[NAGDU] Long international flights and dog relief

[Gary]

hi:

with my previous dog Bogart, we flew from Vancouver for to London which was an 9.5 hour flight.  I did the food/water cut back.  I was lucky that my flight was later in the day so I could take the dog for a long run in the morning when he could still have water and really get to rellieve himself.  when we got to the UK the officials who were supposed to meet us had read my itinerary  wrong and showed up the day before. so it took extra time to get out of the airport.  I was lucky that I had a car to take me into London so I asked the driver to stop before we got on the highway where there was grass to let Bogart go pee and give him some water.

I knew that he had gone 12-13 hours on a long overnight a few times so it shouldn't have been too much of a problem and he did fine. 

I agree that the direct flight is a better way to go.

good luck.

gary


On February 10, 2018 4:35:39 PM PST, "Miranda B. via NAGDU" <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>Hi again everyone,
>
>Ok, I'm back with another travel question-this one of the international
>variety. I wrote a few months back and mentioned the possibility of
>traveling to Athens, Greece. If I were to indeed travel to Athens with
>my
>dog, it looks like my longest flight would be from Philadelphia, PA to
>Athens. It looks like this flight would be 9 hours. My first thought
>was,
>"My poor dog!" My second thought however was, "Come on. I cannot
>possibly be
>the first handler to travel internationally with my dog."
>
>As we discussed before, I'd rather have a direct flight from somewhere
>in
>the U.S., to avoid needing documentation for more countries than
>absolutely
>necessary.
>
>For those of you who have traveled internationally with your dog, how
>did
>you deal with the long flights and inability to relieve your dog during
>those long flights? I would minimize food and water intake for my dog
>prior
>to beginning the trip. Any other suggestions would be very much
>appreciated.
>
>Thanks as always for your time and assistance, and have a wonderful
>week!
>
> 
>
>Best wishes, Miranda
>
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