Do you travel with your pet?

yup with my dachshund. he always go with us whenever we go home in the province.. we always have to get a permit for him.. leaving him in our apartment is very pathetic.. thats why we always bring him wherever we go..

I used to take my cat in the car, never on public transport. I was teaching in a small county town, and whenever I wanted to visit my family, which was a 2 1/2 hour drive away, I would take my cat. At first I would put him in a cat cage, sedated with a whole tablet. I found that this knocked him out copletely, which I wasn't happy with. Next time I tried half a sedative, and this worked really well. Eventually I took to letting my cat loose in the car, not in the cage. He used to sleep draped around my neck. Sometimes he would stretch out on the back window sill. He became very used to travelling in a car.

I would have to have a parade or zoo permit to travel with all of my pets. We take a couple of the dogs when we go riding. I could just not imagine anyone welcoming us and our 7 dogs in any hotel or private home. lol.

This is some great information. I have never flow myself and really dont plan on it but I did not know that airlines require a health certificate either. That is a good rule. We always travel with our pets but we drive our own vehicle. It is hard to travel on the road for 12 or so hours with a pet. I am amazed at how good my puppy travels. He never complains

We'll take them in the car just about anywhere, and love to take them hiking and camping with us. I do NOT and will NOT put my pets on a plane. I had to do ti once with my smaller dog and he was miserable. There is no way I woud do it with my 120 pound german shepherd who has bad knees. It's a very BAD idea to tranquilize your dog for flying. They may be so sedated they can not brace themselves and can end up getting bruised and injured during the flight. Its just miserable for them.

That's amazing! You have some great informations.I didn't know it was possible to take our pets along with us.I don't have one now ,but I had a german shepherd.I didn't travel with her.In those times these services,restaurants etc could only be dreamt of.Glad that things are changing for the better.

When we travel, we go by RV, so they always come with us.

Thanks for the link. I have never contemplated taking my dogs oversea's, and probably never will unless I emigrate again, which is very unlikely. I have taken my dogs on holiday though, it was a 7-8 hour drive to the place I was going. I thought it might be stressful for them, but they were fine. I just stopped every 1-2 hours to let them stretch their legs and mine too of course. I took plenty of water and titbits for them too. For the most part they slept and the other parts they were busy looking out of the windows at all the different things going by. I would be very stressed taking my dogs on a airplane, not to mention how stressed they would be too even with medication.

hi my friend. I have a pet, a yorkshire terrier, that i love, it has been also a good companion for my journeys by car i have done in the south of Italy where is the village of my wife,i dam scared of flying so we have not been in any airplane but just by car. My travel are hard, about 7-800 kimoleters, he is quite strong he needs just to stop sometimes to have a little water, he doesn't disturb me at all, i like to travel with him the time to spend in a car is less boring with him ( or it)

I travel with my cat if we take a road trip, but if I am going on the airplane I just have someone watch him. I think it would be to traumatic for him even with the sed. Thanks for the site.

cheers for that it really would help cos i'm going to take him with me to a long holyday in next month

no, since I do not have any pets right now. but when I did, they were fish and would not travel very well.

Nah i don't travel with my pets. It is just kind of smelly when they start pooping and then they just start freaking out. Also when i go on an aeroplane i'm not going to spend around two hundred dollars getting them to the contry i am going to!

I like to travel with my pets if it is going to be a long holiday. Many B and B's in the UK and Ireland have rooms for people who have brought their digs with them. I have also flown my pets but I don't believe in giving them sedatives. I was otld it makes it harder for them to maintain their body temperatures.

I think this is a boon for the vets as they can charge you a fee. I resent them doing this but I understand. I think we should all think twice before flying with pets it is very stressful and may cause harm to them.