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.
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.
What a British dog needs to enter France, the easiest ways across the Channel, which breeds France will not admit, and the tapeworm appointment everyone forgets.
Some holidays are better with a dog and some dogs are happier at home. Two simple tests, one for the trip and one for the dog, and how to leave a dog well when the answer is no.
What the official safety figures say about dogs in the hold, which dogs should never fly that way, which airlines still take them, and how to prepare a dog and its crate.
Ten questions that tell you what a hotel really means by dog friendly, why each one matters, and the answers that should make you look elsewhere.
Crossing into Canada with a dog needs one piece of paper. Coming home needs a form most Americans have never heard of. Here is the whole trip, in both directions.
Sandflies in Spain, ticks in France, heartworm in Florida, screwworm in Mexico. What your dog can catch where, and what to ask your vet before you go.
Southwest takes small dogs in the cabin on domestic flights for $125 each way and carries no animals in the hold. What qualifies, what the carrier rules are, and how to book.
Why the same beach welcomes dogs in May and bans them in July, how to check before you set off, and the seaside hazards every owner should know.
One good appointment, at the right time, sorts out the vaccinations, the parasite protection, the paperwork and the medicines for your trip. Here is how to get the most from it.
