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Results:would you take the dog? he is 10 years old

no..thats price is just crazy/ or not fare on the dog

11 (16.42%)

yes...he is one of the family

56 (83.58%)

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moving to new zealand...shocked at cost to ship dog

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JeffG1

02-08-2013

Originally Posted by Rocket Queen:
“lol, that's lovely, did your budgie get to sit on captains table!”

Afraid not - he was in his cage in the car on the car deck

On a practical note, I checked both going and coming back with the relevant authorities and there was no restriction on birds.

Roooty

02-08-2013

I'm afraid I'm going to sound like a loon, but my cat goes where I go. And if my cat can't go where I go, I don't go.

He's family.

nw0307

05-08-2013

My friends moved to the Caribbean and paid about £600 each for their dogs to be flown with them but put in a pressurised hold. That was for the tickets and their dog passports etc. And the flight took far less than a shipping container

tim_smith

05-08-2013

Duome thanks for sharing your lovely dog story. On a similar note, just over a year ago my older dog was feeling her age of 13 years. We then got ourselves a bonkers Springerdoodle puppy. Our older dog has since lost half her weight and is actually enjoying life and her walks once again. You wouldn’t think she was 14. Fingers crossed that she too lives another 6 healthy years.

OP Good luck in New Zealand to you, your dog and your family

dearmrman

05-08-2013

Out of interest how long will the dog be quarantined for on arrival into New Zealand?

bazaar1

05-08-2013

Originally Posted by nw0307:
“My friends moved to the Caribbean and paid about £600 each for their dogs to be flown with them but put in a pressurised hold. That was for the tickets and their dog passports etc. And the flight took far less than a shipping container”

I presume the op is flying them too, just used the term 'ship' to describe what he was doing.

bazaar1

05-08-2013

Originally Posted by dearmrman:
“Out of interest how long will the dog be quarantined for on arrival into New Zealand?”

If the dog is up to date with the nessiary vaccinations I believe it's none, but not 100% on that

bornfree

05-08-2013

Originally Posted by bazaar1:
“Just realised you are considering not taking him. Pls take him. We get 2-3 animals in the shelter a week that have been left because of emigration or moving in general. Many stay for months or longer before finding homes. We had to pts one this week who was with us a year, got more and more aggressive and was severely over weight (even after a year!) and terrified of people. Very sad. His family moved 100 miles away, they could of taken him but for some reason didn't bother.”

That is so sad. A friend had her dog put down after having a baby. She lied to us and said the dog had been put in a shelter, but her husband blurted it out. I found it hard to forgive her.

Originally Posted by skp20040:
“My cats are part of the family, the day I took them on I took on a responsibility, I could never leave them , not only because I would miss them to much , it would just not be right to do so , my feeling is that you don't drop responsibility. Either they would go with me , and if I couldn't afford it then I wouldn't go.”

Me too.

tinman

05-08-2013

Originally Posted by liamhere:
“FYI
yes he is comming with us as he is family
he was from a rescue and we wouldn't let him go back to a rescue
thanks for all the comments”

Great news.

Tenesmus

06-08-2013

Originally Posted by bornfree:
“That is so sad. A friend had her dog put down after having a baby. She lied to us and said the dog had been put in a shelter, but her husband blurted it out”

Since when could you get dogs put down on request?

bazaar1

06-08-2013

Originally Posted by Tenesmus:
“Since when could you get dogs put down on request?”

Always. Dogs are property and as such we can play god.reputable vets should question it but at the end of the day if the owners choice.

JJ75

06-08-2013

Originally Posted by bornfree:
“That is so sad. A friend had her dog put down after having a baby. She lied to us and said the dog had been put in a shelter, but her husband blurted it out. I found it hard to forgive her.
.”

Thats disgusting!! Why didnt she rehome?

I dont think I could be friends with someone that heartless.

bazaar1

07-08-2013

Originally Posted by JJ75:
“Thats disgusting!! Why didnt she rehome?

I dont think I could be friends with someone that heartless.”

Because people often use dogs as substitute babies and when the real thing comes along they feel no need to treat it well. People are idiots (I say this a lot).

On the other hand there are some good folk out there,We had one old dog come in last week, the family had a new baby who was really allergic to him, they had tried everything but the allergy was getting worse as she grew, they sobbed and balled and spent a good twenty mins in the car park trying compose themselves, it brought a tear to everyone at the centres eyes. I can't imagine that choice. Good news is he found a home within about a week and will be going soon.

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