Flying your dog - Page 3

If you want to go to a child free hotel or eat in a child free Restrauant area I do not see the harm in that?

It’s about choices ! Or being offered them at least?

I think the point of the question was originally if anybody had thoughts / experiences with transporting pets?

Did you ask your birds how was the journey that they “survived “on the flight? Point is that personally I would never leave any pets of mine with any airline... not saying it isn’t for some people  but it certainly isn’t for me! 

I have even driven with my parrots safely across many countries in the past as well.... you do what you have to do being a pet owner eh?

Well Basil, so nice to meet another parrot lover.Actually the only bird that I could converse with was my African Grey who was always chatty in English &,later,in Spanish.She would have said in her Devonian accent since we lived there once,,no doubt to please YOU," Shiver(ed) me timbers".As you are aware most bird species are diurnal so would welcome being transported in a dim light.I have not had your experience at carrying my parrots across various countries & ,I am sure to help others,it would be invaluable to learn ,what species & the correct documentation needed since CITES regulations are stringent  & covers most bird species..Indeed when I bred my blue-fronted Amazons,a Vet. before signing the certificate that assured the offspring were ABCR(aviary bred close rung)had to visit at intervals to make sure there were eggs in the nest,they hatched & the young fledged.A tricky business since the hen will desert the nest if she feels disturbed.Fortunately my Spanish Vet.owned a B/G Macaw & was careful & the nestbox had a sliding shutter at the back where we could take a quick look.As more & more of us travel with our growing number of different kinds of pets we must all help to inform others & the way this is done successfully.

We like you have decided that we can't put our dog through the ordeal of flying .We wil be driving down and seeing a bit of France and Spain on the way down 

Gill

We are flying our Retriever over next month but have gone with Pets Abroad UK who have been very helpful. He is getting flown over with Thomsons and costs about £1250 coming from Glasgow to Alicante. 

I used Pets on the Move who use Glasgow airport. I came over in July with my Boston Terrier to Alicante. I found them very helpful.

Hi Marian, This is GREAT News, because We always thought that We would have to use an Agency to do this. We Have been quoted over £1200 by an Agency. Is it all as Simple as it sounds ? How do we find out where to Take and collect our Dog ? because our Spanish is Very Basic to say the Least.  Regards..... Chris

Hi Chris, it was all very simple, we looked at the flight that we wanted, called the customer services to check that they had space for the dogs, they only have room for 3 animals per flight from Liverpool, then we booked our flights, when you get to the booking luggage part there is another section for booking animals, 1 per passenger. When we arrived at the airport we checked in with the dogs, and were given a time to get the dogs collected, which was not far from the check-in desk. We went there 1 hour before the flight took off, the dogs were taken out of their carriers so that the carriers could go through the scanning machine. The dogs were given a quick check to make sure there wasn't anything on them then put back in the carriers. They were being put into the hold as we were waiting to board the flight, after all the luggage had been put on. 2 cargo handlers put them on the conveyor belt, both dog lovers so we're talking to the dogs as they were being loaded. Everyone at the airport were brilliant saying they would take good care of the digs. Once we landed at Alicante and collected our luggage we went to the animal collection point, well signposted and in the same area as the luggage collection. We waited about 10 minutes, showed the paperwork to the people there (to prove we were their owners) and off we went. Didnt really need a lot of Spanish  and mine is only basic. Once outside the airport we took them out of the carriers, gave them a drink and a quick walk while we waited for our transport. I think we were more stressed than the dogs to be honest. They were both fine, a bit unsettled the first night due to strange surroundings, but absolutely fine since then. Hope this helps, if you need any further information please ask.

Flying with blue is great with your dog from liverpool😊 but you can't fly back from Spain to Liverpool with them!!!! CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree but we were coming to Spain for good so wasn't a problem for us.

Hi Marian, Thank You for all the Info. When you say you just had to show all the Paperwork, just what Paperwork was that ? I Suppose it will be our Dogs Flight Ticket and His Pet Passport, but is there anything else ? All we have to do now is to find a way to get him back to the UK.  lol  .   Regards    Chris