Yes! My service boy has been through at least 6 different classes and is certified in two different categories. My little guy will has finished two classes and will start therapy dog training in March. That is , of course, different than service dog.
Elizabeth --- On Mon, 1/5/09, OKreationz™ <[email protected]> wrote: From: OKreationz™ <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Elizabeth.. flyin To: [email protected] Date: Monday, January 5, 2009, 10:26 AM so you have to go to training classes? I generally just do my own training starting at home when they are pups.. Tia doesnt have the personality to be a service dog.. but from what Mare has been telling me.. Miguel just might.. huggles Pat in OK Patricia From: e holley <literacydog12406@ yahoo.com> To: chihuah...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Monday, January 5, 2009 9:11:37 AM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Elizabeth.. flyin We continued with my regular trainer here in New Jersey and then were tested together. My boy is literally my right arm. I was injuried at work and wear a brace on it. Elizabeth --- On Mon, 1/5/09, OKreationz™ <mskitt...@yahoo. com> wrote: From: OKreationz™ <mskitt...@yahoo. com> Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Elizabeth.. flyin To: chihuah...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Monday, January 5, 2009, 8:53 AM Maybe I can train Miguel to be my service dog.. I could sure use one to pick things up for me.. often they just lay on the floor.. How do you go about training ones to do that.. and yeah Tia and Miguel together will only weigh about 10 lbs.. lol.. I think the weight limit is like 20 lbs.. oh well when hubby does get to go with me we will be able to take both .. and when I have to go alone.. Miguel will be there to keep him company.. he missed Tia real bad this time. huggles Pat in OK Patricia From: e holley <literacydog12406@ yahoo.com> To: chihuah...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Monday, January 5, 2009 6:24:43 AM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Elizabeth.. flyin Hi, Pat! You are absolutely correct! I am disabled though, and my bigger boy is my service dog. He picks up items I drop and opens things for me. My tiny one is the "pet". That is the only way that I can travel with two! It is such a shame that our tiny ones can travel together. they certainy meet the weight requirement! Elizabeth --- On Sun, 1/4/09, OKreationz™ <mskitt...@yahoo. com> wrote: From: OKreationz™ <mskitt...@yahoo. com> Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Elizabeth.. flyin To: chihuah...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 9:25 AM Elizabeth do you have a flying compainion?. . i am wondering because American only allows one pet per ticketed passenger. I hope to be able to fly with little Miguel too when I get him.. so that is why I am wondering.. often only one of us can afford to go on a trip to visit family or friends and the other stays home and takes care of the rest of the furbabies.. huggles Pat in OK Patricia From: e holley <literacydog12406@ yahoo.com> To: chihuah...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Sunday, January 4, 2009 7:44:13 AM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] FW: WARNING!!!!! !!!!!! Shipping pets with Delta Airlines Hi, Michelle! You are absolutely correct! They are flying with me, however, Continental has received all sorts of awards for the Pet Flys program. They have airport kennels and remove animals when there are delays! I have traveled other airlines and the boys were in the cabin with me and the flight attendants were downright nasty and ignorant. Elizabeth --- On Sat, 1/3/09, eridanusdesign@ aol.com <eridanusdesign@ aol.com> wrote: > From: eridanusdesign@ aol.com <eridanusdesign@ aol.com> > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] FW: WARNING!!!!! !!!!!! Shipping pets with Delta > Airlines > To: chihuah...@yahoogro ups.com > Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 8:34 PM > Right when they are flying with you. > > > best, > michelle, henry and vinnie > > keeping warm in the beautiful Catskills > > > -----Original Message----- > From: e holley <literacydog12406@ yahoo.com> > To: chihuah...@yahoogro ups.com > Sent: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 7:50 pm > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] FW: WARNING!!!!! !!!!!! Shipping > pets with Delta Airlines > > > > > > > The boys and I will be flying home tomorrow. Continental is > wonderful! The flight attendants even ask what they need as > they come through the cabin with beverages! I am very > impressed and I have traveled other airlines that were > awful! Jet Blue and American are the worst, in my opinion, > of course! > > Elizabeth > > --- On Sat, 1/3/09, Stefanie Brannan > <stef...