Cross Pet
Has anyone shipped your pet cross country?
We are looking to relocate (Oregon to North Carolina) and a 4 day drive in a car/moving truck will be very uncomfortable for my 110lb dobie. Has anyone ever shipped/flown your pet so that there is less shock on them?
I want what is best for him, if not a good idea, then I will not bother looking into it. If ok to do, can someone recommend a good service?
thanks,
WOW 110 lb Doberman? He’s too big! If he doesn’t fit in a xlarge crate. The one that is 40″ long and like 30″ high x 27″ wide. You might have a hard time getting a flight that will take the huge crates.. Anything higher than 30″ they won’t take in many cases.. Only certain planes.
Unless he hates the car, he’s likely to be fine in the plane. But I would check into the crate size needed for a dog that’s way too big like that… He has to be able to stand, sit down without touching the top and be able to turn around easily.
Edit : Continental is one of the ones with the most problems / deaths than most of them. There is a statistical sheet somewhere online that lists the airlines and their percentage of problems that they have had. I had a problem with a flight and Continental was just the connecting flight from Detroit to Oklahoma.. The person who checked the papers at the border, put them in the photocopier and then didn’t return them to the envelope. Once they got to Oklahoma, they wanted the papers and they were no where to be found.. The girl who photocopied and lost them, was gone home for the day. I had to get my vet to fax the health information the next morning to Oklahoma airport so that they would release the puppy that was held overnight at the local vet due to their error. New owner had to pay 2 days boarding and was worried sick. Continental was the reason there was a problem.
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