Woody's in PA!! See Karen's new thread

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Originally Posted by AdoreMyDogs

We also have a kennel for Woody.
It's kind of big, but we don't have anything smaller, I don't think.
It's a Sky Kennel, I would imagine it would be fine for airplane travel.

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:confused: How BIG is "kinda big"?
There may be an upper limit to the size of kennel that will be allowed on the
small commuter jet that flies out of Wichita Falls airport.

Look at THIS web page - it shows all the Sky Kennels and gives their "Airline Size" (100, 200, 400 etc)
and their size in inches. http://www.skykennelsupply.com/skyke...edchart-en.htm
Grab your ruler and measure the length, width, and height of your kennel and compare your measurements to the listed sizes.
What SIZE kennel do you have ??

We'll need to check with AA CARGO to be sure YOUR kennel is allowed on the
Jets Woody will be flying on.
Has your kennel got attachable water and food cups?
Has it got all the required stickers and labels?
And he'll need a soft, absorbant pad to cover the floor with - soft to lay on
and yet able to soak up a pee accident if it happens.

Again - I suggest you read the info on the www.AACARGO.com web site -
that written info is more accurate than the info you'll get from the average Customer Service Rep at the 1-800 number.

* Go to www.AACARGO.com
* Click on the "Shipping your Pet / Shipping & Document Requiremnts" link >>
https://www.aacargo.com/shipping/animals.jhtml
* Click on "Kennel Guidelines"

Do "we" have a proposed "Fly Date" for Woody?
Remember he'll need a Visit to the Vet to collect his documentation
(see previous posts) and get all his shots.

And don't forget to watch the weather forecasts for the "low temps"
at Wichita Falls, Dallas, and Harrisburg or Philly.

Has Woody been "practicing" in his kennel?

/s/ Phred

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Originally Posted by Cinder & Smoke

:confused: How BIG is "kinda big"?
There may be an upper limit to the size of kennel that will be allowed on the
small commuter jet that flies out of Wichita Falls airport.

Look at THIS web page - it shows all the Sky Kennels and gives their "Airline Size" (100, 200, 400 etc)
and their size in inches. http://www.skykennelsupply.com/skyke...edchart-en.htm
Grab your ruler and measure the length, width, and height of your kennel and compare your measurements to the listed sizes.
What SIZE kennel do you have ??

We'll need to check with AA CARGO to be sure YOUR kennel is allowed on the
Jets Woody will be flying on.
Has your kennel got attachable water and food cups?
Has it got all the required stickers and labels?
And he'll need a soft, absorbant pad to cover the floor with - soft to lay on
and yet able to soak up a pee accident if it happens.

Again - I suggest you read the info on the www.AACARGO.com web site -
that written info is more accurate than the info you'll get from the average Customer Service Rep at the 1-800 number.

* Go to www.AACARGO.com
* Click on the "Shipping your Pet / Shipping & Document Requiremnts" link >>
https://www.aacargo.com/shipping/animals.jhtml
* Click on "Kennel Guidelines"

Do "we" have a proposed "Fly Date" for Woody?
Remember he'll need a Visit to the Vet to collect his documentation
(see previous posts) and get all his shots.

And don't forget to watch the weather forecasts for the "low temps"
at Wichita Falls, Dallas, and Harrisburg or Philly.

Has Woody been "practicing" in his kennel?

/s/ Phred

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Woody is fully crate trained. He's wonderful in his crate, that won't be an issue. The crate isn't a "Sky Kennel" as I previously thought, it's a Veri Kennel, which is very similar to the Sky Kennel. The size he's in is closest to the model #200, with only an inch difference.

I will have to get Woody to the vet for a health certificate, he doesn't have one. I will have to wait til pay day until I take him to the vet though unfortunately. We are totally broke until pay day (hubby gets paid this Friday).

