Dog Doodie Duty: Plenty Of Options For Pets At Newark Airport

NEWARK, NJ — “When you gotta go, you gotta go.” It’s a maxim that applies to dogs as well as their human companions. And at Newark Airport, there are no shortage of places for canines to take a much-needed potty break.

Newark Airport has nine pet relief areas, including a newly redesigned outdoor area at Terminal B, according to the Port Authority of New Jersey and New York.

The airport’s maintenance team was dogged (pun intended) in its attention to detail at the new Terminal B space, transforming a “desolate dirt patch” into a spiffed-up mini-park featuring a bench, a bone-shaped rock garden, a hydrant and grassy turf.

“While plans to modernize Newark Liberty are underway, our landscape department wanted to revamp the terminal’s current exterior to bring new life throughout the facility,” said Michael Ramos, landscape supervisor for Newark Liberty International Airport.

“Since the exterior is the first thing people see when coming to the airport, we wanted to make the outside welcoming and impressive,” Ramos said. “This included revamping what we once called a ‘pet relief area’ and creating a full-fledged dog park instead.”

It isn’t only the furry friends of passengers who need a bathroom break now and again. One of the fans of the new park at Terminal B includes U.S. Customs and Border Protection canine officer Szorvi (article continues below).

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The airport’s new, $2.7 billion Terminal A also has a large outdoor space where dogs can romp around on grassy patches, as well as a replica fire hydrant setup for pups who need a familiar sight to get their business started.

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“Building and designing these projects is a team effort,” Ramos said.

“From paving, landscaping, structural, electrical to carpentry, each respective department takes pride in the craft with the common goal to enhance the customer experience, whether that customer is on two legs or four,” Ramos added.

When traveling with a service animal or pet, passengers should check their air carrier’s policies as well as TSA requirements through security checkpoints before coming to the airport, the Port Authority noted.

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