@yahoo. com> wrote: > > > From: Stefanie Brannan <stef...@yahoo. com> > > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] FW: WARNING!!!!! !!!!!! > Shipping pets with Delta Airlines > > To: chihuah...@yahoogro ups.com > > Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 7:04 PM > > I am getting my puppy ground shipped the week after > next. > > I hope they are kinder to the dogs than Delta! > > > > Stefanie > > > > --- On Sat, 1/3/09, e holley > > <literacydog12406@ yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > From: e holley <literacydog12406@ yahoo.com> > > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] FW: WARNING!!!!! !!!!!! > Shipping > > pets with Delta Airlines > > To: chihuah...@yahoogro ups.com > > Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 6:26 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And that is why you either fly out and pick up your > puppy > > in person like I did, or........use Continental the > best of > > the puppy people! Very kind and caring! > >20 > > Elizabeth > > > > --- On Sat, 1/3/09, Mare~~ <bittyd...@gmail. > com> > > wrote: > > > > > From: Mare~~ <bittyd...@gmail. com> > > > Subject: [Chihuahuas] FW: WARNING!!!!! !!!!!! > Shipping > > pets with Delta Airlines > > > To: chihuah...@yahoogro ups.com > > > Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 2:32 PM > > > This is documentation of the disregard Delta > Airline > > has for > > > the care or the > > > lives of our pets while in their possession. > > > > > > I was having a new pet shipped to me in Dallas > from > > > Richmond Virginia on > > > December 21st 2008. The puppy was to be on flight > > #5718 > > > from Va. to Atlanta > > > at 12:00 p.m. their time. She was then to connect > with > > > fight #1923, Atlanta > > > to Dallas and arrive at Dallas 4:44 p.m. our > time. I > > was at > > > the Delta cargo > > > desk at 4:15 to pick her up. > > > > > > The flight from Virginia was delayed and she was > going > > to > > > be late. The > > > attendant at the Delta desk could not tell me > when she > > > might arrive??? > > > > > > I call Delta’s “Pet First” 800 number. I > was > > advised > > > that the plane was > > > delayed from take off in Virginian by 4 hours. I > ask > > where > > > the puppy was or > > > if the puppy was on the flight from VA. to > Atlanta. I > > was > > > told by Pet First > > > that the Richmond office was closed and she could > not > > tell > > > me anything! NO > > > ONE HAD ENTERED THE SHIPPING CONFORMATION NUMBER > IN > > THEIR > > > COMPUTER. > > > > > > > At the Delta desk in Dallas I am told that there was > > no > > > information in the > > > computer so she could not tell me anything. Then > the > > > attendant promptly > > > walked to the back office never to be seen again. > > > > > > I call Delta’s Pet First. She cannot tell me if > the > > puppy > > > was on any plane. > > > She did not know if the puppy sat on the tarmac > for 4 > > hours > > > or what has > > > happened to the puppy. Two hours latter I get the > same > > > store and I voice > > > concerns about the health of this puppy. I am > told > > they > > > always are kept in a > > > kennel. I ask if there is someone there to give > her > > water. > > > I get the same > > > answer, “they are always kept in a kennel” > but she > > will > > > never answer if > > > there is anyone to care for the puppy’s basic > needs > > of > > > food or even water. > > > > > > I arrived at Deltas shipping office at 4:30 and > it is > > now > > > 6:00 and I know > > > nothing. I don’t know if the puppy was taken > off the > > > plane in Virginia. I > > > don’t know if the puppy was left in a plane for > 4 > > hours > > > then flown to > > > Atlanta. I don’t know if she made it to > Atlanta. I > > call > > > Deltas Pet First > > > AGAIN and asked them to contact Atlanta and see > if the > > > puppy made it there. > > > There is no one at the Dallas Delta desk in > Dallas to > > even > > > talk to. I am > > > told by Pet First that no o > ne has entered the manifest > > > number and she can’t > > > tell me anything. Obviously she was not on the > 4:44 > > flight > > > from Atlanta but > > > MAYBE she will be on the 7:40 flight from > Atlanta. I > > am > > > sitting at the delta > > > desk with no assistance from any Delta employee. > > > > > > This is the empty “service” desk at the huge > Delta > > > shipping warehouse and > > > the only Delta employee I can find to talk to is > an > > 800 > > > number called Pet > > > First and they know NOTHING. > > > > > > I arrived at 4:15 and