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Toby's and Mickey's - Traveling With Dogs
2. . Trip planning
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Making the flight reservations:
Make sure you make the reservations for your dog well in advance of
your dog's trip. If your dog is going to accompany you on your
flight, then tell that to the airline at the time you make your own
reservations. The airlines must know in advance that live animals
will be traveling -it is essential that they know this so they can
ensure the animals are booked on flights that are not carrying any
dangerous substances in the cargo compartment.
Live animals should never be in a cargo compartment with cargo that
contains DRY ICE ! - The airlines know this, but it is advisable for
you to remind them of that when you make your reservation and ask
them to confirm to you that there will be no dry ice or other
dangerous substances in cargo with your dog.
Visit my page concerning ID documents and tags to put on your
dogs travel crate.
It is at http://www.hushpuppy.org/cratetag.htm
This page has info about, and samples of, the ID information you need
to provide both on the crate and to give to the flight crew.
** Special Notes If You Are Going To a Foreign Country
1) Contact the Embassy of your destination country, (and maybe
any country your flight will transfer thru). Find out what the animal
import requirements are, and find out what documents you need for
your dog's entry. Do this during the initial planning stage for the
trip. Most embassies have a web site. Your airline may be able to
give you the address, phone number and/or web site address of the
embassy. If not, I suggest you do a web search, using a search engine
such as Google at
http://www.google.com/ - use key words such as embassy and the
foreign country-name and your country-name
2) Make reservations in advance for your destination
housing (or hotel/motel) accomodations for yourself AND your dog!!!
It will be important that you can go directly to your temporary or
permanent housing WITH YOUR DOG upon arrival. Make every possible
effort before your trip to arrange accomodations that accept your
dog. Get a confirmation of those reservations.
Only as a last resort should you take your dog to a boarding kennel
at your destination - and that should only be for a short time. If
that is your only option, then before the trip make sure that you
have confirmed reservations for your dog in a reputable boarding
kennel at your destination.
Your dog will be landing at a foreign airport in a strange place,
with strange things, strange smells, and people speaking a language
he may not understand. He/she will not want to be parted from you
once you rejoin each other upon arrival - your dog will be thrilled
to see you and will want and need the security of being with you.
... Next ==>> 3. The night before and the day of the trip
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