Everything you need to take your dog with you. Flying, driving, ferries and trains, the paperwork for crossing borders, and how to keep your dog safe, well and welcome on the road.
British Airways flies pet dogs only in the hold, and you never book the dog with the airline itself: PetAir UK handles dogs leaving Britain and IAG Cargo handles dogs arriving. The packages, the paperwork each way, the crate rules and the assistance dog exception.
Finnmarksløpet is Europe's longest sled dog race, run from Alta across Norway's far north, and in 2027 it hosts the world long distance championship. The 1,200 km teams leave Alta at noon on 5 March. The programme, where to stand, how to follow the teams, and Norway's rules for your dog.
Amtrak, America's national passenger railroad, takes small dogs and cats in a carrier on trips of up to seven hours. Here are its rules as they stand today: the 20 lb limit, the carrier, the cars a dog may ride in, the paperwork for each segment, and the trains that take no pets at all.
The National Dog Show is the Kennel Club of Philadelphia's two day show, where about 2,000 top show dogs are judged and stay on view all day. NBC films the Saturday for Thanksgiving. It runs on 14 and 15 November 2026 in Oaks, Pennsylvania. Tickets, which day to go, and where your dog stays.
KLM, the Dutch airline that connects much of the world through Amsterdam, flies dogs up to 8 kg in the cabin and up to 75 kg in the hold, but never below on its 787s, never on a connection of three hours or more, and never into the UK as baggage.
The AKC National Championship is America's biggest dog show, where thousands of show dogs compete for Best in Show and a $50,000 prize on 12 and 13 December 2026 in Orlando. Only competing dogs may enter the hall, so yours needs a good hotel.
About two hotels in five cap dogs by weight, usually at 44 pounds. Who sets the limit, what the research says about the reasons, and how to find a hotel that will take your big dog.
Queen Mary 2 is Cunard's ocean liner, and it carries pet dogs across the Atlantic in its own kennels on crossings between New York, Southampton and Hamburg. A kennel costs USD 2,500 on top of the fare, some breeds are turned away, and the paperwork runs to the day you arrive.
The Iditarod is a sled dog race of about 1,000 miles across Alaska, from Anchorage to Nome. The 55th leaves Anchorage on Saturday 6 March 2027, and the first day is a street party where fans can meet the mushers and sometimes pet the dogs.
Air France takes dogs up to 8 kg in the cabin and up to 75 kg in the hold, keeps them out of long-haul Business, and bars snub-nosed breeds from the hold. The fees by route, the kennel rules, the connection times and the UK exception.
Westminster Week runs from 30 January to 2 February 2027 across the Javits Center and Madison Square Garden. What happens on each day, which groups are judged when, how the tickets work, and where to stay with your own dog.
Lufthansa takes small dogs in the cabin up to 8 kg with the carrier, bigger dogs in the hold, and snub-nosed breeds in the cabin only. The 72 hour booking rule, the forms, the fees and the airports where a dog cannot change planes.
Crufts returns to the NEC Birmingham from 4 to 7 March 2027. When each breed group is judged, what to see beyond the show rings, how to get there, and the one rule every dog owner needs to know before planning the trip.
A plain guide for dog owners to microchips, rabies jabs, health certificates and getting home again, in the order they have to be done.
Whether your dog can fly in the cabin, what each airline charges and allows, how safe the hold really is, and how to get your dog ready for the day.
How to tell an emergency from a wait and see, what to do in the first minutes, and how to find a vet in a place you do not know.
What an American dog needs to enter the European Union, the vaccine detail that trips people up, how to get a dog across the Atlantic, and the form you need to come home.
Most dogs that get heatstroke get it on a walk, not in a car. How to judge the heat, plan the day around it, and what to do if your dog overheats.
United takes dogs in the cabin for $150 each way with no weight limit, allows two pets if you buy two seats, and no longer checks pets into the hold. The rules and the destinations it excludes.
Mexico now requires a screwworm inspection certificate for every dog, and the United States requires one to let your dog back in. What to get, when, and from whom.
How much hotels charge for a dog, how many have a weight limit, whether you can leave your dog in the room, and what a deposit really is, from a thousand hotels and hundreds of written policies.
The pet passport, the animal health certificate, the American endorsed certificate and the CDC form are four different things. Here is what each one is, who can get it, and which your dog travels on.
Delta takes small dogs in the cabin for $150 within the United States and $200 abroad, but not to Hawaii or Britain. The rules, the carrier, the limits and how to book.
Where the law lets a dog sit beside you while you eat, where it is patio only, how to find a place that wants you both, and how to be the guest every restaurant hopes for.
