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by susie on 03 October 2018 - 22:10
Things like this happen when rules are made by people who don't know ( like the so called "dangerous dogs" lists ).
by GSCat on 03 October 2018 - 23:10
And Pastor Niemoller was absolutely right, His other writings are also very good and worth reading.
by Hundmutter on 04 October 2018 - 07:10
GSCat:
by Sstillwater on 04 October 2018 - 11:10
Also, I'm looking for a good trainer in the PHX area. How do I contact the one above?
The poem is great. Maybe we should remind us Americans that it can happen anywhere.....starting with Malis on United!!!
by Gunther Dietrich on 04 October 2018 - 12:10
I think this is less a breed specific ban on the part of United and more a step to all but totally eliminate its transport of dogs. United's record on safe transport of dogs wasn't great and has taken a couple of more hits this year.
German Shepherds are not specifically banned, yet United's rules require a 700 crate for most adult GSDs. The catch, United no longer allows 700 size crates. Dogs with strong jaws? What dog doesn't have strong jaws? United doesn't want to transport dogs.
by Hundmutter on 04 October 2018 - 16:10
Dishonest, despicable, unreasonable. AS WELL as ignorant.
by duke1965 on 04 October 2018 - 17:10
by Prager on 05 October 2018 - 21:10
by duke1965 on 06 October 2018 - 08:10
crap quality, one time use only (if they last )
by Hundmutter on 06 October 2018 - 08:10
As far as I have ever seen (although my import/export experience is nowhere near as wide as Prager's, I'm convinced he is right) the sort of damage a dog can do to a crate - like in Duke's pics - is done with their front feet power, every bit as much as with their jaw power !!! Yes of course they can do a lot of damage to a plastic crate with their teeth (and paws & jaws) - but it does not look to me as though that photographed crate was escaped from. So inconvenience to the airline is minimal. And let's repeat - not ALL Malis are 'mad' enough to do this; and not ALL dogs who do this to a crate are Malinois.
@Duke: it might be expensive and irritating for an owner that those crates can be ruined by one determined dog (and thus have to be replaced rather than re-used), but this surely does not justify United's policy ?
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