Animals on trains

[Whistler40145]

I know this is slightly off topic, but how on earth can a Lab be playful, boisterous, eat or chew anything in sight at one end of the scale and at the other, training them to be Guide Dogs, Police Dogs etc as they are so placid?

 

[TomJ93]

She went on a 390 once and the VT staff werevery kind and bought her water.

I think the traction motor noise on the 350 wasn't to her liking

 

[ralphchadkirk]

I know this is slightly off topic, but how on earth can a Lab be playful, boisterous, eat or chew anything in sight at one end of the scale and at the other, training them to be Guide Dogs, Police Dogs etc as they are so placid?

They are generally easy-going but playful dogs. The young ones can be quite boisterous though. I guess the training knocks this out though.

 

[EM2]

Well, there's the ferret that made his way to Haymarket:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-12861295
And a cat (in a carrier) was discovered left behind on a Thameslink service at St Pancras earlier this week!

 

[O L Leigh]

I know this is slightly off topic, but how on earth can a Lab be playful, boisterous, eat or chew anything in sight at one end of the scale and at the other, training them to be Guide Dogs, Police Dogs etc as they are so placid?

If they're being destructive it's because they are bored and/or not exercised enough. These working breeds are very intelligent and need to be kept busy, which is why they are so suitable for working with the police, as guide dogs or in other capacities.

O L Leigh

 

[Wyvern]

There was the Staffy left on a train in the local paper last week and looked after by TPE staff

http://www.scarborougheveningnews.co.uk/news/local/puppy_love_after_a_rail_sob_story_1_3230212

 

[Blindtraveler]

There was the Staffy left on a train in the local paper last week and looked after by TPE staff

http://www.scarborougheveningnews.co.uk/news/local/puppy_love_after_a_rail_sob_story_1_3230212

hope they didnt feed him sandwitches off the trollie. as a visually impared person myself I know a few people with lab guidedogs although dont use one myself. Also have an old friend who provides a home to rejected or retired guidedogs. most are great but i used to work with someone who had a dog who shook with terror when he got near a bus stop or onto a train poor thing.

 

[thefab444]

hope they didn't feed him sandwiches off the trolley

fed and watered her at Scarborough Railway Station

Presumably not then.

 

[12CSVT]

Probably slightly off topic but I was at the Caledonian railway a few years ago for a diesel gala. All weekend there was a black labrador travelling in the cab of 27024.

 

[Anon Mouse]

I remember a cute Vanessa Mae lookalike had a bucket of live crabs whom I was chatting up on a Leeds to Newcastle Voyager one night

 

[Eng274]

I took my now departed Yorkshire Terrier on a train from Edinburgh to Grimsby. He was big for a Yorkie, but in the same way that a Fiesta is a big hatchback - i.e. big for his breed but still a small mutt. He was good as gold on the GNER 225 to Doncaster. Was happy to sniff everybodys a**e as they walked past the aisle, and equally as thrilled at the speed of the trees out the window after I moved him from said aisle seat (I brought an old towel for him to park on, the train wasn't busy). He started to get a bit grumpy and bored on the 158 from Doncaster to Grimsby, but with a long walk at Doncaster he didn't need a metro paper laid out for him at all

 

[Whistler40145]

12CSVT, good picture. The dog must be a McLab! Does it bash McRats?

 

[brillopad]

chris89, I agree that dogs shouldn't be off the lead, except those that have been trained very well.

Recently a chap was chasing a loose dog around on Hayle viaduct - a down HST arrived and luckily stopped at Hayle.

 

[STEVIEBOY1]

So long as they are well behaved and don't sit on the seats or do their business in the coach, I guess it's ok, for dogs on trains. But I was put of when travelling IC from Koln to Munich which is a longish journey and a local lady had a tiny little mutt with here, who did a number 2 in the side corridor, dreadful pong etc for the rest of the journey even though she cleared it up. How such a small animal could produce so much is beyond me.Yuk. However guide dogs always seem very well behaved, I had a great steam charter journey from Man Vic along the SCR and there was lovely yellow Lab guide dog who was no trouble at all, at least she could go on a platform every now and again at the waterstops.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

I thought I was hallucinating earlier today!

Left St Pancras on 222 004 with the 10.55 to Sheffield, uneventful journey, forward facing airline seat, right hand side, full window ( second row of seats from the back in carriage E ) with excellent view.

Half dozing during the journey, but woke with a start and turned my head back for a second look while we were going through Long Eaton. There, on the eastbound platform waiting for a train to Nottingham ( which we passed just west of the station, a 170 ), was a man with a pig on a lead!

A fully grown pig, pink and black patches, on a lead!

What on Earth......?!?!?

 

[STEVIEBOY1]

Well I suppose we have all seen or heard about the person in Wrexham who really did try to take a pony on board this week!