From: asd@asd.com   
      
   Thanks for the reply, It is not so much for fun but more for other reasons.   
   Any other ideas?   
    wrote in message news:3gplhoFdn095U1@individual.net...   
   > On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 23:24:43 GMT beebop whittled these   
   words:   
   > > Hi,   
   > > I am hoping against hope that someone may have had experience doing this   
   > > from the USA. I have two small (well!, not so small) dogs, 17 lbs and   
   20   
   > > lbs. I would like to take them with us in the cabin but from what I read   
   on   
   > > the airlines sites, their dimesions allowed are not much bigger than a   
   small   
   > > toy dog.   
   >   
   > Even when the dog is of the right size it very often there is a limit of   
   > one dog in the cabin per flight. International flights are pretty long to   
   > expect of a dog.   
   >   
   > > I am desperately soliciting solutions, advice (please no wisecracks -   
   too   
   > > tired to entertain those) from the NG.   
   >   
   > > I am open to travel continuously, travel with breaks in europe or Asia.   
   > > Money is not a problem as long as it is within reason (short of   
   chartering a   
   > > plane)   
   >   
   > International travel with dogs is full of time consuming regulations. It   
   > doesn't sound like much fun to me. You would have to research the laws   
   > for each country a minimum of six months before travel to ensure you have   
   > adequate time to meet requirements. You will need to keep meticulous   
   > records on innoculations and health checks. The order in which you visit   
   > each geographic area is also important to consider. Often exclusion is   
   > based on whether the country the dog is going to is free of a disease that   
   > exists in the country the dog is coming from (or has recently been to).   
   > Islands may well be entirely out of the itinerary as they often have the   
   > most stringent regulations. Even within the US, for example, you may not   
   > casually take a dog to the state of Hawaii.   
   >   
   >   
   > --   
   > Diane Blackman   
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