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11-16-2007, 10:37 AM | #31 | |
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The gate agent may or may not check the dog. If they do, it is to make sure the carrier has the issued tag on it. The biggest hurdle is the initial front ticket counter who will collect the $$ and make sure your carrier is approved for air travel. They will tag the carrier. I have had the security checkpoint look for and verify the carrier is tagged. And yes, the flight crew all know there is a pet carrier onboard. It is marked on the manifest given to us for our flight, along with any other of the flight information. I just finished a domestic flying 3-day trip, ans saw lots of dogs in the airports! I have been having them onboard more and more too, with no problems reported! P.S. If you plan on exiting the airport to take your dog out, MAKE SURE you have the ticket for your next flight and ID to get back in through security again.
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11-16-2007, 10:57 AM | #32 |
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| Thank you once again!! It is so helpful to hear from someone in the know! I'm just a bit anxious about this, because I don't want anything to go wrong and spoil our first trip away ever at the holidays. My mother would probably kill me if I didn't get myself and my daughter to her house for Christmas - plus she bought my ticket (not the dogs, but she can't wait to love on them, especially Bubba - who she would steal from me in a heartbeat!) I'm just so concerned about flying with 2 in one bag, as the flight reservation gal highly discouraged me from doing so. I would gladly have placed them in separate carriers and had my daughter carry one of the dogs, if it wasn't so costly to fly with them. I'm sure you have heard all this before. It's just hard when they are taking up no more space than one of my carry-ons would take that I wouldn't be charged for. Also, I'm just having a hard time deciding what carrier to buy for the flight.
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11-16-2007, 11:30 AM | #33 |
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| My airline does not allow 2 dogs in one kennel, and neither does NWA. Check this out from their website http://www.nwa.com/travel/animals/ca...ts.html#kennel I would just go with 2 carriers, one for you, one for your daughter. The only time they allow 2 is when they are puppies under 6 months of age. I don't want you to show up at the airport un-prepared.
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11-17-2007, 05:43 AM | #34 |
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| That's a great tip that I had forgotten about! Before Toto's very first flight [almost 4 yrs. ago] I bought her carrier well in advance. I didn't make a big thing of it, just opened the zippered end and top and casually sat it in the den. You know how nosey Yorkies are ... she did a lot of sniffing and peeking inside but didn't dare get in it. After a couple of days I placed her very favorite toy in the very back end of it. After much stretching and trying to get to it without going in there, she just couldn't stand it any more and literally flew in, grabbed it and ran away from the carrier like her little little butt was on fire!! The next day I placed a Greenie [this was back in "the day" when we thought Greenie's were safe!] where the toy had been. It only took a few hours for her Greenie addiction to get the best of her. She ran in, grabbed it and just outside of the carrier ... devoured it! After that I just put her in it to run errands, visit my Mother, etc. and each time I would scoop her up I would say "kennel up"! From then on she viewed it as a good thing and always included things that she loved!! Now, when she sees me get out a suitcase to pack, she gets sooooo excited and runs and jumps in that carrier as happy as a clam!! I have found that if there is something happy connected to things that we try to teach them, they catch on very, very quickly!! BTW ... now that she recognizes that "kennel up" is going to be a fun thing, I simply have to sit her carrier, a bag, a blankie, etc. on the floor and she absolutely leaps right into or onto it!!!
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01-16-2008, 12:40 PM | #35 | |
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Betty: I am flying with Tucker on Sunday and would really appreciate some advice. I asked my vet's receptionist about Nutrical and she said she'd ask the vet. She said he said he didn't know anything about it. What is it and what is it for??? Thanks!!! Say hi to Toto for me ~April
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01-16-2008, 12:48 PM | #36 | |
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Do your Research .... I had to have all kinds of Papers but then it was an Inernationaler Flight. Call the Airport ....
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01-16-2008, 01:00 PM | #37 |
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| [QUOTE=bettyeanne;1527425] The next day I placed a Greenie [this was back in "the day" when we thought Greenie's were safe!] QUOTE] What do you mean about greenies no being safe? I haven't heard this. I give Tucker Greenies all the time.
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01-16-2008, 01:21 PM | #38 | |
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01-16-2008, 04:57 PM | #39 | |
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i put some in an empty film cannister once and dropped it into my purse. Went right thru. | |
01-16-2008, 07:44 PM | #40 |
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| My worst fears came true the last time I flew to MS from KS. They lost my luggage that had the kibble in it. I wanted to have it in my carry-on but they refused. The airline eventually found my bag and delivered it, but............... Haven't figured out how to solve that problem for the next time. Joanne |
01-16-2008, 08:34 PM | #41 |
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| Great Tips! We are flying next month with Pinky and getting her use to the kennel already. I am going to put some cute doggie panties on her with a panty liner. These will come in handy since we are visiting my In-laws in their home I do not want her to have any accidents in their home.
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01-16-2008, 08:44 PM | #42 | |
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The sample bags were unopened & just packed in my laptop bag. I never took them out when we went thru security - which we got to do 1 extra time because of the missed connection in Memphis. Not once did anyone ask about what was in the bags, or ask for them to be taken out of my laptop bag. I wonder what they looked like as they were scanned. How did they even know you had the food? I would recommend sealed sample bags, I would think that would be harder for them to fuss about then perhaps a bit of food in a baggie.
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01-17-2008, 04:23 AM | #43 | |
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http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sho...light=Greenies I suppose it's a matter of choice, but I had no qualms about dumping the box of 100 that I had just gotten for her. It was one of the scariest things I have ever had happen. She cried for days and had "withdrawals".
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01-17-2008, 04:44 AM | #44 | |
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Toto sends puppy kisses ... and wants to get together again at Trish's for a "Yorkie fest"!! Have a safe trip!
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01-17-2008, 10:22 AM | #45 | |
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