Stewardess to Horse: Why the Long Face?

THE WALL STREET JOURNAl ^ | 5-21-03 | SCOTT MCCARTNEY

[SJackson]

"PAX WAS TRAVELING WITH A MINIATURE SERVICE HORSE IN SEAT 3A. HORSE HAD A BOWEL MOVEMENT ON THE CARPET OF THE BULKHEAD. CABIN SVC HAD TO DO EXCESSIVE CLEANING IN ORDER FOR AIRCRAFT TO LEAVE FOR THE NEXT FLIGHT. STRONG ODOR ALSO HAD TO BE AIRED OUT.…ORD CSM JP INCUSCI"

[Conspiracy Guy]

My horse always waits to go poop poop when we fly.

[Consort]

My service pachyderm will be arriving soon and I expect to be doing a lot of air travel.

[RosieCotton]

Miniature horse ping...this is an odd one!

[theDentist]

I have this "service crocodile" named "Snapper" that I'd like to take with me to Hawaii....

[Izzy Dunne]

If you want on the "Weird-things-that-airline-people-put-up-with-so-folks-can-go-on-Oprah-Winfrey" PING list, don't call me.

[Izzy Dunne]

airlines could be forced to accommodate all manner of beasts if mental-health professionals declare that they are necessary for relieving stress and flying anxiety. If a monkey is necessary to help a passenger get through a flight, the DOT said, then the monkey can come along.

Apparently we all now have a "right" to fly.
Personally, I never go anywhere without Wilbur, my pet whale.

[Moonmad27]

Service pachyderm! Thanks for a great laugh to start the day!

[shhrubbery!]

I have this "service crocodile" named "Snapper" that I'd like to take with me to Hawaii....

LOL. I had to scroll back up the page to make sure this wasn't the latest offering from The Onion.

[HIDEK6]

I stopped flying many years ago because of the Litany of Victims you had to endure before boarding.

"OK, let's pre-board all the soccer moms struggling with small children."

"Now let's board the morbidly obese."

"Anyone with a cane?"

"OK, now everyone else (not so fast you white guys that pay taxes)."

[wimpycat]

This horse was trained in North Carolina. I saw him walking through the local mall a few years ago. He wears little hoof-shaped sneakers.

There's something to be said for using these little horses as service animals, mainly because of their life span. They live a lot longer than dogs.

[Piquaboy]

I had a snapper a long time ago but had to give her up when I got transferred.

[tom paine 2]

We are headed for a new parallel universe in which logic and common sense no longer apply. I'm going back to my bunker.

[Piquaboy]

I had one of those parallel's until the wheels fell off.

[HairOfTheDog]

Too bad about the mess!

I would have thought the horse would wear one of those diaper-poop-catcher, and something sealable.... This is a glitch in service horses that will have to be worked out if they can do the job.

The benefits of their strength and their long life-span is worth trying them, I just don't know if horses are smart enough in the right kinds of skills to do the work as well as a dog.

And I don't know if they would ever 'get' potty training. Never tried.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Service-pony story...

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Service ponies are indeed house-broken, and usually do the job of guide at least as well as dogs do. As stated in the article, Cuddles held on as long as she could, but a longer-than-usual delay before take off pushed her past her breaking point. Could have happened to anyone!

Cuddles is a real cutie, btw.

[HairOfTheDog]

Yes, a long flight is a lot to ask for anyone!

Good to know that it is possible to housebreak a pony!

[husky ed]

I have this "service crocodile" named "Snapper" that I'd like to take with me to Hawaii..

If this was not a family board, I would make a joke about Hillary here.

[Hegemony Cricket]

As one parallel line said to the other, "I don't believe we've met?"