u/SollyKins

Hi everyone,
I’m hoping someone here has firsthand experience bringing a family dog from Spain to the Kaiserslautern area.
I’m currently in Tenerife, Spain, with my family dog, and I’m looking into bringing him over to Germany.
His breed documentation is currently being established, and I’m trying to find someone who has personally gone through the process with an American Bully or American Bulldog.
I’m specifically looking for firsthand experience rather than general opinions.
If you’ve brought one into Rheinland-Pfalz/Kaiserslautern, I’d really appreciate knowing:
• What breed was on the official paperwork?
• Which authority did you deal with?
• Did you need written approval before travelling?
• How did you transport the dog?
• Did you have any problems entering Germany?
• What paperwork did you need?
• Was there anything you wish you’d known beforehand?
Even if you know someone personally who has done this, I’d really appreciate being pointed in their direction.
Thank you!

I am traveling through Germany, and after doing some research to see if I could find pet relief areas inside the airport, I was quite surprised not to find much. One time, we flew from Frankfurt to Mexico City and found no area in either Frankfurt or Mexico City. Now that I am traveling from Munich, I am having issues finding one there as well.

I know traveling in the cabin with your pet might not be common, although Germany is very dog-friendly, but what about assistance dogs? They might fly more often; where do they relieve themselves?

If Germany, which is very pet-friendly, doesn't have such areas, I guess many other countries don't have them either, but why not? Traveling with a pet is stressful for one reason or another, especially if they cannot relieve themselves anywhere. Is it so hard for airports to organize a small grass area inside the terminal? They offer smoking areas anyway.

What is your experience with flying with your pet, and have you often encountered pet relief areas in the airport without needing to leave the building?

Hi everyone! I’m relocating from Australia to Canada and want to bring my cat with me.

Just wondering if anyone has ever done that. I’ve got a small list of pet relocation companies below.

Could you please have a look and let me know of your experience with them? Thank you!
- pet traveller
- departure pets
- petflyer

If you used another company, please share! We would greatly appreciate any help, as we want to make sure our baby will be well taken care of.

I am looking to travel with two cats from Spain/Portugal to the US East Coast. There is only one of me and I think a flight nanny traveling with me may make the process easier.

I would appreciate any recommendations or advice.

Hello everyone,

I'm travelling from Mexico to the UK via Paris with my cat. I've been looking at other posts on this subreddit about this but all the recommendations can only be booked by phone or in person, I'm still in Mexico so I can't do either. I've seen clinics that offer online booking but they don't specifically say that they offer this service and I don't know if this can be done by any vet. Also if anyone could enlighten me about how many days after getting the passport/activating (?) the microchip in France do I need to wait to travel to the UK, I would really appreciate it.

Thanks in advance.

Has anybody tried bringing a pet playpen with them for air travel and was able to use it during layovers? Have you seen anybody do that or know if its allowed? It'd be such a good way to give food, litter box etc. During transit.

Folks,
Sharing my experience here to spread the goodwill that I received from someone when I needed.

I recently relocated from Los Angeles to Chennai, India and had to relocate my GSP who’s on the bigger side of sizing. Sharing my experience so folks can through this mind bending stage which rather ended up quiet simpler.

Case: Large GSP from LAX to India.

1. So measure the pet correctly, references are available. Very important to get the height, nose to base of tail and leg length, correct. This would be checked again by the pet shipper or cargo folks. So you don’t want to end up on the wrong side.

2. Pay special attention to the additional space/gap requirements lengthwise and height wise.

In my case, I was hoping to get the large pet kennel but it was borderline undersized for him. You might think that you’d be able to persuade the agents to let the pet travel but I would advise against that. Go with the next best option instead of too close or undersize.

I had to cough up PP100 that automatically moved me into cargo territory. I was hoping that I could get away with additional cargo but my dog had other plans.

3. My dog had the rabies shot well ahead of time ( before a month of travel) and another shot, the year before. But one shot was done before microchipping.so I decided to have an add it so shot of rabies recorded in the microchip before the travel month.

This also allowed me to request CDC form for importing him back into the States from the latest rabies shot date instead of Jan. So this kind of gave me extra room to bring him back.

4. USDA certification is real and needs proper attention. Contact your vet if the can do this or refer to another hospital who does this. Mine did not and sent me to another one. Pick the one who eagerly communicate and available for calls or spooky Mets freely as you’d need them towards the traveler date.

We setup a main checkup during the last month but an additional quick checkup in the 10 days window to satisfy guidelines.

OUR USDA cert came in 7 days and CDC same timeline.

5. Since we used cargo, IAG British Airways let shipper, I connected with them throughout the process.

Main points here are: crate dimensions and volume and max weight.

Some airports have weight limitations that would prevent you from flying your pet out.

Ex/ LAX has 64/65 kgs limit (Pet plus Crate weight) and if it exceeds, I will have to send my pet out from SFO. Totally unplanned but luckily my pet and crate came to 60.

