AmStaffs are actually very sweet-tempered. I have one who is in training to help me with tasks around the house, as nerve damage in my left arm and varying levels of organ insufficiency, osteoporosis, arthritis, and spinal fusion can make daily tasks difficult. She’s also certified as a therapy animal that I can bring to see patients in hospitals and nursing homes as a part of those patients’ therapies.
You have to really mistreat them or train them to be vicious. Staffordshire Terriers originating from Ireland were called “Nanny Dogs” due to their gentle demeanor around children and their families, and of course once immigrants came over, an American breed emerged.
I’ve spent a lot of time with many dogs, and I’ve never had a Pit snap at me. Chihuahuas on the other hand were kind of nasty. And when my husband was a kid, he was bit in the face by a Husky that wanted his peach. Not to say that AmStaffs can’t be vicious, because it happens, but before them it was Rottweilers which were the hated breed. Before them it was Dobermans, and before them was German Shepherds.
Also, service dogs are exempt from breed bans.
Relevant to the article, if an animal is being transported to its intended patient without the patient present, it doesn’t need to be seated in the cabin. If the patient is present, that is an entirely different matter. Dogs alert to seizures before they happen, giving more time for family and the patient to prepare and be ready for it, especially if they are severe. It’s not as if they just bark afterwards as an alert. They’re there to give the patient a heads-up, in which case the animal should be in the cabin with their patient.
If people want to surround themselves with pitbulls or pitbull mixes, that is their right. But as a flying customer I have the right not to have to sit next to one.
And airlines should have the right not to transport them.
first it was Rottweilers , then it was dobies then it was pitbulls. well dummy heres some news. rottys and dobies were cleared of those myths because people just weren’t able to sustain a lie / myths. most of those dogs weren’t killers and didnt eat babies. . but pit bulls otoh, they haven’t been able to shake that terrible aura around them for DECADES! WHY? because its not a myth that they attack people! Ill take 3 rotties and a 1/2 dozen dobies in hood over one pit bull. All day any day. Id rather pet sit at an alligator farm then pet sit a pit.