You’ll have to say your dog is a ‘rescue’ dog and add it to one of the free
flights across country. I just posted to NAIA that 154 dogs were just flown
from California to New Jersey (to be spread out from there by vans) and that
another 250 were being flown to WA and OR. I’m assuming that shelters in ME,
NH, RI, NJ., WA and OR are empty and all the dogs that were in there found
owners….. and these ’new’ (mostly small 30lbs and under) dogs all have loving
homes.
So, there’s the answer… Nope, won’t work… almost all of those that work the
“retail rescue” don’t want anything to do with breeders and call “us” all (home
breeders and professional breeders) “puppy mills.”
Storm
On Jul 9, 2016, at 7:27 PM, edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:Stormy V. Hope
I'm at the age where I just can't ( won't) spend ten hours in a car driving
to a dog show, and I refuse to fly an adult dog anywhere for any reason. Not
only is it expensive, it's all the other BS you go through flying dogs....
Why must a dog be at the cargo center 3 ( cuss word ending in ing) before the
flight! The dog is the last thing on board, if the flight is 8 hours the dog
is in the crate minimum 11 hours, the cost is crazy. I've blown my top at
least 3 or 4 times at the airport flying dogs, one time I thought I was going
to jail ( not proud of that incident) but like Popeye used to say " that's
all I can stand cuz I can't stand no more". No more flying dogs for me, and
there are some up coming shows that I would love to participate, but unless I
get a driver for my bitch, we ain't going... Call me Sisyphus! His life fits
mine to a tee Some days ya just don't want to go outside. Ed
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------ Original Message ------
From: Carolyn Martello
To: freelist
Sent: July 9, 2016 at 6:50 PM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] High cost of staying........
Regarding some of the conversation earlier this morning about how small the
shows are and
how this List seems to be shrinking along with the shows..... I can
certainly understand why.
We just shipped a one year old GSD puppy to a main hub airport.....a short
direct flight from
Sacramento, Calif. The airline wouldn't even talk to us without a # 700
crate....at the going
rate of $902.00 for a 3 hr. direct flight for an 80 lb. dog.........because
his ears stand up!!
NO WONDER many are dropping out of this sport. IF it was one of the two
nice 4 1/2 month
old pups I have right now that had to ship out on the same direct flight I
would have to use a
# 500 crate.. because their ears are up... for $602.62!! for a 4 1/2 month
old puppy?!.....And
THAT is just the air flight..not counting buying the crate and Health
Certificate. Ridiculous!!
What is a buyer to do? What is a breeder/ exhibitor to do?? Can't keep
and show them all, yet
can't sell them out of the area without adding another $1,000 to the basic
price for shipping.....or
dropping the price to pet prices.
Bottom line....we are getting "driven out" or "flown" out of this Sport.
For ourselves.....and buyers.
You can't afford to utilize the airlines to ship your dog because of the
ridiculous request for ears not
touching the top of the crate.....and that leaves us driving for DAYS to a
National. Easier to just not
go until they become more centralized for all of us.
THAT'S NO FUN! It does seem easier to quit than to beat our heads against
the brick wall.......
Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
www.marhaven.com <http://www.marhaven.com/>
