Dog Blog: Mira goes international!

Hi everybody!

In may 2009 I am planning  a trip to germany to visit my family. I'm really looking forward to it, although I am really concerned about taking Mira with me. It is a very long flight, 9 hours straight, plus the waiting periods.

I seriously considered to leave Mira at a dog hotel for those 2 weeks, because, unfortunately, family couldn't take her. But I'm very nervous about this, because Mira is  not used to be seperated from me more than a  few hours. When we adopted her, she was already left behind once and I don't want her to go through this another time. When we first got her she wouldn't eat if I wasn't  around and that makes me worry.

I also found out, that she would need several papers and health certificates to go on the flight.

Maybe somebody already has expiriences to fly with dogs and can give me some tips and information about it.

Thank you for your help!!! :-)