[nagdu] Returning a dog via crate

[Tracy Carcione]

Last time I shipped a dog, in 1986, the airport supplied the crate.  I
just contacted them, and all I had to do was bring her and put her in (and
pay the ticket).
Right, all I had to do was put her in the crate.  Physically very easy,
but emotionally very hard, even though I was sending her to my parents for
a well-earned retirement and I knew she'd be happy.

I warn you though that dogs have been lost or killed while being shipped
by the airlines.  Somehow, they let my dog escape at a transfer point, and
she was running loose around the cargo hold.  Not good.  And I get the
impression they've gotten more careless in recent years.  Also, there are
regulations about how cold it can be when a dog is shipped.  Under a
certain temperature, and they won't send her.
If it were me, and I had the option, I'd just hang on to the dog and bring
it with me when I went back. Put on her harness; watch out for her known
problems, and there you are.
Tracy

> Nope I am going to call them. I wanted to make sure it was ok with my
> driver
> before I told LD to send the crate.
>
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Jenine Stanley <jeninems at wowway.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Laura,
>>
>> Has Leader given you any direction as to which airline they prefer or
>> how
>> to
>> pay for this?
>>
>> I have sent a dog back once via crate. Though the airline could not have
>> been more kind and appropriate, it was a harrowing experience, in part
>> due
>> to a snow storm that closed LaGuardia, delaying her departure.
>>
>> In that case, the school set everything up and I simply had to take her
>> to
>> the airport.
>>
>> Depending on the airline, you may have to purchase a travel crate. These
>> ran, if I bought it from the airline, as I did at the time, around $80
>> in
>> 1994. I can't imagine what they'd run now. I think I would talk with
>> someone
>> in a higher position than your trainer, at Leader for more instruction
>> on
>> this though.
>>
>> It's always easier to bring her back with you but then you have a couple
>> months of her being a pet which is probably not going to do her or you a
>> lot
>> of good.
>>
>> My heart does go out to you. This is never easy.
>>
>>  Jenine Stanley
>> jeninems at wowway.com
>>
>>
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