Flying with a puppy under the seat
As I posted in my other post, we’re about to be puppy parents again for the first time in almost 9 years.
We were originally looking at breeders within driving distance but weren’t finding exactly what we were looking for and ended up selecting a breeder in Michigan.
DH is flying to pick up the puppy. We were researching into the under the seat dimensions last night. The direct flight from Detroit to Tampa is a 757. The Sherpa website says only the small carrier is “guaranteed on board”. The only flight combination where the medium Sherpa is “guaranteed on board” had a layover at JFK. But then when I was looking an online reviews, several people bought the large Sherpa, which is only one inch taller than the medium and were able to fit it. If anyone has any experience or advice about flying with an 8 week old it would be greatly appreciated.
I’m worried about the puppy not fitting! They turned 4 weeks old today and already look HUGE!
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Flying with a puppy under the seat
I know it’s not the same as flying, but here’s my travel story. My breeder is in West Virginia and I live near Boston. I was down in Florida at the time, so I flew into Philadelphia to visit a friend for the weekend, then rented a car and drove to the breeder’s house in West Virginia. The breeder was awesome and we found a small used crate at a small farmer’s market that fit in the back of the rental. I stayed overnight at the breeder’s house, learned a lot about the puppies, learned a lot from the breeder (she is a well-known service dog breeder and trainer), got as many tips as I could from her, and then drove home the next day. It was about a 10-hour drive, but Diggity was amazing in the crate and slept almost the entire way. I stopped every few hours to let him out to pee, but most of the time he didn’t have to go and we just got back in the car and kept driving. He got acclimated to car travel by the breeder because he was born in Wyoming (my breeder co-owns the mother with another service dog breeder and this was her litter), so she picked up the litter in Wyoming and drove them back to West Virgina. Anyway, to this day he is so good at car travel and falls right asleep when we start driving. As for our drive home, I was surprised at how long he could sleep and how little he had to potty. I didn’t give him much water, but still it was pleasantly easy.
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