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I have a friend who is relocating to CR from Texas in a few weeks. She will be bringing her dog. She needs to know what to do in order to get him into the country without problems. We used a pet transport company for our dog when we moved from Canada. Has anyone out there used a pet transport company lately to move their dog from the USA to Costa Rica. recommendations or suggestions would be greatly appreciated…thanks
pet transport companies are EXPENSIVE. why can’t she take the dog on the plane with her? that would be a lot cheaper. she needs the international health certificate and a rabies certificate at least 30 days but not more than one year old. there are hundreds of posts on this forum on the procedure to do this. i have been flying with my dogs for years and never had a problem taking them on the plane, but then they were small dogs (30 lbs max for one).
maravilla, We will also transport our 12 pound pomeranian, very hyper-active, with us on the plane, in the near future. We will be flying from Philadelphia, Miami to Liberia. Was there anything that you gave your dog(s) to keep them calm and stress free during the flight?
my vet gave me two Valium. presumably for the dog — one for the trip down and one for the trip back. but i wound up taking one of them. the dog was fine. i was a nervous wreck with the dog in cargo. coming back tot he States the dog went in the cabin. you cannot tranq a dog that goes in cargo. not so if the dog is on the plane. get some doggie tranqs if it’s a yappy, neurotic dog.
marvilla, thanks. I am in the process of obtain a airline approved carry crate, so that we can carry her in the cabin. I understand how you felt, they are like our child!
I don’t recommend tranquilizing the dog – whether in Cargo or in the Cabin – in fact some airlines won’t knowingly allow it to fly if has been tranquilized. The tranquilizer can interfere with the dog’s ability to adjust to temperature and air pressure changes – it can be VERY dangerous – particularly if you accidentally ‘overdose’ – imagine what you’d do with no Vet to run to! Better for the dog to bark a little en route than to expire!
I’d instead look into a ‘pet calming’ spray that uses Lavender, for instance, to spray the bedding AND, you can use bedding with your smell on it to help keep the dog calm.
My dog has flown back and forth twice using Continental’s PetSafe program (traveling as Cargo) and I’ve posted about it on this forum so use the search engine to find the thread. We’re flying back again in a few weeks. She has done fine and both times the total fly / transfer time was about 14 hours. It will help if the dog is already well crate trained so the crate is their “safe place”. This will help the dog deal better with the trip.
I was a nervous wreck both times too – but try to remember dogs fly all of the time (dog shows anyone?) and they’re pretty sturdy, resilient creatures!
i believe the restriction on tranqing the dog only applies if they are in cargo and in that case, no, most airlines will not take the dog. in the cabin however, i know of no such restriction and you would have to give a huge dose of benzos for it to be an overdose. dogs metabolize benzos much faster then humans, so the drug wears off very quickly, esp if you use something like xanax which has a short half-life. your vet will give you the appropriate dose for the weight of your dog. or. . . you could try something like Rescue Rememdy, which i’ve also used on my dogs. most dogs settle down very quickly and just sleep, lulled off into dreamland by the drone of the engines. maybe YOU should take the tranq! jejeje
maravilla, you are a piece of work. A renowned opponent and published author who is BIG PHARMA’s worst nightmare advocating giving a defenseless dog tranquilizers or Benadryl? How can this be? I have it on the very best authority (your very own self) that those products are sold exclusively for the benefit of BIG PHARMA and have no justifiable place in medicine. Do you not have some homegrown, organic remedy that is more effective?
I’m pretty sure my dog sleeps most of the way – yes the jet engines are her friend – and then socializes with the cargo guys during transfers. In fact, on both of our very long flights she didn’t even potty in the crate ONCE! She’s quite the cool traveler.
Jejejeje…yeah definitely I need the Calming Agent…but I’ll stick to Bloody Marys!
hahahaha oh, that’s funny, david. it’s not as though one can calm a hysterical, terrified dog by telling them to deep breathe. nor will your soothing words that the plane is not going to drop out of the sky have any effect on an animal that is completely out of control. Rescue Remedy, which i have used on my dogs, is a flower essence, but then you knew that. and it does tend to take the edge off, for both animals and humans. a small dose of benadryl or a benzo is a whole lot better for the animal than having it be in abject terror, which i saw happen once on a flight — poor dog, it whined, cried, howled, and yipped NONSTOP for 3 hours and then got out of its carrier and ran amok through the plane. not only was the dog distressed but so was the owner and all the passengers seated near her. we won’t even talk about the flight attendants. my dogs liked to fly. didn’t bother them a bit, but some animals are more high-strung than others and i am sure there are cases where a tiny dose of something is a whole lot better for the dog than not.
too bad these guys don’t fly to Costa Rica
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