Miniature horses are generally bred to be friendly and to interact well with people. For this reason they are often kept as family pets, though they still retain natural horse behavior, including a natural fight or flight instinct of striking out with their hooves, front or back, and biting. Especially in a confined space with unnatural smells, feelings of movement and G’s, and every kid in the aircraft wanting to pet the big doggy.
So, the only way to protect your horse is to pen it up and keep it on a seat away from other passengers. And hope no one is allergic to horses. If peanuts that are not designed to shed can do it, well.... I’m allergic to cats, dogs, and sheep.
If someone brings one on a plane, I have to get a seat change from the one I selected to get away from it. So there insecurity becomes my problem then. And I paid the same as they did for their seats. And my “insecurity” is ignored and I am the one that will have to adjust. So who’s service animal is it due to inconveniences?
rwood
Well, I’d think they would have to plane side check the horse in that case.