[Bruce's_Mom]

Bruce has safely and contentedly made a 12 hour flight directly from Seattle to Amsterdam, then with only a 2 hour break outside the carrier flown to Paris which was another 2 hours...Basically here is how I handled the following.

Before the flight we went on a very very long walk about 2 hours. I then fed him those natural yeast treats that are supposed to calm them down, and they worked...For the first three hours he slept...I then took him into the bathroom of the plane and let him pee on pee pads and did this twice through the flight. To keep him hydrated I would also give him water when we were in the bathroom...While in his carrier I would offer him ice chips, and instead of nutrical (which I packed in my checked bag) I stopped at Starbucks and got several of those small packets of honey which are under 3oz and can be brought onto the plane, I would dip little bits of solid gold jerky in it and feed him those. On our layover we let him walk around the airport on a leash, Europe is more liberal but I have never had a problem here in the U.S. either, and we fed him his regular kibble meal for that day. At the airport I just had him go to the bathroom on a potty pad in the restroom. Once we got to our ultimate destination he was a little bit hyper and required a lot of exercise but he was safe and not overly stressed...