Hi!
We brought our dog to Dubai from Portugal with Emirates. From the time our dog was taken in to when we got him out, he had been in his crate for 15 hours. Emirates personnel did not take him out to take care of business and stretch his legs after being cooped up for so long. They did not give him any water either. The water and food bowls were found at the bottom in the crate. His nose had severely cracked with blood trails as he was so dehydrated. We will never use Emirates again.
KLM on the other hand was great! In Amsterdam, our dog was taken for a walk and given water and was brought out to us a very happy dog!
I can't recommend KLM enough. During the stopovers, they will be dropping off people and taking on new passengers, so they would definitely take care of your dog's needs I would think. Our friends took their dog home to the US from Muscat, Oman and they had two stopovers as well. They were allowed to take the dog out for a quick walk etc.
You would have to check your dog in as 'live cargo' meaning your pet will travel on the same flight as you and it is much cheaper. Bear in mind that this price is based on weight. Our dog was 50kgs on his own. Check with KLM or Lufthansa. Our dog traveled all over the world on our international moves.
Good luck! Great to hear that you are planning to bring your loved one with. :)
I know there's quite a few other threads about this...but apparently Emirates won't ship from the US without using a very expensive agency (they quoted me $4,500!!!).
I'm waiting to hear back from Qatar Airways, and I looked into KLM as suggested by another post but there's two stopovers and I'm worried that this is too long for our dog.
Has anyone shipped their dog from the US recently without paying a fortune? Unfortunately we're not getting it paid for by an employer :(
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