Hi
Did anybody worry about the size of their dog crate.
I've measured the dog several times and checked what size it should be - several times - but still think it looks pretty small for her.
did anyone feel this way?

We have not seen the crates as the pet travel company is doing the lot for us ... but they have sent the dimensions and yes, they are very small compared to the dog. We have set ourselves down for several days of grumpy-ness when the arrive!

I think they are so small so as to ensure that should the plane experience any problems, turbulence etc, they do not have too much room to rattle about in ...

Thanks for that furries, I'm at the paranoid stage of expecting something to go wrong somewhere as everything seems to be ticking along too nicely!!!

Its probably one of our biggest immediate concerns - the dogs! Not only are they by far and away the most expensive single part of the move, but they are our 'family'. They are off to the kennels on July 10th and we will see them again on July 22nd in Canada! I am fully with you on the worry factor!

We have a 9 1/2 yr old Golden Retriever. The vet is happy for her to fly but she is so nervous of just about anything I dread to think in what state she will be when she gets there! Somebody posted on FB the other day that a dog coming from South Africa died on the flight so that's got me worrying even more! She's part of the family though so she has to come!

I have heard a few horror stories of deaths in flight ... but I am working on the basis that these are very few and far between and that all that can be done is done to ease the flight.

We have a 10yr old lab, 10yr old collie and a 7 yr old rottie going over ... lots of DAB in the crate and bedding and I am sure they will be fine ... but I cannot help but worry too ... hate leaving them for a short time in kennels let alone for probably the better part of 10 - 13 hours in a crate ...



But sure they will love it at the other end ...

i am with you all on that one. we have a 7 year old goldie who is our world and its the only thing that is really worrying me about the move as he doesn't like being on his own. doesn't mind a crate as he has been caged from a pup but i don't think he will cope very well with the flight on his own. looks like we won't be going till next year and he will be 8, hope he can cope with it ok. when are you all going?

was also told he couldn't take his 'ted' in the cage with him incase he destroys it. was thinking of putting a tshirt in with our smell to try and calm him down. (don't know about him i think i will need something to!!)

Hubby is going 28th July and the rest of us 25th August. Still in the middle of organising the dog's flight so that she can join OH once he's there... Going to Halifax btw.

We are TO bound ... me on 8th, OH on 15th and dogs on 22nd after a wee break in kennels to let us get settled (and maybe, our furniture and their beds to arrive off the boat! )

New life just around the corner ... sure they will hate the flight ... but hope it will be worth it for us all!

Are you doing it yourself? i think we will do it ourselves seems cheaper and you also take them to the cargo so you know they are there! don't think he would cope with going to kennels first!

we are off to ontario (hopefully!) not sure which area yet, going out in oct to look at more areas!

Nope - we decided it was easier and probably better for them to use a pet travel company ... so we are letting them take care of them. They are in a really good kennel - 4 walks or more a day and a huge off lead area ... and the company have a really good reputation ... I would hate to get them to the airport and then find out there was a problem ... so just better for them to do it for us - we are doing this on a fairly compressed timescale, so its all been pretty manic and this makes it all a bit less stressful!

I am taking 2 dogs and a cat on the 11th July worried sick something might happen ... dog crate is not too bad as air canada will allow the 2 to travel together.

I am doing it myself and for a cat crate and a 300p veri kennel to halifax is costing around £610 as cargo.

These animals are my babies fingers crossed they will be ok all under 2 years old!

It's natural to feel anxious about flying your dog over. After all, if you didn't love them, you wouldn't be going to all the effort and expense of bringing them over! I felt the same when we flew our dog over; it's the one thing that used to worry me the most. She was 11 at the time so no spring chicken at that!

We chose to use a pet travel company for peace of mind if nothing else. We left her with them the day before our flight (the only time she has ever been in a kennel) and she then flew with us on the same flight the following day. I worried about her the whole flight as I could only imagine how scared she probably was. A few years prior she had come with us on a canal boat holiday and that took her two days to stop shaking because of the noise and vibration from the engine!! My only consolation with the flight was she had lost her hearing by that age so that may have cut down a little of her distress.

The only thing we gave her to help pacify her on the flight was a small fleece dog blanket. We had bought it a few weeks before the flight and had made sure it had both ours and her scent on it.

Once we landed, we were eager to collect her but had to clear customs and immigration etc first. When we finally got to her, she was sitting in her crate on a trolley in the big cargo warehouse. When I let her out, I was so pleased to see her and see that she was OK that I was shaking, so much so that I had trouble putting her collar back on (had to be removed for safety during the flight). My guess is that she probably was scared during the flight but she was certainly pleased to see us and looked non the worse for her ordeal. She happily hopped in the car and never looked back!

Well, she is 14 now and still going strong and enjoying her new life very much!

It's all so nerve wracking! Shall be so glad when it's behind us.
When we get to the house we're buying in Canada she won't like it anyway! The floors are all, in her opinion, slippery so I really don't know what she will make of that! If she has to walk on a wooden floor she completely freezes and cries and she doesn't like stairs either but what do we do? Most houses are on various levels!!!
They're more worry than children!!!

Thanks for that, there's hope for my old girl yet then!