Cruising With A Service Dog....everything You Ever Wanted To Know!

[S.S. Cruisers]

Oh boy does Ms. Princess Pony Pants have some analytical questions for "that person". 1.) Is it the fact that he is black? 2.) Is it the fact that he is a d-o-g? 3.) Is it the fact that "he" is a boy? 4.) Is it the fact that you are stupid? Oh, oh, I know the answer to #4. What a moron. I'm sure Horton Jeffrey was like "Yawnnn, go away dumb woman." Y'all know we can't make this stuff up. The things that fall out of peoples mouths......:eek:

[rnjmiller]

Hi all we just recently got back from our 1st cruise with our service dog Naini on board the Celebrity Solstice to Alaska. All went well. The crew treated her like a princess.

We were met at the gangway upon boarding and escorted to her potty box located starboard side forward in the crew passage way. The box was smaller then advertised, more like 3x3 then the advertised 4x4. The box was full of sand and grass clippings. Naini is a big girl and was having trouble with the smaller size and really didn't care for the grass clippings. There was a total of 3 dogs on board for this sailing. So the ship built 2 more boxes and placed them side by side, so this helped her with the size problem. She was still not happy about the grass clippings so the Guest relations Manager arranged for mulch to be picked up while we were in Juneau. All in all I would say our trip was a success and we cannot wait till we can afford our next cruise.

If you would like to see pictures from the cruise and other travels of Naini please like her page on FaceBook. Naini the Komondor service dog.

[wizard-of-roz]

Oh boy does Ms. Princess Pony Pants have some analytical questions for "that person". 1.) Is it the fact that he is black? 2.) Is it the fact that he is a d-o-g? 3.) Is it the fact that "he" is a boy? 4.) Is it the fact that you are stupid? Oh, oh, I know the answer to #4. What a moron. I'm sure Horton Jeffrey was like "Yawnnn, go away dumb woman." Y'all know we can't make this stuff up. The things that fall out of peoples mouths......:eek:

 

I graduated with Brenda in 2002 and since then I thought I had heard it all.

 

Actually, onboard one of our cruises an east Indian man had told me something about the"black dog" being looked down upon in his country. He was fascinated by how well she behaved in public.

Edited May 26, 2016 by wizard-of-roz

[wizard-of-roz]

Hi all we just recently got back from our 1st cruise with our service dog Naini on board the Celebrity Solstice to Alaska. All went well. The crew treated her like a princess.

We were met at the gangway upon boarding and escorted to her potty box located starboard side forward in the crew passage way. The box was smaller then advertised, more like 3x3 then the advertised 4x4. The box was full of sand and grass clippings. Naini is a big girl and was having trouble with the smaller size and really didn't care for the grass clippings. There was a total of 3 dogs on board for this sailing. So the ship built 2 more boxes and placed them side by side, so this helped her with the size problem. She was still not happy about the grass clippings so the Guest relations Manager arranged for mulch to be picked up while we were in Juneau. All in all I would say our trip was a success and we cannot wait till we can afford our next cruise.

If you would like to see pictures from the cruise and other travels of Naini please like her page on FaceBook. Naini the Komondor service dog.

 

The Komondor is such a handsome dog. I'm glad that your cruise left you with good memories of cruising with a Service Dog.

[Caribbean Chris]

Hi all we just recently got back from our 1st cruise with our service dog Naini on board the Celebrity Solstice to Alaska. All went well. The crew treated her like a princess.

We were met at the gangway upon boarding and escorted to her potty box located starboard side forward in the crew passage way. The box was smaller then advertised, more like 3x3 then the advertised 4x4. The box was full of sand and grass clippings. Naini is a big girl and was having trouble with the smaller size and really didn't care for the grass clippings. There was a total of 3 dogs on board for this sailing. So the ship built 2 more boxes and placed them side by side, so this helped her with the size problem. She was still not happy about the grass clippings so the Guest relations Manager arranged for mulch to be picked up while we were in Juneau. All in all I would say our trip was a success and we cannot wait till we can afford our next cruise.

If you would like to see pictures from the cruise and other travels of Naini please like her page on FaceBook. Naini the Komondor service dog.

 

Naini has a great smile! She must have had fun - spent a lot of time in the bar and casino, I noticed! She's a beauty.

 

So glad Celebrity treated you both well. We'll be back on board Eclipse in December.

 

Their relief box seems to be like Forrest Gump's box of chocolates - never know what you're going to get. The box on our December cruise on Reflection was filled with sawdust and shavings intended for rabbit or hamster cages, and it blew all over the crew area. Our room steward had mulch brought aboard half-way through.

 

Since they have the green grass up top on Solstice-class ships, I always wonder why they don't just grow some extra for sod. Or provide mulch, as their info says they will. Seems like their crew has to improvise to come up with filler.

