Dogs on trains

[Nicole 817]

Can you bring them on the train and do you have to pay for them/buy them a seat??

[Neil373 2]

Here´s what bahn.de has to say:

 

Für entgeltpflichtige Hunde werden die gleichen Fahrpreise wie für zahlungspflichtige Kinder erhoben. Diese Regelung gilt sowohl für den Normalpreis als auch für die Sparpreise.

 

- Die Mitnahme von kleinen Hunden (bis zur Größe einer Hauskatze) im Transportbehälter ist unentgeltlich.

 

- Größere Hunde müssen angeleint sein und einen geeigneten Maulkorb tragen (Ausnahme: Blindenführhunde).

 

- Bei internationalen Reisen ist für Hunde grundsätzlich der Kinderfahrpreis 2. Klasse zu zahlen.

 

- Für NachtZug-Verbindungen gelten besondere Bedingungen.

 

- Für Hunde können keine Sitzplatz-Reservierungen getätigt werden.

 

But please remind your dog that smoking is only permitted in designated smoking carriages !

[Nicole 817]

Thanks for that.

[nails 2]

Has anyone had any first hand experience with bringing their dogs on regional trains? I'm planning on bring my vizsla on the train from Muenchen to Freilassing tomorrow. He's 20 kilos, so not a "small" dog. I have never used a muzzle on him, nor would there be any need for it. On the other hand, I would rather not get kicked off the train for not having a muzzle for my dog. Any advice would be much appreciated.

 

Thanks!

[sandyks 4]

I think bahn.de is quite clear in stating the requirement to wear a muzzle. If I were you I'd try my luck without the muzzle but I would take one with me, just in case the schaffner comes and demands that you put it on your dog. Otherwise, if the schaffner is in a bad mood, then you're you might have problems.

[Darkknight 2,305]

Save yourself the hassle and the worrying. Just get a muzzle, put it on the dog and obey the rules of carriage on DB trains.

[sarabyrd 18,767]

 

I think bahn.de is quite clear in stating the requirement to wear a muzzle. If I were you I'd try my luck without the muzzle but I would take one with me, just in case the schaffner comes and demands that you put it on your dog. Otherwise, if the schaffner is in a bad mood, then you're you might have problems.

 

Alternatively, put it on the Schaffner.

[SmittyBoy 494]

 

I have never used a muzzle on him, nor would there be any need for it.

 

A dear, another Dr. Dolittle!

 

I guess you can 'hear' your dogs thoughts.

[MadAxeMurderer 6,238]

Muzzles are very stressful for a dog, and often unnecessary.

 

We might just as well say all Americans should be handcuffed on a train in case they're carrying guns.

[Darkknight 2,305]

And how stressful would a lawsuit be if by chance your dog bit somebody? What if that somebody were a little kid?

How stressful would it be then?

[SmittyBoy 494]

Unmuzzled dogs are stressful for humans.

 

The rest of your reply is too idiotic for words.

[westvan 9,706]

 

nor would there be any need for it.

 

That's what everyone says until something happens. Your dog is going to be in confined space surrounded by strangers. Deutsche Bahn makes these rules for a reason.

[Small Town Boy 6,672]

The muzzle is as much for the peace of mind of other passengers as it is to actually prevent an attack. You may be convinced that your dog is harmless but other people have no idea, and a lot of people simply don't like dogs. Nonetheless, if your dog hasn't been on a train before, then the truth is that you don't know how it will react.

[Timmeh 828]

I've never muzzled my pooch on any public transport and she's traveled far and wide with me without a single comment from any DB/BVG/MVG worker. Out of the dozens and dozens of national/regional train trips that I've taken, I've only been asked once for her ticket which I, of course, didn't have. Just bought one for her then and there and that was the end of that. My advice is to not worry about the muzzle, or the ticket.

[Timmeh 828]

 

And how stressful would a lawsuit be if by chance your dog bit somebody? What if that somebody were a little kid?

How stressful would it be then?

 

Probably about the same stress level, or possibly lower, than when your child punched someone who then filed a lawsuit against you.

[sarabyrd 18,767]

 

Unmuzzled dogs are stressful for humans.

 

Dogs accompanied by incompetent owners are stressful for humans.

[MadAxeMurderer 6,238]

I've never seen a dog muzzled on a train. I guess people who have the kinds of dogs that need muzzling don't bring them on trains.

 

A dog that is not used to being muzzled would find it very stressful, and we all know that Germany has some rules that just don't make sense.

A dog bites because:

 

1. it was trained to be vicous
   
2. its protecting its family or home
   
3. it feels threatened
   

However I regret that my comparison of the stupidity of saying all dogs must be muzzled, to the stupidity of saying all Americans should be handcuffed was taken in a poor spirit.

[crusoe 2,574]

Whoever recommended that you have a muzzle with you and put it on the dog if asked to was spot on. We often did that with our 30kg dog and were asked only once to muzzle him in 14 years of train travel (there's always one jobsworth). If you can stow him under a seat so he's virtually invisible, the Schaffner is less likely to say anything, but if the train's crowded and bits of him are sticking out into the aisle you never know when some idiot passenger will tread on him, and the general stress of the journey might just make him nip the f*er react in an unaccustomed way.

[heathen 71]

Better yet, put your mangy mutt in a crate on the luggage car. I agree with Jules Winfield that dogs are filthy animals.

[Timmeh 828]

Filthy in the way that they lick their own cock, balls and anus. But in fairness, I know you think about that a lot too.