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How to Travel With a Service Animal – A Complete Guide to Make the Process Hassle-Free ✧ So, the time of the year has come when the holidays are approaching and you are planning a trip. Well, this time you want to travel with your trained service dog, and you can surely do that, but there are some guidelines that you need to follow in order to make the travel smooth. Here are some of the globally accepted guidelines that you need to consider before and while traveling with your service dog.

Traveling abroad ✧ If you are flying to a different country or to an island, your service dog will require a quarantined depending on the choice of your destination. It is recommended that you check with the airlines and find out the present regulations associated with the country you have decided to go. Confirm with the airlines and take the information whether any quarantines happening or not.

Service animal dog travel letter and other documents ✧ A Service animal travel letter is for the trained animals that support people with an emotional or mental disorder. As the airlines require assurance that your pet is a service animal. They are not like general pets, as the service animal provides therapeutic comfort to the patients, so they need to travel with the patient. It is essential to provide a service animal travel letter while doing the reservation for the service animals. This letter acts as the legal document for the protection of your pet service dog. You have to get it from your doctor that you need the support of a service animal. The service animal travel letter is needed for persons who suffer from depression, anxiety, mental trauma, etc. This letter simply allows your pet to travel on planes. All the service animals can qualify for a service animal travel letter whether it is a dog, cat or a bird.

✧ It is your duty to inform the security officer that the pet you are carrying is a not a general pet but a service dog. This will help you to make the screening process faster and the security officer will get the time to do the security check. When less time is available for the screening process, you might have to separate from your service animal. Reach the airport early and inform security about your service dog What does your service animal do to help you with your disability? ✧ This is what makes a service dog different from a pet dog. The tasks a trained animal can perform to help the person to deal with their disability cannot be done by a pet dog. If you have a psychiatric service dog it is helpful in getting a service animal travel letter from your doctor. It has to be kept in mind that misrepresenting a pet animal as a service animal is an illegal offense.

Be courteous to the security officers ✧ Be courteous and well behaved with the security officers, as they can make the admissions faster. Remember, they have a demanding job and treating them properly will make the process boarding process easier. They are trained to treat the service animals properly. They are familiar with the ways to communicate, play, and feed the service animals. You must support them in the inspection process by taking the control of your service dog, so as to confirm that it doesn’t harm the officer. Boarding the airplane ✧ Once you enter the flight, the attendants on board will assist you to your seat. And usually, you can make your service animal near your feet. Carry small treats for your assistance animal to keep them in comfort. Try to not to carry water for your pet onto the flight.

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