Bringing your pet

cena

Anyone know what to cost is to bring a dog on flight

Jimmy.

Why would you want to?

cena

Jimmy. wrote: »

Why would you want to?

Suffers very bad with separation anxiety

Jimmy.

Oh right.

HDMI

cena wrote: »

Anyone know what to cost is to bring a dog on flight

I will assume you are heading Ireland to the US.

Transatlantic possibly Lufthansa might allow a small dog under the seat in the cabin using a small carrier. We considered it for our Yorkie when moving her last year but transporting a dog from mainland Europe creates different restrictions when bringing a dog to the US. Ireland is rabies free but mainland Europe is not, be sure you are up on the rules to make sure your dog does not get quarantined. There are also issues with ground temperatures and if its too hot at your destination or departure airport they can refuse travel for your dog.

We ended up using American Airlines and they were brilliant, they charged 200 euro for the dog in a crate that we purchased from Amazon in the cargo hold. The flight was Dublin to Charlotte direct and then we drove to New Bern NC. We chose to drive rather than a second flight to get us nearer because if you have a second flight your crate cannot be used on board because it will be too big also the smaller jets within the US will not allow a pet in the cargo hold. So if you have a connecting flight it causes problems.

There are companies that will ship your dog for you but you will pay much more and your dog will still end up in the cargo hold. We got some stuff from the vet and gave it to the dog the night before the journey and again in the airport before we checked her in and she got through the flight with no issues.

cena

More than likely Aer Lingus. Would be a return flight. Maybe going for 3 weeks

HDMI

cena wrote: »

More than likely Aer Lingus. Would be a return flight. Maybe going for 3 weeks

You can bring a dog to the US from Ireland with no issues and just walk out of the airport with no restrictions. But if you try to bring the dog back to Ireland it will be quarantined, the US is not rabies free and there are many other restrictions.

Bringing a dog on a holiday to the US is not really a viable option.

cena

HDMI wrote: »

You can bring a dog to the US from Ireland with no issues and just walk out of the airport with no restrictions. But if you try to bring the dog back to Ireland it will be quarantined, the US is not rabies free and there are many other restrictions.

Bringing a dog on a holiday to the US is not really a viable option.

she would be staying at the aunt.

circular flexing

HDMI wrote: »

You can bring a dog to the US from Ireland with no issues and just walk out of the airport with no restrictions. But if you try to bring the dog back to Ireland it will be quarantined, the US is not rabies free and there are many other restrictions.

Bringing a dog on a holiday to the US is not really a viable option.

The bit about quarantine is not true - if the dog is microchipped, has up to date rabies vaccination and has EU pet passport then it will not be quarantined. But a dog also has to be treated for tapewom and airlines usually require dogs to be certified fit to fly and this can only be done 48-72 hours before flight so that would need to be done in the US.

I do agree it's not a viable option.

See section 3 here: https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/pets/bringingyourpetcatdogorferretintoireland/

cena

I will need to speak to someone about this

HDMI

circular flexing wrote: »

The bit about quarantine is not true - if the dog is microchipped, has up to date rabies vaccination and has EU pet passport then it will not be quarantined. But a dog also has to be treated for tapewom and airlines usually require dogs to be certified fit to fly and this can only be done 48-72 hours before flight so that would need to be done in the US.

I do agree it's not a viable option.

See section 3 here: https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/pets/bringingyourpetcatdogorferretintoireland/

My reply was based on a 3 week stay, to meet entrance qualifications coming back in to Ireland there would not be enough time. The dog would fail the inspection at the Lisenhall centre. Because the dog is only going one way it doesnt matter anyway.

To bring our dog to the US we had to get a full vet check in Ireland and a rabies vaccine. A final check and a letter from the vet saying the dog was fit to travel. All in it cost us about 150 euro and then 200 for the flight. A pet passport is not needed for travel to the US they are only for use within the EU.

One issue we came across was when we got to the US and registered with a local vet he said our rabies vaccine would not be acceptable because all dogs must wear a rabies tag. These tags are not issued in Ireland and all we had was a stamped card from our vet. The vet in the US said our dog could be impounded if out on the streets and a dog warden was to see no tag. Tags cannot be issued in the US with the Irish documentation so to be safe we decided to pay to get the vaccine done again just so we could have a tag.

I have only just returned to the US to our dog and plan to contact the state vet in Raleigh to see if we can avoid having to pay for this year's tag because she was vaccinated twice last October, hopefully he will accept it and allow three years on the tag.