Animals On Seats

[Farigiraf]

The videos playing up so I can't see it, but is it the Geoff Marshall on the Night Riviera video perchance?

It is!

 

[DarloRich]

I saw a parrot on the train once. It was in a cage. It was quite well behaved.

 

[Farigiraf]

I saw a parrot on the train once. It was in a cage. It was quite well behaved.

Did it repeat the tannoy? Squawkkk Milton Keynes Central Squawwwk Rugby Nuneaton Squawwwk this train is cancelled please get off

 

[DarloRich]

Did it repeat the tannoy? Squawkkk Milton Keynes Central Squawwwk Rugby Nuneaton Squawwwk this train is cancelled please get off

sadly not! It was in a covered box but people kept asking what it was!

 

[jumble]

See my posts further up.

I do think that the higher rate of neurodiversity on these forums may explain some of the tone behind certain posts as well.

I don't know if you're just posting this to be controversial or provocative, but this is such a pointless post; no reason given or anything. In what way does someone, such as myself, travelling to a park or woodland with their quiet, well-behaved dog on a train negatively impact you?

Indeed
On Sunday Callie and I were on a tube from Watford going Home
There was a Jackass on the train having a really loud phone conversation on speakerphone which disturbed our unobtrusive post walk sleep on the floor as well as everyone else
We would like it very much if such people were banned from travelling on public transport !
At the end of the day the Jackass behaves like they did because they can and we travel on public transport because we can !
Summer and Callie the Cocker Spaniels

 

[Merle Haggard]

I saw a parrot on the train once. It was in a cage. It was quite well behaved.

Probably before most people on the forum were travelling but around 1970 the Stafford station announcements sounded very much like they were made by a parrot.
'Stafford, Stafford this is Stafford' sounded very 'squawk-y'. And that was the only announcement made there, to re-inforce the idea.

 

[6Gman]

Animals shouldn't be banned on trains. Animals sitting on the seats should, especially if they aren't on a blanket or towel.

It also doesn't help that its often promoted on social media through owners taking pictures of their dogs sitting on the seat (even though some are admittedly cute) etc.

I've seen such photos posted by a guard which I felt was rather unfortunate.

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I spend half my life on trains and have far less trouble from animals than people.

I've had 2 unfortunate experiences on board with animals - one was a German Shepherd that had the runs all over the floor outside my cab and that was the owner's fault - it had been on the train for over 4 hours at that point and I've never seen any living being look so distressed afterwards - they say dogs can't be embarrassed etc but this one looked like it wanted to disappear through the floor. The owner cleaned it up as best she could and we chucked a load of bleach on it.

The second was someone having an allergic reaction to a kitten that was in a carry box. Can't really be helped, they were fine on being moved to another coach.

I suspect @LowLevel travels on more trains than most of us so his account carries weight.

Yes, take your dog on the train but keep it quiet and well-behaved and off the seats.

Sorted.

 

[Calthrop]

Indeed
On Sunday Callie and I were on a tube from Watford going Home
There was a Jackass on the train having a really loud phone conversation on speakerphone which disturbed our unobtrusive post walk sleep on the floor as well as everyone else
We would like it very much if such people were banned from travelling on public transport !
At the end of the day the Jackass behaves like they did because they can and we travel on public transport because we can !
Summer and Callie the Cocker Spaniels

For a moment -- this thread being about animals on seats -- I read your post as referring to a literal jackass. Taking one's donkey on the train with one, in passenger accommodation -- that would be going it some...

 

[Mcr Warrior]

As already mentioned upthread in post #5, the 'National Rail Conditions of Travel' document states (inter alia)...

Extract...

24.2 ....Animals are not allowed on seats in any circumstances.

https://assets.nationalrail.co.uk/e8xgegruud3g/3Y9UXuFziljwsGFCUAwKAA/0aa50a101febffda28c070aae2572570/National_Rail_Conditions_of_Travel.pdf

Not sure why we're still discussing this some 100+ posts later?! The above clausing / conditionality in the NRCoT seems reasonably clear and self explanatory to me.

If that one is allowed to slide, what other 'National Rail Conditions of Travel' might also be routinely ignored?

 

[spyinthesky]

I will not take my dog on a train.
Although well behaved, friendly to all and total recall she is very inquisitive and will annoy those who don’t particularly want her attention. It becomes tiresome and makes the reason for not driving irrelevant.
I don’t disagree with allowing dogs on trains but seats most definitely not. There are plenty of dogs that will lie there peacefully not disturbing anyone but not mine.

 

[Birkonian]

Unpopular opinion... I've generally found that people who don't like animals are not to be trusted. I understand when the person is allergic or scared of them, but to not like them for no other reason than not liking them I find very telling. This has been proven true anecdotally time and time again in my experience.

This oost really annoyed me. Well I don't like dogs and from your comment I certainly wouldn't trust you. Why should anyone have to like animals kept captive as pets? I have always found it strange.
I've been bitten by dogs, trodden in excrement so many times and had dogs jump on on me with muddy paws. There is a dog in our road which is let out at 7:30 a.m. every day and proceeds to bark for half an hour. You've reinforced my view that dog owners are often exceedingly selfish and arrogant in their attitude that pets take precedence over people.

 

[Mag_seven]

Not sure why we're still discussing this some 100+ posts later?

Neither do I!

I think we are therefore done here.