We’re about to relocate back to the U.K. from Asia and DH is taking our dog over by plane next week.
Quick background: we’ve know the dog for 2 years and love her v much but have only in the past couple of months got the OK to adopt her and bring her back to the UK. Her original owner lives elsewhere and the person who has been looking after her won’t be able to do so for much longer.
So, there’s been a flurry of activity getting ownership paperwork done and now in process of getting all the last-min pre-flight health certificates done. But, it’s the journey itself that’s bothering me. We have to take her to the airport and check her in almost 6 hours before the flight. After that, she won’t be able to get out and the flight itself is 12 hours. Then she has to be transported to the customs pick-up place the other end which takes another couple of hours. It sounds like she’s going to be in her crate for 20-22 hours, which seems a bit barbaric to me! She’s not allowed food but has a water bottle attached to the outside of the mesh door that she can drink from.
Has anyone done this with their dog? Can you advise me about anything that will make this less traumatic for her?
Thank you in advance, much appreciated