Hello and welcome
You sure have a lot on your plate right now, WOW
Good luck with the move, and the surrogacy
How exciting!
I was advised by my vet to never ever sedate one of these tiny dogs, it could be fatal. I travelled with my Starr and while she was nervous, she did really well. I kept sneaking her out of the bag, and the flight attendants kept telling me to put her away. One of them was nice and the other was nasty about it
Anyway, I've heard AWESOME things about Bach Rescue Remedy, they have it at health food stores here in the US, and I believe that there is a version specifically for pets. It's all natural and not a sedative, it's just to calm them a bit.
Do you have to quarantine the dogs before bringing them to another country? I've always wondered about that, as we do plan on seeing Europe and would love to bring Luna and her future sister with us.