[nagdu] Report on my travels to Mexico with Loyal

[Juanita Herrera]

Hi Iona,
I'm glad to hear your trip went great. I travel to Mexico at least
once a year, and I have been hesitant about taking my guide dog next
December, but now that I've read your successful story I might
consider it. Thanks for sharing!
Best,
Juanita And Anise

On 3/27/12, rhonda cruz <rhondaprincess at gmail.com> wrote:
>  hi that's great news.
>  yay!. sounds like a great trip..
> On Mar 27, 2012, at 4:14 PM, Hannah Chadwick wrote:
>
>> Ioana,
>> Great to hear about your fantastic and successful trip with your dog!
>> All the best, Hannah and Princess
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> Of Ioana Gandrabur
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 3:44 PM
>> To: NFBnet NAGDU NFBnet NAGDU Mailing List
>> Subject: [nagdu] Report on my travels to Mexico with Loyal
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> Hope my message finds you well and spring is giving you a nice energy
>> boost.
>> Some time ago I received valuable insight from the list about traveling to
>> Mexico with my guide dog and I thought I would give you an update on how
>> it
>> went.
>> I found after some searching the official website of the Mexican embassy
>> about importing pets. Meeting all their requirements made the control at
>> the
>> airport very smooth. Took about 20 minutes.
>> Here is the link for anyone interested:
>> http://embamex.sre.gob.mx/canada_eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=artic
>> le&id=3938&Itemid=41
>> My biggest concern was that they officially do not allow you to bring your
>> own food. I found out about stores that carry Loyal<s food but brought
>> mine
>> anyway and they made an exception. BUt they recommend that you bring the
>> food in original packaging for even better chances of success.
>> Now about the trip itself, I stayed in 3 hotels and went to many
>> restaurants
>> and never had an access issue. This might have something to do with the
>> fact
>> that I was traveling with an official team of the music festival
>> organizers.
>> I have to say that most room service people were scared of Loyal and very
>> hesitant to come in the room when we were there, even when he was on
>> leash.
>> Loyal was incredible! Stayed through hours of judging an international
>> competition pretty much without a sound. Best news for me was that he
>> stayed
>> backstage without wining when I performed my concerts. I hope it will stay
>> that way and not that he was too tired to care. I think that the fact that
>> I
>> brought his mat everywhere I performed might have helped to make him feel
>> safe.
>> It is in any case good to know that he can deal with long days of teaching
>> judging in competitions and ending with concerts where he has to be quiet
>> and after concert late dinners. Poor dog did not get much walking but I
>> made
>> sure we played a bit but he was too tired even to play too much at the end
>> of a long day.
>> Guiding was outstanding on almost non-existent sidewalks at time. No
>> relieving issues either although often there was just cement available. In
>> time the other participants of the festival learned to trust his guiding
>> and
>> stopped freaking out at any potential difficulty like over-heads or
>> stairs.
>> He ended up being the mascot of the festival and got quite some publicity
>> even on tv.
>>
>> Flying went ok but given that I had 7 hours wait time I made sure I could
>> relieve him twice and actually fed him since the trip took 20 hours.
>> Well, hope this helps someone and thanks for following my story about our
>> adventures.
>>
>> Take care,
>>
>> Ioana
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