I'd really really appreciate it if dog and cat owners only (no other pet owners) could take a very short (4 question) survey for me regarding the transportation of their pets...

The link is here: http://www.polljunkie.com/mDA4Ac/Poll16965.aspx

I hope this is considered okay and not spam or similar

Thank you in advance

Question 3 was a problem, I usually takes dog (s) with me but I have friends or family to feed the cat and sit with her for some hours each day. I replied for the dog option.

Wow, out of 40+ responses I'm the only one who uses animal taxis?

I have never heard of animal taxis before! I would totally use an Ambulance, question would you be able to pick where the animal gets take to?

Thank you to everybody who has responded so far

In principle an animal ambulance is a fully equipped van, able to transport either 3 cats or 2 dogs in a comfortable spacious environment.

The driver would be a qualified veterinary first aider and able to give basic first aid and advice on-scene.

As well as doing scheduled vets runs, standard transport jobs to catteries etc it would be available 24/7 on-call for emergencies if you need to rush your pet to the vet.

And to answer somebodies question above - yes, unless the client doesn't know where to go, they choose the destination.

An additional service is the ambulance could also collect deceased pets when an owner is too upset to handle and deal with the body themselves.

When my Tabitha was very little she was a very bad traveller and she wailed in the car. My local vet owned his own practice and he and his wife also owned a cattery quite a distance away in the countryside. They provided a taxi service to and from the cattery which I was more than happy to pay for because, at that time, I found driving Tabitha anywhere very stressful (she improved as she got older). It was an advantage having the link between the cattery and vets because I once went away when Tabitha was a bit poorly but the vet kept hold of her in the hospital for a day or so before transporting her to the cattery via the taxi - and I was only charged for the cattery.

When he retired he and his wife sold both businesses. I have never come across a cat taxi since then but I think I would take advantage of one if it could transport my cats to and from a cattery (without me having to go with them, as before).

I've used a dedicated animal taxi service before, many years ago. It was great - not expensive but reliable and the driver was nice with my pets.

The vets I use now has an animal ambulance attached to their practice but they are also right next door to a normal taxi company who are more than happy to transport animals.

I've used the ambulance for post-operative journeys when my dog needs to lie down or might be unsteady. For routine visits I'm happy to use the taxi company next door.