My dog wasn't allowed on the bus

Have you tried contacting the bus company? I e-mailed First Group (as in First Bus) concerning this and they sent me a nice reply saying that dogs can travel free but if you have a large dog you may not be allowed to board at peak times because of the dog taking up space that a paying passenger could use. But as long as the dog is small enough to sit on your lap or at your feet without causing nusiance to anyone else its not a problem. Obviously as long as the dog is quiet, on a lead and is secured. Oh and if you live in the South West, First Devon charge you 50p to take your dog on the bus. I keep this e-mail me with me everytime I get on the bus and the few times any driver has says anything (ususally wanting to charge full adult rate for the dog) I just take the e-mail out and say "Well actually according to your customer services department......" and they allow you to travel. All the bigger bus companies you should be able to contact by e-mail and tell you the rules. Then you have something on paper which you can show the driver if there is a problem. The smaller bus companies you should be able to contact by phone and you can always ask them to stick something in writing. If you live in London then you need to contact the actual bus company who runs the buses not London Buses. Sadly though at the end of the day bus companies do not communicate effectively with their drivers about anything not just dogs and when drivers are told they don't always listen and if you get a driver who is having a bad day and has got abuse from a passenger before then it also causes problem.
Also did you know on UK trains that your allowed to take a dog as long as its not taking a seat (unless you pay for one for it) but if anyone at all in the carriage objects to the dog being there he has to go and either sit in another part of the train or go in the guards van.

I think its crazy...dogs are for the most part well mannered and we should be more liberal with them
Xavi
mylondondog.com

I stand corrected. I found a similar gripe that has been running since Summer 2005. Proves my point, doesn't it?

Wow, this gripe has been running since mid-July! Surely proving, whether you are a dog lover or dog hater, that dogs are an intrinsic part of our national identity...?!!

Hi,

I lived in Europe for many years and dogs are most welcome just about anywhere. You can walk around a clothing department such as H&M and there will be dogs present. Same for pubs and cafes.

We just haven't got it right here in England but then again, we have too many irresponsible owners. Present contributors excluded of course.

Claudia,

The same thing has just happened to me. I was waiting for a 44 bus to take us, my dog and I, to the vet, and the driver refused to let me take the dog on. Well, I am fuming!!! I sat down and refused to move. there were only 7 people on the bus and he was not causing any problems to anyone. I asked the driver why he didn't want the dog on 'his' bus, where upon he stated that it was out of principle. OK!!! My principle is that we as a nation have always owned dogs. They weere one of the first animals to be domesticated. I am traveling on public transport... Anyway, I did get off, BUT, what are the real terms of carriage? I have been looking, but all I can find is the Dial-a-ride blurb, which incidentally stated that dogs are allowed as long as they are not a nuisance. I believe that the incidents that took place are purely discriminatory and hence unlawful!!!

Yuk : I don't love cockroaches, I don't love fleas, I don't love rats .. I could rant on like this ad infinitum. What I like or do not like has absolutely no significance whatsoever ... but what does have significance is the fact that if one species of animal or plant becomes extinct there is a backlash ... and usually a detrimental backlash. Every single living thing from the single cell amoeba to the elephant has its place and function, and if that particular species or being ceases to exist, ultimately it will be detrimental to life as a whole.

but I would not want them to be exterminated during a mass cull. Every single living thing on this planet has its place, and for any one species to be exterminated is detrimental to life as a whole. It is only a very stupid, small minded person who would make such a statement.

Then you should go take your opinion to No.10. Ask them to relay this to the Ministry of Agriculture, Farms and Fisheries and in turn, to all those farmers in Britain that saw their whole world burnt before their very eyes. This happened without the bat of an eyelid and why, all in the name of protecting humans. If every species on earth were to be destroyed to save the skin of the human race, this would happen also.

You, are only kidding yourself.

Quote: "Every single living thing on this planet has its place"

Nikki must love the cockroaches and bed bugs. Where are they now? Cuddling up next to her with her carpet fleas and horse flies. They're all screaming: What's for dinner tonight? Blood soup? Oh what a bore we had that last night.

All things bright a beautiful, the Lord of the Flies made them all.

I think that anybody who wants to see the domestic branch of an entire species exterminated is someone who should be watched very carefully, as the desire for mass murder is extremely UNdesirable in any social species such as homo sapiens.

Personally, I dislike domestic cats, but I would not want them to be exterminated during a mass cull. Every single living thing on this planet has its place, and for any one species to be exterminated is detrimental to life as a whole. It is only a very stupid, small minded person who would make such a statement.

My Dear Steve, BBC Panorama is sheer propoganda for people like your goodself, it targets those such as yourself.

Now you believe I should be exterminated? Your ethos must be that of Nazism Steve, are you a Nazi Steve?

You have a bit of brass neck Steve your really do. Writing on about how much hatred there is in the world, shameful really.

"I think that all domestic dogs should be exterminated. Spare the beagles and the working dogs but the rest should go under the needle."
Miss K. Armstrong 02-Nov-2007 11:12


I think you should be exterminated. As BBC's Panorama showed two years ago, animal haters like you tend to have psychopathic tendencies and there is a very strong statistical link between animal abuse and child abuse. The World (esp the UK) is already too full of hatred and angry humans going around destroying the natural world and abusing all forms of life, including their own children - much better to prevent this inferior DNA staying in the UK gene pool so we can create a better more tolerant society. The Swedes and Norwegians carried out this form of Eugenics in the 1950's and it seems to have worked there - in the meantime, let's hope you remain a 'Miss' and don't add to this already hate-filled society...