Off to bed now...will find out more tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by Cinder & Smoke

* Go to www.AACARGO.com
* Click on the "Shipping your Pet / Shipping & Document Requiremnts" link >>
https://www.aacargo.com/shipping/animals.jhtml
* Click on "Kennel Guidelines"

Do "we" have a proposed "Fly Date" for Woody?
Remember he'll need a Visit to the Vet to collect his documentation
(see previous posts) and get all his shots.

And don't forget to watch the weather forecasts for the "low temps"
at Wichita Falls, Dallas, and Harrisburg or Philly.

Has Woody been "practicing" in his kennel?

/s/ Phred

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Just checked that website again, and the kennel meets all the specifications, with the exception of the dishes that attach, which we can get, and the "LIVE ANIMAL" stickers, which also we can also get.

I sent a donation via paypal.... use it for the health certificate at the vet, or whatever, ok?? Give my pupper some big kissies for me!!

Should I stock up on Revolution or Frontline before he gets here?? We're not in flea season here, but not sure how the weather is down there.

:confused:

There are a few Important Questions regarding Woody's *Flight Home* that
continue to go unanswered ...

1) Has a Date been decided upon for Woody's Flight?
** Must consider & complete items:
* He needs the Vet Visit for Shots and a Physical
* His kennel has to be made flight-ready - Bowls, Labels, a Pad, Food Pouch, Vet's Orders
* WHO is going to send him off and pick him up ???

2) WHERE is he going = Harrisburg or Philadelphia ??? Jenn ?????
* Cost, delay and flight times are almost the same for either destination;
. . . pick one destination based upon ease of picking him up.

3) When will sufficient Funds be collected?
* Leslie should have at least two donations by now ...
* Please Post the Number of dontions received and the total received as
. . . often as you can

4) Has Woody ever had any Puppy Shots, yet?
* He souldn't fly till after he's had at least the initial set of Puppy Shots
* Ask the Vet about giving a Rabies shot - IF the Vet says he's too young;
. . . you'll need a Signed Vet's Statement to that effect to send with Woody

Fly High, Woody!

Phred, I'm sure when he flies all depends on when enough money is collected to pay for his flight. Leslie said in her last post that when her hubby gets paid next she'll take him to the vet for his health certificate. Yes, he has his shots.

ALL DONATIONS FOR WOODY'S FLIGHT CAN BE SENT TO LESLIE VIA PAY PAL TO:[email protected]

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Originally Posted by pitc9

when her hubby gets paid next she'll take him to the vet
for his health certificate.

Yes, he has his shots.

ALL DONATIONS FOR WOODY'S FLIGHT CAN BE SENT TO LESLIE VIA PAY PAL AT:
[email protected]

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Don't get the Vet's Health Certificate "too soon" -
they're only VALID for 10 DAYS after the Vet signs it!

If his flight gets delayed past 10 days - the Vet will have to
issue a NEW Certificate with a fresh date.

You ought to wait till the Ticket Money is "in hand" - THEN go to the Vet.

Good that he has his Puppy Shots - what about the Rabies shot?

Donate Early ~ Donate Often :D

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Originally Posted by Cinder & Smoke

Don't get the Vet's Health Certificate "too soon" -
they're only VALID for 10 DAYS after the Vet signs it!

If his flight gets delayed past 10 days - the Vet will have to
issue a NEW Certificate with a fresh date.

You ought to wait till the Ticket Money is "in hand" - THEN go to the Vet.

Good that he has his Puppy Shots - what about the Rabies shot?

Donate Early ~ Donate Often :D

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He's too young for a rabies shot, and I will have a vet sign a waver that proves it prior to his flight.

Thank you everyone in advance for helping donate towards getting Woody to his new mommy :) We appreciate, as does Jennie I'm sure!

Sent money this morning... =)

Awe... thank you, Seravieve!!

You're welcome. Least that I could do. :D

Thank you SO much to all for the generous donations!

How much do we have in donations for flight? Maybe we can get Angie to update it in the heading too??

Total donated sofar: $101.05 with the Paypal fees taken out. :) We're almost there!

