sounds like the key is that on you other travels he sits on your lap or the carrier is next to you on the seat. It could be a combination of things, he is afraid under the seat in the carrier especially since there are often a lot of loud noises, also change in altitude will get his ears popping. I use dramamine, it helps with the motion and also make him sleepy, check the dosage with your vet. How big is your yorkie? if not to big you might be able to sneak him out during the flight, I almost always do. If traveling with hubby, book a window and an aisle if you can, since often the middle will be vacant, or at least make sure you get a window for yourself. Board towards the end, and DO NOT let any airline personal see the dog when you board, keep the carry case as closed up as you can. Bring a large dark or brown and black multi colored scarf. After things settle down and the flight attendants are no longer walking around, take the dog, and sort of put him between the window and you, if next to your DH put the arm rest up so you can move closer to him giving the dog more room. Throw the scarf over him, I also will carry a magazine to use as a shield, try to keep him from moving to much, also massage the base of the ears, to help with the popping as the plane takes off and climbs to a higher altitude, keep your eyes peeled around the cabin and make adjustments as necessary, sometime if they are doing food near me, the dog goes back underneath, make adjustments as necessary. I will not kid you this is stressful since you are always on the lookout, but what are they going to do throw you off, just say this is his first time on a plane and, he has never acted like this he is getting older and I afraid he is going to have a heart attack, I will do my best to keep him underneath but I can't have him stress himself out that he goes into heart failure. I like Spirit Airlines, because they charge for everything even water so the flight attendants hardly ever walk up and down the aisles. Some people on here have said that instead of a pet ticket that they have bought seats for their dog, while you still are supposed to keep them underneath, at least you will have more room. Do a search and those threads will come up, one was even started by me, but I can not remember what it was called. Good luck |