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Bit of a ramble...
So I’m flying out west from YYZ to YLW for the holidays. I’ve booked my dog with Air Canada Cargo, and we will be flying on different aircraft but we arrive at approximately same time. He’s a medium dog, 70 lb Border Collie. I’m wondering if anyone has had experiences (good or bad) with having pets flown. My guy is an experienced working field dog, he’s ok with people but he will pin all other animals into a tight pack and nip them into the direction he wants them to go. Sort of like an RSM on parade.
My understanding is that in YYZ and YVR , ACC will pen him with similar sized dogs before and after flights, and of course crate him for the flight. Then he will be air shuttled to YLW, where I will meet him. Anybody have experiences to share? Were your animals given water, were they exposed to idiots who might antagonize them in the pen or try something stupid like feed them junk, is the aircraft hold dark and cold or what?
Once we are out there and settled, he’ll be working on the farm for a few weeks ( at least) so I need him in a functioning state. We have 8 rams and 130 ewes arriving 1st week of January, we already have 230 Merinos + the new rams and ewes are Swedish Pelt (gray wool) for grand total of 390 sheep. My dog Will is tasked with keeping the breeds apart and moving them between land sections and away from the orchards, while the rams do their thing. Once all the ewes are pregnant, I will tag them and then we’ll come home where he and I have work to do, and then return permanently in 6 months to join 9D, where we should have between 800to 1000 sheep and starting to cycle the shearing. I’m excited in building this new life, but the thing that worries me most is the treatment of my dog by Air Canada. He’s my wingman, and as the saying goes it’s very hard to tell who rescued who.
So I’m flying out west from YYZ to YLW for the holidays. I’ve booked my dog with Air Canada Cargo, and we will be flying on different aircraft but we arrive at approximately same time. He’s a medium dog, 70 lb Border Collie. I’m wondering if anyone has had experiences (good or bad) with having pets flown. My guy is an experienced working field dog, he’s ok with people but he will pin all other animals into a tight pack and nip them into the direction he wants them to go. Sort of like an RSM on parade.
My understanding is that in YYZ and YVR , ACC will pen him with similar sized dogs before and after flights, and of course crate him for the flight. Then he will be air shuttled to YLW, where I will meet him. Anybody have experiences to share? Were your animals given water, were they exposed to idiots who might antagonize them in the pen or try something stupid like feed them junk, is the aircraft hold dark and cold or what?
Once we are out there and settled, he’ll be working on the farm for a few weeks ( at least) so I need him in a functioning state. We have 8 rams and 130 ewes arriving 1st week of January, we already have 230 Merinos + the new rams and ewes are Swedish Pelt (gray wool) for grand total of 390 sheep. My dog Will is tasked with keeping the breeds apart and moving them between land sections and away from the orchards, while the rams do their thing. Once all the ewes are pregnant, I will tag them and then we’ll come home where he and I have work to do, and then return permanently in 6 months to join 9D, where we should have between 800to 1000 sheep and starting to cycle the shearing. I’m excited in building this new life, but the thing that worries me most is the treatment of my dog by Air Canada. He’s my wingman, and as the saying goes it’s very hard to tell who rescued who.