Dogs On the Shadow

[jpalbny]

On 6/29/2024 at 10:07 AM, Randyk47 said:

The two most unusual were a service cat and a service bird.  I did talk to the service cat owner and, if they are to be believed, the cat was a very large Maine Coon cat, like 45 pounds, who was especially trained to monitor her breathing at night.

 

CPAP machines require less upkeep.

 

What next, a service lion?

 

[lincslady]

That is a corker, jp. Love it.

 

Lola

[AusMum]

It will never happen in Australia because our quarantine rules are very strict, but I often wonder where dogs will fit into the future of all kinds of travel.  Dogs are being treated as family members more and more - gone are the days where you just shove Fido outside.

 

I'm leaving my two boys back in Australia for 6 weeks, so it is breaking my heart.  We usually try to travel around with them to 'dog friendly' places in our caravan.

 

 

[admranger]

So I was on the Shadow and those dogs were service dogs like I'm an NBA player.  Neither is a remote possibility.

 

I'm a dog lover but these two doodles were tugging at their leashes, something a trained service dog would never do.  Clear giveaway that this was a scam.  Now, the dogs never came up to other people that I saw and I never heard them bark so they had no impact on our cruise; well, other than the strain from rolling our eyes at their "service dog" tags.

[Catlover54]

On 6/27/2024 at 12:27 PM, Tothesunset said:

To be honest, if it were a choice between fellow passengers bringing their dogs or their children I'd go for the dogs. 

 

Dogs don't:

 

1. Carry norovirus, covid, measles, TB etc

2. Run around unsupervised. 

3. Burst into tears and have a paddy if they don't get their ice cream RIGHT NOW. 

4. Bomb into the pool (or pee in it for that matter) 

5. Hog the ping pong table/pool 

 

 

I could go on. In fact, I will:

 

 

6. Eat chips/chocolate/sweets all day

7. Leave smears from 6 above on furnishings

8. Whinge plaintively and loudly that they are too hot, too cold, hungry, thirsty, feel sick. 

9. Make you wonder where their parents are

10. Make you wonder how 10 million years of evolution has passed some people by. 

 

All true.

And my guess is that you were not a pediatrician 🙂

[Tothesunset]

45 minutes ago, Catlover54 said:

 

All true.

And my guess is that you were not a pediatrician 🙂

Indeed. Had I been I suspect I may have been even keener on dogs! 

[AusMum]

On 7/2/2024 at 9:48 AM, Aussieflyer said:

I would have thought the dogs would have had to be wearing offical 'assistance animal' jackets to identify them as such. Although this is onboard it is an area where the owners come into contact with other members of the public therefore the dogs should be correctly identified if they are assistance or service animals (there is a difference in the role they play between the two I think).

 

On a slightly different point, I wonder if anyone on either trips had made a complaint and if so what the response was. Certainly if I was allergic to dog hair I would think I would be within my rights to do so. Silversea should have robust rules to ensure that any service animal is correctly accredited by a proper third party.

True, but whenever I have mentioned on other sites that I am allergic to tobacco smoke I often get a "too bad".