6. Ask the cargo folks to confirm airway bill details draft with shipper and sender name accurately, pet name, breed, weight, microchip number, date of birth, sex. Your Indian agent s would ideally help you out with what info you need to be have on AWB, USDACertificaiton. It’s important to have this right for a smooth customs process in India.

I decided to take care of the document prepping process myself in the US. I outsourced only the India Import agent part.

7. I used Furry Flyers and can’t thank them enough for amazing support all the way from start to end.

They supported the information needed fork USDA, Airway bill, other docs, vaccination certificates check and everything you would need.

Their in the ground support was even more amazing. Only had to go to the pickup spot in the cargo office with my passport. They took care of everything and took care of my pet like theirs. Sent in regular updates about whereabouts, their local folks contacted me the day before pet’s arrival to share all the info. I couldn’t be happier and thank the Gods for stumbling upon them in my search for Import support into India.

8. On the day of flight, have the same documents- 1. Rabies, DHTP, USDA, Airway bill draft and India NOC draft (your agent would share them befor flying). We took these to LAX loading hub and they they took my pet in 30-60
   Mins of paper signing work, same stuff as in the airway bill and payments. Nothing new.

Be wary if let drop off cut off time as we barely made it on time. Our flights were on the same time as my pett’s and got too close. They check the papers, measure the pet and crate and done.

9. Diffferent countries had different layover rules about the minimum hours pets need before boarding the next flight. UK had 4 hours minimum so we weren’t able to get him on to the connecting flight the same day. The cargo team in UK did Ana amazing job in caring for my dog during the day layover before getting him on to the next day flight. I was able to call them and knowboout his welfare. They shared pic updates too.

10. On the day of arrival, I already was contacted by my FurryFlyer/Anvis team about where and when to be. It’s roughly 2 hours after landing and they’ll require you to come with your passport and collect.
    In my case, they even helped to arrange a bigger van for my big dog and his crate.

After landing, in a day or two, they shared the final NOC from Indian government that ended the prt import process. Successfully.

Happy to share further snd answer Qs if you PM me. I only know of US to India import but can potentially help others with any from my experience.

#dogtravelUSAtoIndia #pettraveltoIndia #GSPUSAtoIndia

I'm really struggling to work our travel logistics within Europe for myself and my two small dogs, and I'm hoping someone can help with a professional service or individual reference.

I'm planning an extended European trip later this year. Getting to Europe with my dogs is feasible, if expensive, since United allows for a passenger to fly with two pets so long as they buy two tickets and pay the fees. I'll be staying in Lisbon for a couple of months. But I need to transition out of the Schengen zone eventually to not run afoul of the 90/180 day tourist visa rule. Larnaka, Cyprus or Bar, Montenegro seem to be the best options at the moment for this. But finding transit options so far has been very difficult. As far as I can tell, no airline within the EU allows one passenger to fly with two pets in cabin, unless they fit into a single carrier, which my dogs do not. I can't bring myself to put them in the hold as they aren't used to traveling and they are older. There aren't any other options to travel to Larnaka besides flying. Getting to Bar, Montenegro is at least possible by train/ferry but the trip feels way to long for two dogs to be in carriers over the course of several days.

The only other option I can think of is to pay someone to accompany me on the flights. Has anyone used a company or individual service provider in Europe for such a service? I see a few options online that might be able to help, but I haven't found any options that specifically advertises what I'm looking for and I've never used a company for something like this, so I'm a little lost. Likely the trip from Lisbon to either Larnaka or Bar would happen in December or January, with travel back to Lisbon likely in February or March. Dates are still being worked out.

My partner and I adopted a kitten on our last trip to Mexico whilst visiting their family. We had planned to bring our fur baby back with us, but she was too young to be brought in-cabin. We don’t know the next time we’ll be able to visit, so I wanted to find out which airline you guys recommend to ship her to us in the US from Mexico?

Hello everyone, I have a question and I'm reaching out to the community in case someone can guide me:

Does anyone know or have experience with the international relocation of dogs? I need to take my 5-month-old rescue puppy with me to Asia from Costa Rica when I move there in a couple of months.

Thank you so much in advance for the help!

Edit: country in Asia will be Thailand

Hello everyone!

We have a 5 year old domestic short hair cat with an orange kitten personality lol

She is very vocal and active, likes to explore and climb everything, absolutely hates her crate, is very territorial and protective towards us, and most importantly: has never travelled more than 2h (by car).

The problem is that my husband received an amazing opportunity and now we have to relocate our family, which is going to include an 8h flight + 3h by train (best option we found so far), and I’m running out of my mind thinking what’s going to be the best way to travel with her and how to minimize her stress so she doesn’t get herself ill or something like that.

Please let me know if you have a similar experience. Any advice is welcome!

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