties. I don’t “yap” and can’t understand why humans are fascinated by that. I DO cry. Often. And speak. And growl. And sneeze, on command.
The only time you’ll find me in a purse, is when I’m sneaking into a restaurant that doesn’t offer outdoor seating. (Mom wouldn’t dare leave me in the car.) I proudly sneak onto planes, because mom and I can’t justify paying $75 for the “privilege” of being shoved under a seat, while a baby cries the entire flight in their human’s comfty lap, for free, across the row.
I will continue to fight the system, until the airline industry wakes up. If anyone reading this knows Richard Branson… please, have his people call my people. If one airline industry CEO only realized… with the amount of dog lovers in the world, they could save their failing companies, if perhaps they offered alternative ways for animals to fly comfortably and safely. I shouldn’t admit all of the above, since I’m “famous” now… but so what?! I consider myself a well-balanced man, and the most powerful humans in history challenge the status quo.