Comments on: Small dog, big suitcase: Packing Chloe’s stuff for airplane travel

By: m-a

m-a — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:59:10 +0000

Namaste, that sounds gloriously streamlined — good for you guys! I’d be thrilled to lose the crate (and therefore the whole reason for a separate suitcase), but Chloe firmly declines to treat her travel carrier as a travel crate, so there we are. Alas. I’ll think of you and the flying pig the next time we’re schlepping the Samsonite….

By: Namaste

Namaste — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:25:27 +0000

My goodness you are precise and smart!
Luckily for me my little flying pig, her native american name, needs very little when we travel.
Well, I keep it that way. We just use her sherpa, and I put in some bully sticks for the ride.
I pack in the side pouch of the sherpa, wet ones, many plastic poop bags, her outward hound collapsable water bowl. Because she fasts the day of travel I also pack light snacking foods like carrots and other treats and her meal for our arrival.

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Collapsible pet carrier Review| Easy Travel — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:15:14 +0000

[...] Dog Jaunt : Small dog, big suitcase. The other side of the suitcase holds Chloe’s messenger bag, for use once we get to where we’re going (it’s not a good airplane carrier, but it’s an invaluable stealth bag), as well as Chloe’s tote. [...]

By: Weekend Update September 5, 2009 | Dog Spelled Forward

Weekend Update September 5, 2009 | Dog Spelled Forward — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:41:39 +0000

[...] to a few very interesting blogs to get some pointers. Dog Jaunt posted a great article this week on packing for air travel with a small dog. Since I can’t even pack for myself (just ask my wife) I found this very [...]

By: m-a

m-a — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:08:38 +0000

Thanks, Mary! and thanks, GoPetFriendly! You’re quite right — it took several trips to reach this point. We started by packing her stuff with ours, and checking her Creature Leisure Den separately in the carrying case you can buy for it (and learned that the carrying case can’t really stand up to a lot of airplane travel). At another point, we tried packing her stuff in her PetMate crate and checking the whole thing, but the crate handle pulled off halfway through the trip: http://www.dogjaunt.com/2009/12/packing-your-dogs-gear-for-plane-travel/
Now I’m just hoping, very earnestly, that Samsonite’s claims about the durability of its Curv technology are actually true — it’s a phenomenally light suitcase for its size, and I’m dubious….

By: GoPetFriendly

GoPetFriendly — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:36:30 +0000

LMAO! First, you guys are SOOO neat and organized. Definitely agree with Edie. Second, I am just imagining the time it took to bring it all together. Probably the first few trips were the hardest and then pretty easy after that? But this is very instructional for people who may be thinking about how to travel with a pet via airplane. Sometimes, people (like me) need to see how it’s done and that it can be done before they do it themselves. I will definitely mention this post in my weekly news round up.

PS – Open and honest. We pack our “dog bag” for the car pretty thoughtfully, too. It’s just that the car is more forgiving and there are no luggage fees!

By: Mary Haight

Mary Haight — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:54:47 +0000

Great article! I appreciated the attention to detail here and Tashi would love nothing better than to come along with me on trips:-) Now I can be prepared!

By: m-a

m-a — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:03:29 +0000

Thank you both! I love luggage and packing and things that organize other things, so this is no hardship for me. It is much easier taking a road trip, though — in that case, everything just goes in open-topped L.L. Bean totes, lined up in the trunk. There’s nothing I like better than a tote.

By: Bloggie Stylish

Bloggie Stylish — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:50:57 +0000

Very nice packing job!! If I could only be that well organized with my stuff.

By: Edie

Edie — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:48:03 +0000

Ok, now I doubt I will ever travel with Frankie by plane. I am the worst packer, ever, for myself — particularly pathetic given that I’m a longtime travel writer — and the idea of getting everything I need for Frankie in an additional suitcase is daunting. Car trips allow you to just throw everything in the trunk (and even then I generally forget something).

Seriously, I’m impressed, especially by the neatness!