A brainless traveler was arrested for allegedly ditching her 2-year-old pup at the ticket counter inside Las Vegas’ Harry Reid International Airport after she was told she couldn’t bring it on board her flight without legitimate service dog documentation.

The woman rushed into the Nevada airport around midnight Feb. 2 with her excitable goldendoodle and attempted to check her bags, but was told she couldn’t bring the dog on the plane without service dog documentation, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

So the woman opted to tie her dog’s leash to the JetBlue ticket counter and head to the departure gate — even though she’d been denied a boarding pass, police said.

Smiling goldendoodle wearing a black harness and leash.
A 2-year-old dog, renamed Jet Blue, was abandoned by its owner at the Harry Reid International Airport.LVMPD
The heartless pet owner stomped away from the ticket counter without so much as glancing at her dog, who watched in innocent confusion, according to a video shared by the police department.

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When the airport staff was called to help the poor pooch, they lavished it with much-needed affection. The dog plopped down on the floor and peppered one employee’s arm with licks, according to the video.

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Officers tracked the owner down at Gate D1. When confronted, she quickly became combative.

“I’m gonna throw my bags down because I’m exhausted,” the fed-up dog owner groused.

Person checking in at an airport counter with a poodle.
The dog’s owner left it tied to the ticket booth when she was told it wasn’t allowed on the plane without service dog documentation.LVMPD
“No, what we’re gonna do is walk you back to where your dog’s at and give you a citation, because you left your dog at the ticket counter,” the officer instructed.

“I was trying to rebook my flight,” the woman insisted.

“So you walk down here? To rebook your flight? And left your dog there?” the officer asked.

An airport gate with a security guard and a passenger with headphones, a sign for "D1" gate.
The woman told police that the airport staff instructed her to leave the dog at the ticket counter.LVMPD
The woman tried to pin the blame on airport staff.

“Yes. That’s what they told me at the counter,” she claimed.

The officer, though, saw through her flimsy ruse.

“To walk out here without your dog?!” he scoffed.

An airline employee reaching for a small animal that has crawled onto the counter.
The airport staff lavished the pup with gentle affection.LVMPD
The woman boldly implied “it was acceptable to leave the animal behind” because its tracking device would help ensure it was returned to her.

While they were escorting the petulant traveler back through the security checkpoint, police said she “became hostile and resisted officers’ attempts to detain her.”

Brown poodle with a grey harness sitting and looking up.
Jet Blue was taken in by the Retriever Rescue of Las Vegas, where it will soon be available for adoption.LVMPD
The woman, who was not identified, was arrested and booked on charges for animal abandonment and resisting arrest, the LVMPD said.

The canine was taken in by the Retriever Rescue of Las Vegas after it sat in Animal Protective Services’ holding for 10 days. The owner made no attempts to reclaim her pup, police said.

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The dog was renamed Jet Blue in honor of its tumultuous journey to the animal rescue, where it “will soon be placed in a new, loving home,” the police department assured.