Emotional support animal, do you have one?

[Dominus]

I recently heard about the emotional support peacock getting rejected at an airport.

We have a 15 year old and a 5 month old mutts that we love. They sleep with us in our room. But I'm guessing our attachment to them is not anywhere near what emotional support animals do to their owners.

Do you have an emotional support animal? How does it work? Tell your experiences.

 

[Vannie]

JetBlue threw me off a plane one time,for petting my ball python.

 

[peeonme]

A gerbil...

 

[Cormac135]

None, too busy.

 

[NotHardUp1]

It's soooooo obvious the bird put her up to it. Peacocks are pretty damned uppity.

The airline was right to intervene. There are people out there who really hate fowl, and it's not too hard to imagine one them following the bird down the aisle on the way to the loo when everyone was glued to their little in flight videos and not paying attention, and stomping that bird until it was nothing but a bloody blue pulp.

That would be terrible for some kid to see who is too young to understand just how shitty peacocks are. He'd think it was some kind of barbaric act, if the kid knew was barbarism was. I mean, peacocks are really the Dick Clarks of the bird world, except they're not nice like him.

Eventually that kid is gonna grow up and learn what the adult meaning of "service animal" is and it's really gonna mess him up when he remembers the peacock and realized that lady had been letting him "service" her. Shit. And then he'll know the real meaning of "performance artist." Why can't they just say "WHORE" and be honest?

The airline was right tell that whore to "get the fucking bird off the plane!"

 

[nycguydowntown]

I'm looking for a 21 year old human male who will curl up on my lap and I'll pet his head so I can relax---also to travel with---can buy him a seat so he doesn't have to be in a crate under my seat.

 

[HoodedRat]

Sadly not.

I tried a few years back, but the tale is too complicated and personal to post here.

 

[Alistair]

Can I register a trouser snake? They don't usually take up much room. I'm nice and relaxed when I can hold a trouser snake in my hand.

 

[MakeDigitalLove]

No unfortunately I don’t. My cat seemingly emotionally supported me though.

 

[Laboyes]

I recently heard about the emotional support peacock getting rejected at an airport.

Loved that story. Fun way to start the other day.

Lately I've been talking with my cat about as much as I do with other people.

A couple of months ago I had a conversation with a man who trains service dogs for military vets with PTSD. His major concern about emotional support animals was that they don't need the training that a true service animal has to undergo. Seemed to think it was a liability to real service animals.

 

[rareboy]

All four of our cats are support animals.

 

[Latimer]

The bitch with the peacock is a self-styled performance artist. It was a publicity stunt and performance piece rolled up into one.