[ SHOWGSD-L ] crate sizes
- From: EJDegen@xxxxxxx
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 00:13:45 EDT
I fly my dogs a lot. NOT by choice, but because of where we live. When
we lived in Europe, I had a bitch who was less than 24 inches and about 65
lbs. She always flew in a 400 crate until the crate arrived in Frankfurt
once EMPTY (talk about panic!) and she arrived a few minutes later in a 500.
They had taken her OUT of her crate and put her in a larger crate. She
was accepted in the U.S. (Minneapolis/St. Paul) in her 400 crate, but
somewhere along the way, someone thought she needed a bigger crate and put her
in
a larger "loaner" crate!
We now live in Korea. I have a 23 1/2 inch bitch who travels in my van in
a 400 crate perfectly comfortable. HOWEVER, I've had airline agents want
her in a 500 crate. Since it costs the same and the flights that I take
all accept the 500 crate, I done arguing with them about it. She flies in a
500. My male GSD is just under 26 inches. He is very comfortable in a 500
crate, but I've actually gotten height extensions for his crate because of
too many arguments with check-in agents about his ears touching the top of
the crate. They also want him to be in a larger crate than the female
since he's bigger, but they don't want HER in a 400 and HIM in a 500. They'd
prefer I use a 500 and a 700....which I won't do! (can't fit it in my van
when we get to Korea :-) )
Julie Degen
_www.caissonkennels.com_ (http://www.caissonkennels.com/)
"A well-balanced German Shepherd has a title on both ends!"
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