it is now 8:00. The Delta > > “customer > > > service” employee > > > suddenly appears and announces they are locking > up the > > > building. She can > > > tell me absolutely nothing about where this puppy > is > > or if > > > she will ever get > > > here. I am left with the option to leave or to > get > > locked > > > in the building. I > > > am told if the puppy gets here a warehouse worker > will > > give > > > her to me > > > because she was pre-paid and he will let me out > the > > loading > > > dock doors. She > > > obviously missed flight 1543 that arrived at 7:40 > and > > there > > > is not one Delta > > > employee that can tell me anything about where > this > > puppy > > > is. If I leave and > > > she does arrive sometime tonight I fear she will > have > > been > > > without water for > > > 24 hours so I stay and get locked in. Of coarse > if the > > > building catches on > > > fire I could burn to death but I > am not worried about > > that > > > and obviously > > > Delta isn’t either. > > > > > > It is now 10:00 at night and I have been sitting > on > > this > > > concrete bench for > > > 6 hours in an empty lobby! > > > > > > Delta has been no help whatsoever and all I can > do is > > stare > > > thru a steel > > > doors window into this empty warehouse. > > > > > > I call Pet First again and I am told that there > is > > another > > > flight from > > > Atlanta that was supposed to get to Dallas at > 9:10 but > > has > > > been delayed. No > > > one can tell me if the puppy is on that plane or > > anything > > > about her > > > condition. I voice my concerns that it has been > well > > below > > > freezing > > > everywhere this dog has been and I am given the > same > > pat > > > answer that “they > > > are always in a kennel”. Well I am standing in > the > > empty > > > warehouse in Dallas > > > she is supposed to be coming to. I don’t see > any > > > “kennel”. I don’t see > > > anyone to give the puppy food or water and this > dog > > has > > > been somewhere on > > > Delta planes for about 12 hours now. Not only > have I > > paid > > > lots of money to > > > get this dog shipped by Delta but I really think > there > > is a > > > possibility the > > > puppy could have frozen to death inside some > plane by > > this > > > time. I am really > > > on the edge of going postal! > > > > > > A warehouse worker then appears from some office > > upstairs > > > > and walks by me. I > > > ask if the plane finally got here and he does not > > answer or > > > even acknowledge > > > my existence. He disappears out the back of the > > warehouse > > > then about ten > > > minutes later comes back in the lobby where I > have > > been > > > sitting for hours > > > and says my dog is here and I need to sign for > her. He > > lets > > > me inside to the > > > warehouse counter and he hands me papers and says > > “sign > > > here”. I asked to > > > see her and he says that it is pre-paid and just > sigh > > right > > > here. I am > > > really getting upset at this time and I tell him > this > > dog > > > has been on a > > > plane somewhere for over 12 hours and I am not > signing > > for > > > a dog that might > > > not even be alive by now. He points behind the > counter > > and > > > says “it’s over > > > there”. > > > > > > The entire top of this new carrier was crushed. > You > > could > > > see the definite > > > outline of a handle from a luggage bag that had > > penetrated > > > the carrier > > > completely. This puppy had obviously been throw > around > > and > > > luggage had > > > obviously been thrown upon it with no regard for > the > > > puppies well being or > > > life. That Delta worker is so luck this puppy was > > still > > > alive because I > > > would have spent many years in jail if it > wasn’t. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Delta does not track or treat a live > animals other > > than it > > > would luggage. > > > There is no such thing as a “kennel” that > Delta > > > maintains for animals. > > > There is no one with Delta to give animal any > food or > > water > > > or care of any > > > kind. > > > Delta claims that the animals are always in a > heated > > > pressurized area of the > > > plane. IF so, tell me how a bag got thrown on the > > puppy > > > carrier with such > > > force it caved in the top. > > > > > > Not only will I never ship with Delta again, I > will > > never > > > fly with Delta > > > again. I will send this email to every breeder > and pet > > > owner I can find and > > > ask you all to do the same. > > > > > > Mike Hughes ------------ --------- --------- ------ " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links mailto:Chihuahuas-fullfeat u...@yahoogroups .com
