CABIN ATTENDANT RPT; B767; MIA-JFK. WOMAN LET DOG OUT OF KENNEL DURING TAXI. CAPT ORDERED DOG IN KENNEL FOR TKOF. DOG OUT FOR FLT. OTHER PAX UPSET.

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AN UNRULY WOMAN REFUSED TO KEEP HER DOG IN ITS CARRIER; AS IS REQUIRED. SHE WAS TOLD MANY TIMES THAT THE DOG WAS REQUIRED TO REMAIN IN THE CARRIER DURING FLT; STARTING WITH WHEN SHE BOARDED. (THE FLT ATTENDANT COLLECTING TICKETS IN THE TERMINAL SAW THE DOG GET LOOSE AND RUN 3 GATES AWAY.) DURING TAXI OUT; SHE WAS TOLD TO PUT THE DOG AWAY; AND BLATANTLY REFUSED. WE HAD TO SIT OUT ON THE TXWY FOR 1/2 HR DUE TO WX. SHE AND THE DOG WALKED UP FRONT AND SPOKE WITH THE CAPT. SHE PUT THE DOG AWAY FOR TKOF; BUT IT WAS OUT AGAIN IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. THE PURSER SPOKE WITH HER AT LENGTH; AND SHE WAS GIVEN HER PORTION OF A DISTURBANCE RPT. PAX AROUND HER WERE BECOMING IRRITABLE ABOUT THE WHOLE SIT. WE ALL TALKED ABOUT HAVING HER MET BY THE AUTHS OR AT LEAST OUR PAX SVC; BUT THAT NEVER MATERIALIZED. PERSONALLY; I FEEL THAT SINCE THIS PROB BECAME APPARENT DURING TAXI OUT AND HER ATTITUDE WAS UNREASONABLE FROM THE START; THE SIMPLEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE WAY OF RESOLVING THE PROB WOULD HAVE BEEN TO RETURN TO THE GATE AND REMOVE HER.