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And I don’t trust random people’s pets to be well behaved and would rather not risk sitting next to them.

As you shouldn’t, there have been at least two horrible incidents in the last year or so where “ESA” dogs mauled another passenger.

I've been bitten three times by dogs. Twice as a door-to-door canvasser, and once by a friend's pet. And I've seen others bitten by friends' pets.

So I would not be comfortable on a plane with any dog that wasn't in a cage, or at least muzzled.