 

Where is Naini's next adventure?

[poolreader]

Henri, you are so, so cute. You look like the female version of Horton Jeffrey.

 

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I went to dinner last night in a very nice restaurant in the Santa Clarita Valley of L.A. The hostess greets Horton, me and other family members with a lovely smile and sits us down. A woman walks over and says, "don't you know better than to bring a black dog into a restaurant. In my country the black dog is killed when it's a puppy, it's considered very bad luck!" "My family is sitting near you and we're going to leave if you don't!" I was so startled by her comment that I just stared at her with my mouth dropped open, as Horton was a perfect gentleman laying near my chair, against a wall.

 

Sometimes I get so tired of people who come here from other countries and expect everyone here to go by their culture. If you do not like how we do things go home.

[DUTRAVEL]

Hi all we just recently got back from our 1st cruise with our service dog Naini on board the Celebrity Solstice to Alaska. All went well. The crew treated her like a princess.

 

Naini is a cutie pie! We will be taking my service dog on her first cruise in October to Panama and then we will be on the Solstice to Alaska in May. Good to know about the relief box issues ahead of time.

 

Dianne

[wizard-of-roz]

Naini has a great smile! She must have had fun - spent a lot of time in the bar and casino, I noticed! She's a beauty.

 

So glad Celebrity treated you both well. We'll be back on board Eclipse in December.

 

Their relief box seems to be like Forrest Gump's box of chocolates - never know what you're going to get. The box on our December cruise on Reflection was filled with sawdust and shavings intended for rabbit or hamster cages, and it blew all over the crew area. Our room steward had mulch brought aboard half-way through.

 

Since they have the green grass up top on Solstice-class ships, I always wonder why they don't just grow some extra for sod. Or provide mulch, as their info says they will. Seems like their crew has to improvise to come up with filler.

 

Where is Naini's next adventure?

 

A kazillion pages back on this thread is yet another story from "Roz"......how onboard one of our cruises the bedding for the box was so bad that while in San Diego two crew members went off the ship [with a bucket and shovel] and dug up some dirt under a tree across from the dock [i only know this because I saw it first hand, as did about a thousand other passengers.] It was the talk of the cruise.

 

They brought back the bucket of dirt and spread it into the box. Immediately passengers started using it for an ash tray! Brenda stepped on a lit cigarette, burnt her paw and we were given a free cruise [in the future!]

 

So many stories to tell and not enough time to tell them all!

[wizard-of-roz]

Naini is a cutie pie! We will be taking my service dog on her first cruise in October to Panama and then we will be on the Solstice to Alaska in May. Good to know about the relief box issues ahead of time.

 

Dianne

 

Because there's just so much inconsistency with the filler in the box. I will be bringing a roll of artificial turf to cover whatever they choose to put in the box and I'll possibly just leave it behind, on my next cruise which is 19 days.

 

Horton loves the fake stuff and it stays nice for a very long time, even when it's exposed to the elements!

[rnjmiller]

Thank you everyone Naini really did seem to enjoy her cruise. It was exhausting for her since she usually doesn't have to work as much during the day. But she loved the attention from the passengers and crew.

 

We did bring a piece of artificial turf and left it when we left. Our problem was we trained her with mulch and then the turf on top. She was missing the smell of the mulch. We took her down the wind tunnel several times the first day trying to convince her it was ok to go. She finally gave in after about 9 hours. It took her until the second evening before bed to finally go number 2. After that she figured she would wait til we went into port on real grass. So she only did that twice on the ship the whole trip. I am sure she will be more prepared next time.

 

Currently Naini is in Yellowstone, tomorrow we head to the Grand Tetons and then off to Mt Rushmore.

[wizard-of-roz]

Happy looooonnnng weekend everybody.

 

Again, ♥ BIG CONGRATULATIONS ♥ to Cindy, John & Wex on the marriage of their son. It's so good to hear that good things are happening for you ♥

[Krypti]

I just got done with a day trip around Northern Arizona with a friend of mine, my senior service dog, and my service puppy in training. We had a blast!

 

Lots of photos here: https://www.facebook.com/kara.braden.9/posts/467337100144237?pnref=story

 

Today, Bucky the service puppy was so exhausted, he just crashed while we were getting breakfast!

 

So far, his training is going slowly, but he's the CALMEST puppy I've ever seen. He gets a little scared of new things (which is why we're focusing on socializing) but he's otherwise rock-steady and beautifully well-behaved anywhere we go in public. Restaurants, grocery stores, you name it!

[Macfreckles]

I tried to add my dog with my and my fiancé's cruise with Carnival last Dec but the agent I booked it with was relunctant to do so. We've been asked on another Carnival cruise for Nov 2017 & this time I want to bring her along.

