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I know this is going to sound very corny, but pretend your dog was able to talk. Would he (or she) tell you that he would prefer to fly in a cramped dog carrier, face chances of being left on the tarmac for a period of time and wait numerous days for you to arrive, or would he prefer the small inconvenience of accompanying you in the car and drive to LV?

In the first place, I'll be there to meet him. I leave on Tueday, he flies out Sunday.In the second place, I wish I could simply hop on a plane and be there in six hours instead of having to drive for the better part of four days.
You keep harping on getting stuck on the tarmac. Why not imagine the car breaks down in the middle of Nebraska or something.
He'll be in the same crate, by car or by plane. One for six to eight hours, the other for thirty plus.

I would rather make a flight in a small box, but I'm not sure about your dog. My dog, I THINK, would prefer the drive. I know that my dog would hate both.

I can't understand putting a dog in a carrier for long car trips. That may be the exact reason he doesn't like the trips. My dad had two rather large labrador retrievers (not owned simultaneously) and never had a carrier for them. I understand using one for an airplane, cut I would never put a big dog in one, for anything else.

I'm not sure if this comment is addressed to me, but if it is, let me clarify. My dog, Zeppelin, has never been in a box. He's never been in a carrier or box, or cage at home or while traveling in a car. The box I was talking about would be the carrier required to travel on a plane.................and he's never done that either.

We got him at the human society when he was an older puppy at maybe 25#, and he's now about 65#. From the first day he never liked the car, which I understand is weird. He's a cool mutt, however.

It wasn't directed at you. It was directed at billryan. I agree that the dog would have to ordinarily travel in a carrier on an airplane, unless there is some way to have him up with humans as a service dog. If dog restraint is an issue in a car, there are safety devices that I think would be much more pleasant than a carrier.

Dog restraints work well as far as keeping the dog attached to the back seat. Now if they could come up with a restraint to keep the back seat in place, we'd be in business.
As far as crating a dog goes, I used to be against it. My last to dogs love their crates. They can enter or leave at will but spend most of their time in it. Dogs like caves. If I had a van, I'd have no problem putting the crate in it and driving cross country. However, I have a Mazda 6 and the one time I had him restrained to the back seat, it took five minutes for him to pull the seat off its moorings.

I have an idea. Ellen Degeneres and her wife where given a dog a couple of years back from a friend of my buddy. This dog was living about 60 miles west of Chicago, so Ellen sent her private jet from LA to Chicago to pick up the dog. Even though he's a mostly blind mutt, I did see a neat picture of the doggy in the cockpit with his paws on the dashboard (or whatever it's called in a jet), looking out the front window.

If I had a jet I would offer, but possibly Billy should check with Mrs. Degeneres. She is a pretty cool chick.

There is an actual pet flying service, where most of the passengers are pampered pets. I would imagine it is very expensive.