Safe Traveling For Pets

Most people who travel like to be able to include their pets when they go on vacation. However, there are some things you should be aware of if you want to include your four-footed family member with you. Whether you’re traveling with a cat or dog or some other family pet, you want them to be cared for and to arrive in the same condition that they left in. However, you also don’t want to take a sick pet with you.

In order to travel with your pet you need to carry proof of the animal’s license and proof of vaccination against rabies and distemper is traveling within the lower 48. If it is necessary to pass through Canada in order to reach Alaska, be sure to check the regulations that are being enforced in the Canadian province you’re about to travel through, as well as any that may be enforced by the state of Alaska.

Bringing your animal with you to Hawaii will require that the animal be quarantined for a minimum of six months, even though you’re coming from the United States and have documentation as listed above. Due to the exorbitant boarding costs you will encounter if you try to bring your dog with you, you might find it actually cheaper to board your dog locally where you live, or find other arrangements. While you might want your dog to see Hawaii, it might not be financially feasible for them to do so. You might just have to settle for showing them pictures and videos when you get back.

One recent development that is currently being fought by the residents of Ontario, Canada is a recent legislation that was put into place which requires that you prove that your dog does not have any pit bull in his lineage. This is a difficult point to prove, especially if the dog is not a registered purebred. There has been heated debate over this development, because trying to prove the lineage of your dog can be difficult if not impossible. If your dog is a mixed breed. People also think that it’s unfair to judge all dogs based on a few bad apples.

Under the auspices of this regulation, a customs official has the option of using the dog on the spot if in his/her opinion it appears to have pit bull in his bloodline. The dog is then taken to be euthanized, and there seems to be no mechanism in a way that regulation is written to allow the owner to get the dog back.