 

Is there a number or email contact at Carnival so I can make this process smoother?

[Caribbean Chris]

I tried to add my dog with my and my fiancé's cruise with Carnival last Dec but the agent I booked it with was relunctant to do so. We've been asked on another Carnival cruise for Nov 2017 & this time I want to bring her along.

 

Is there a number or email contact at Carnival so I can make this process smoother?

 

Sure, just Google Carnival Cruises Service Dog and you'll find a page on their website with both phone and email contact info for the Special Needs department and guests traveling with disabilities.

 

What reason did the agent give for his or her reluctance to add your service dog to your booking record? Even when he or she has done so, you still must contact the cruiseline yourself well in advance of sailing.

 

Also you'll need to obtain the permits to export the animal from the US to foreign countries on your itinerary, so talk to your vet about those requirements.

[S.S. Cruisers]

If you would like to see pictures from the cruise and other travels of Naini please like her page on FaceBook. Naini the Komondor service dog.

Ok, got Naini's facebook page "liked". How do you pronounce her name? I'm a visual type of "person". She is beautiful.

[rangeley]

Back from the wedding!! Things couldn't have gone better. I've got pics!!

[rangeley]

1. Obviously bride and groom. 2. My honey! 3. My fav pic of me and my boy. 4. All of us. 5. Wexler with ring bearer.

 

I'll have more of Wexler coming down the aisle soon. He did great!!!

[rangeley]

Oh and I forgot. This is what happened to the bride two days before the wedding. We are lucky she's alive. I guess the venue burning down wasn't enough.

Edited May 30, 2016 by rangeley

[fairbourne]

Rangeley - oh my dawg, the poor bride, what a mess that car is in and she's so lucky to come out of that.

 

But my goodness what beautiful photos of the wedding with all of you, looks like you had a fabulous time (and deservedly so after all the dramas pre-wedding!) ... You all look lovely but can I say Wexler just steals the show for me!

 

Thanks for sharing your family and their special day with us.

[frecgenswl82]

1. Obviously bride and groom. 2. My honey! 3. My fav pic of me and my boy. 4. All of us. 5. Wexler with ring bearer.

 

I'll have more of Wexler coming down the aisle soon. He did great!!!

 

Beautiful pictures, Thanks for sharing.

[DUTRAVEL]

1. Obviously bride and groom. 2. My honey! 3. My fav pic of me and my boy. 4. All of us. 5. Wexler with ring bearer.

 

I'll have more of Wexler coming down the aisle soon. He did great!!!

 

Beautiful pictures Cindy. You all look so happy and Wexler so handsome! I am so glad that the bride was not injured - I can't believe it by looking at her car. Congratulations to your lovely family.

 

Dianne

[rnjmiller]

Ok, got Naini's facebook page "liked". How do you pronounce her name? I'm a visual type of "person". She is beautiful.

Nancy, We call her Na-ni. But her real name in Na-e-ni. Which is Hungarian for one who takes care.

[Caribbean Chris]

1. Obviously bride and groom. 2. My honey! 3. My fav pic of me and my boy. 4. All of us. 5. Wexler with ring bearer.

 

I'll have more of Wexler coming down the aisle soon. He did great!!!

 

Wonderful photos! You all look so happy. This marriage is meant to be, because nothing life threw at them could get in the way of it happening.

 

The substitute venue looks gorgeous, so maybe that was meant to be, too.

 

Wexler looks bigger than the cute little ring bearer, and quite dapper in his tux. Looking forward to more photos!

[Caribbean Chris]

Nancy, We call her Na-ni. But her real name in Na-e-ni. Which is Hungarian for one who takes care.

 

I was interested in her name, too. A close friend who competes with and trains her poodles has one named Nani, which I think means "pretty girl" in Hawaiian (the husband grew up there.) She was originally named Nina by the breeder, but they switched the vowels.

 

Your girl is certainly pretty!

Edited May 31, 2016 by Caribbean Chris

[wizard-of-roz]

I just got done with a day trip around Northern Arizona with a friend of mine, my senior service dog, and my service puppy in training. We had a blast!

 

Lots of photos here: https://www.facebook.com/kara.braden.9/posts/467337100144237?pnref=story

 

Today, Bucky the service puppy was so exhausted, he just crashed while we were getting breakfast!

 

So far, his training is going slowly, but he's the CALMEST puppy I've ever seen. He gets a little scared of new things (which is why we're focusing on socializing) but he's otherwise rock-steady and beautifully well-behaved anywhere we go in public. Restaurants, grocery stores, you name it!

 

I love the pictures. Thanks so much for sharing them.

 

Amazing how every dog moves at its own pace. Being a "calm" partner may be the quintessential personality trait that a Service Dog can possess.