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In Germany the dog pays half-fare and gets on the train: https://www.bahn.de/p/view/angebot/zusatzticket/hunde.shtml https://www.bahn.de/p/view/angebot/zusatzti

In Germany the dog pays half-fare and gets on the train: https://www.bahn.de/p/view/angebot/zusatzticket/hunde.shtml https://www.bahn.de/p/view/angebot/zusatzticket/hunde.shtml The only question they'll ask at the station is: does Fluffy have a ticket.

gwbas1c 9y ago
Germans tend to be better at following social rules than Americans. Far too many Americans delude themselves to think that their dog is well-behaved in public when their dog is really a nuisance. Part of it comes from Germany's culture: It's publicly acceptable to scold someone. In the US, it's considered rude for me to yell at an irresponsible dog owner.
- tonfa 9y ago
  Also if Germany is similar to Switzerland, there's mandatory training for dog owners, and dogs are very well educated (e.g. they are not supposed to bark). Nice thing is that kids are also taught to e.g. always ask the owner before interacting with a dog.
- ckozlowski 9y ago
  I'll agree with this in part. (I lived in Germany for 3 years with a rescue dog.) I'll never forget throwing away glass on a Sunday (I missed the sign saying it was forbidden) and getting stern looks by no less than three people, with one leaning over her balcony railing to tell me not to do that. ...and while that seemed incredelous to me at first, the American, it wasn't too hard to understand after a while that there was a culture of consideration to others, and it was vigorously enforced by society. And it extended to dogs. Mind you, their dogs still bark, people still screw up, and I encountered more than one dog off-leash while mine still was....even though I knew it was forbidden. No society is 100%. But I never forgot that early incident, and after a few years I found myself performing my own glare when someone fired up a gas lawnmower on a Sunday. =P Mind you, I ran my vacuum on a Sunday, but so did my neighbors, and there was an unspoken agreement that so long as it was done later in the day it was fine. I guess what I'm coming around to is this: It's a bit more than just "there are social rules and we follow them." People are, by and large, considerate, and they want others to be considerate it to. My time over there was really positive, and I credit this as part of it.
- scruple 9y ago
  > Far too many Americans delude themselves to think that their dog is well-behaved in public when their dog is really a nuisance. I've been chased more times than I care to remember while I'm out on runs by animals who are loose from their yards or just off leash in areas with leash laws. I've actually been bitten, both times on my lower right leg. I have two dogs of my own, and I like to think that I have a basic understanding and respect for the high-stress situation that this scenario can cause. I never let them off leash outside of the dog park or high-fence back yards, like our own. It's just too risky for everyone, including and perhaps most importantly for the animal(s). Couple this with the bad experiences and I have basically zero patience left for this situation. My experience with others has been a damned if you do, damned if you don't sort of situation. If you confront these people for their bad behavior you will inevitably be made to feel like you're the asshole, even for things as seemingly innocuous as "Hey, how are you doing? You know that animals are supposed to be on leashes here by law, right?" I actually carry a small clip-on video camera with me now, that I bought after one particularly nasty encounter last summer.

gwbas1c 9y ago

Germans tend to be better at following social rules than Americans. Far too many Americans delude themselves to think that their dog is well-behaved in public when their dog is really a nuisance. Part of it comes from Germany's culture: It's publicly acceptable to scold someone. In the US, it's considered rude for me to yell at an irresponsible dog owner.

tonfa 9y ago
Also if Germany is similar to Switzerland, there's mandatory training for dog owners, and dogs are very well educated (e.g. they are not supposed to bark). Nice thing is that kids are also taught to e.g. always ask the owner before interacting with a dog.
ckozlowski 9y ago
I'll agree with this in part. (I lived in Germany for 3 years with a rescue dog.) I'll never forget throwing away glass on a Sunday (I missed the sign saying it was forbidden) and getting stern looks by no less than three people, with one leaning over her balcony railing to tell me not to do that. ...and while that seemed incredelous to me at first, the American, it wasn't too hard to understand after a while that there was a culture of consideration to others, and it was vigorously enforced by society. And it extended to dogs. Mind you, their dogs still bark, people still screw up, and I encountered more than one dog off-leash while mine still was....even though I knew it was forbidden. No society is 100%. But I never forgot that early incident, and after a few years I found myself performing my own glare when someone fired up a gas lawnmower on a Sunday. =P Mind you, I ran my vacuum on a Sunday, but so did my neighbors, and there was an unspoken agreement that so long as it was done later in the day it was fine. I guess what I'm coming around to is this: It's a bit more than just "there are social rules and we follow them." People are, by and large, considerate, and they want others to be considerate it to. My time over there was really positive, and I credit this as part of it.
scruple 9y ago
> Far too many Americans delude themselves to think that their dog is well-behaved in public when their dog is really a nuisance. I've been chased more times than I care to remember while I'm out on runs by animals who are loose from their yards or just off leash in areas with leash laws. I've actually been bitten, both times on my lower right leg. I have two dogs of my own, and I like to think that I have a basic understanding and respect for the high-stress situation that this scenario can cause. I never let them off leash outside of the dog park or high-fence back yards, like our own. It's just too risky for everyone, including and perhaps most importantly for the animal(s). Couple this with the bad experiences and I have basically zero patience left for this situation. My experience with others has been a damned if you do, damned if you don't sort of situation. If you confront these people for their bad behavior you will inevitably be made to feel like you're the asshole, even for things as seemingly innocuous as "Hey, how are you doing? You know that animals are supposed to be on leashes here by law, right?" I actually carry a small clip-on video camera with me now, that I bought after one particularly nasty encounter last summer.