Shipping dogs

[cassie]

Anybody here have experience with shipping dogs? I have a Basset Hound I want to send from Missouri to a friend in California. She is a really sweet dog but she needs a home with a fenced yard (so she won't be following her nose down the center of the highway where she is in danger of being hit) and where there are no cat litterboxes to snack in. My friend can provide those things. Anyway, I need to know what are the best airlines to use and where to get the cheapest airline crates. Of course if I could find someone here in Missouri who would like a Basset and had a fenced yard with no housecats that would be great too. And cheaper. She is a really sweet dog. She is well housebroken and well behaved except for the issues I mentioned. As it is, I have to keep her on a chain whenever she is outside. If not, she will tour the neighborhood and she has no sense at all when it comes to cars. None whatever.

 

[snow5164]

I tried my best to re home her near by , the cost will never be “ cheap” kennels are expensive, that’s what I’d do anyways

 

[cassie]

I tried my best to re home her near by , the cost will never be “ cheap” kennels are expensive, that’s what I’d do anyways

I know that. But it is worth it to me for her to have a good home. She is a really sweet dog, but I don't like keeping her chained when she is outside, and I am getting real tired of her habit of snacking in the cat box. Real tired. I may have a cure for this last though. I just today bought a baby gate to keep her out of the bathroom. As soon as I can figure out how to install it, I will get it put up. That said, I will be spending Thanksgiving through Christmas with my friend in California. The board bill for that period of time would be about the same as the air fare to take her with me.

 

[snow5164]

You could raise the litter box up ...cats can jump !!Ours is on an old tv stand , all dogs enjoy the litter box you won’t stop that habit .

Oh you are going with , that’s good I thought you were shipping her alone

 

[cassie]

You could raise the litter box up ...cats can jump !!Ours is on an old tv stand , all dogs enjoy the litter box you won’t stop that habit .

Oh you are going with , that’s good I thought you were shipping her alone

Either way. I will be going to California. I want the dog to go to California because my friend can offer her a better home than I can. She has acres of fenced land, another dog for Millicent to play with, and no housecats. Besides, Millicent already knows and likes my friend. It isn't important that the dog and I travel at the same time though.

 

[azurbanclucker]

OK, Disclaimer up front. Last time I flew a dog was 2006. My Mal breeder is in TN, and I'm in AZ. She used Delta to fly our pups out, and it was about 500 including a crate. They were 20 pounds at that point, so a medium sized solid sided carrier was perfect (they're about 60-70 bucks most places.

Keep in mind, this is the absolute WORST time of year to be flying animals around, and the airline may have restrictions on where they'll fly them depending on weather at the destination airport (we had to fly one of our pups into Albuquerque and then drive him back to PHX because it was too hot in May to fly him in to Sky Harbor). Check around, find the flight that works best for you, and then ask the airline what their requirements are.

 

[snow5164]

Either way. I will be going to California. I want the dog to go to California because my friend can offer her a better home than I can. She has acres of fenced land, another dog for Millicent to play with, and no housecats. Besides, Millicent already knows and likes my friend. It isn't important that the dog and I travel at the same time though.

Ok so just offering suggestions if you don’t want them , then don’t ask .blaming a dog for eating cat poop is like blaming him for running away, it’s in their nature to do it . Good luck you’ve made up your mind .

 

[cassie]

OK, Disclaimer up front. Last time I flew a dog was 2006. My Mal breeder is in TN, and I'm in AZ. She used Delta to fly our pups out, and it was about 500 including a crate. They were 20 pounds at that point, so a medium sized solid sided carrier was perfect (they're about 60-70 bucks most places.

Keep in mind, this is the absolute WORST time of year to be flying animals around, and the airline may have restrictions on where they'll fly them depending on weather at the destination airport (we had to fly one of our pups into Albuquerque and then drive him back to PHX because it was too hot in May to fly him in to Sky Harbor). Check around, find the flight that works best for you, and then ask the airline what their requirements are.

I have no intention of even trying to ship the dog now. I was thinking I would wait until the hot weather was gone and before the cold weather hit. Maybe October or so. Unless of course I am lucky enough to find someone here in Missouri who could give her a good home.

 

[cassie]

Ok so just offering suggestions if you don’t want them , then don’t ask .blaming a dog for eating cat poop is like blaming him for running away, it’s in their nature to do it . Good luck you’ve made up your mind .

I am not BLAMING the dog. She is what she is and she is a lot smarter than I am. She doesn't run away. When she gets a chance she just tours the neighborhood. In two hours of so, when she has seen everything she wants to see and gets tired, she comes home. Trouble is, a lot of that touring takes place right square in the middle of the road. She almost got hit on several occasions. That is why she is either in the house or on a chain. The chain doesn't make either of us happy, but it is either that or a dead dog or an expensive vet bill, or maybe both. At my friend's house she would have acres of fenced land to run on, another dog to play with, and no cat poop to munch on.

 

[cassie]

You could raise the litter box up ...cats can jump !!Ours is on an old tv stand , all dogs enjoy the litter box you won’t stop that habit .

Oh you are going with , that’s good I thought you were shipping her alone

I just got a baby gate. When I get that up, it will stop the litterbox habit. It won't keep her from trying to commit suicide on the road, though.