I haven’t had the chance to travel by plane with my human mom for a long time. She often refers to me as being boned and that I was supposed to be smaller than my current 17 lbs body. Rumor has it my brothers have remained small (under 5 lbs full-grown), but I have taken on the “beefy” role.
Anyway, at 17 lbs, I guess I can be a lot for my mom to carry through the airport, and I don’t fit as easily into my carrier as I once did, so I don’t get to fly as often as my mom anticipated. With that said, I have a special relationship with my Gma Rita in MN and she hasn’t been feeling great lately so mom wanted to make sure I had the opportunity to have a special Christmas with her in 2023, so I got to fly to Minnesota. This gave me the idea to rate airport pet relief areas for those traveling with their human parents/friends.
There are several pet relief areas in Terminal 1. Prior to security, there are pet relief areas outside of Door 1 and Door 4 on the baggage claim level. There is also a pet relief area outside of the Silver parking ramp. Or if you are like my human mom who rented a car, she allowed me to pee on a random parking ramp column before entering the airport.
Once you are past security, there are multiple pet relief areas. I used the pet relief area near the entrance of Concourse E. However, there are also relief areas by gate F6 and on the C/G connector bridge.
Mom said the room smelled like dogs; well, of course, it would, as thousands of dogs have peed or pooped there! I thought it was a great relief areacleaning and, mom appreciated having a sink in the space. There is a unique cleaning system that your human starts when you are done to clean the relief area.