*bump* :)

Total donated sofar with the Paypal fees taken out: $149.30

Yay so close!

Just sent $20 - hope it helps out

WOO HOO!

Does the cost of the flight still stand at $200? (round number)

If so... OMG...we are SO close!!!!
Last count (Brody's mom's donation included) we now have around $168.00

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Originally Posted by pitc9

WOO HOO!

Does the cost of the flight still stand at $200? (round number)

If so... OMG...we are SO close!!!!
Last count (Brody's mom's donation included) we now have around $168.00

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Have sent a further $32 to get it to the $200 :D

YAY Woody!!

you´ll be flying in no time to your mommy!!!

Wow we have enough to fly Woody now! I made an appointment for Woody's health certificate today, he's going to the vet at 5:00 today! He'll be ready to go today!

I hate to ask for more, but if anyone has just a wee bit more to spare to help with his health certificate that would be fantastic. Ever since I quit my job to be home with Quinn, money is SO tight, and feeding, housing, and vaccinating another dog has been tough. We'll do it if the donations don't come in, but it'd be so helpful for us if we can get just enough to get his health certificate. The place I'm taking him today is $35 if they are sure he's under 3 months. If they find him closer to 3 months, they'll give the rabies shot, which will cost more, but I'm not sure how much more.

Thank you and bless you all!

Leslie, I don't see a problem collecting more donations in order to help cover some of the money you've spent/will be spending on him.

We all know puppies are not cheap! :D

two questions - 1) Do I click on service/other, goods, or cash advance? (I got that far.) and 2) how much does Pay Pal charge to the recipient?

Thanks,
Elyse

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Originally Posted by cassiesmom

1) Do I click on service/other, goods, or cash advance?

2) how much does Pay Pal charge to the recipient?

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#1 - use the Service/Other label
#2 - not that much - there are several variables that effect the actual charge.
. . . It amounts to a few Percent of the amount sent.

#3 - Be sure mention "Woody's Fund" and to show your Name & Pet Talk Name
. . . in the Remarks block on the sceond page

You guys are so awesome! Thanks so much to everyone who is helping out!

Leslie, how did it go at the vet today??? How much does he weigh now?

Bump....

Does anyone else want to donate still??
There's still time left!! :D

Jenn, does the cat side know about this?
Maybe we could get a few more donations from the cat people! :p ;)

Done! Thank you, Phred for the instructions for the second page.

I made a thread in Cat General. :D

Thanks Staci!

I changed Woody's vet appointment to today because I needed hubby to help with Quinn. Woody got a clean bill of health and he charmed everyone at the vet hospital. Then we took him to Petco and bought him a collar, it looks so nice on him. Little Woody is really getting big, I knew he was growing as it's not as easy to hold him anymore, and he's a whopping 16 pounds! The vet estimated his age to be 12 weeks, but she hates giving the rabies vaccine too soon, so she wrote on the health certificate that he was 11 weeks old so he wouldn't have to have his rabies shot for the trip.

Woody fell asleep on my lap the whole trip home. I was in the passanger seat and hubby was driving. What a lot of ooooh's and ahhhh's we got with Woody because he's so incredibly cute :)

We're getting close! Thank you SO much everyone who's donated and wished our little friend well. In no time at all, he'll be on the big bird headed to PA to his new mommy :)

No suprise people we falling in love with him left and right... just LOOK at him!!
:D

I'm SO glad he got a clean bill of health to travel!!

We have $227.37 once all the donations clear total sofar. We're shipping Woody! I'm hoping to ship him this Friday morning. If someone wanted to donate $10 towards the clip on food and water dishes, the Live Animal stickers and the ID tag, that would be great! We're going to ship him out this Friday (per approval from Jenn)! Yay we're so excited, but I know Jenn is even MORE excited :D

I wanted to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart. In these past few weeks, Woody has really become special to me. It means so much to me to have him stay in the PT family to a WONDERFUL home that I have complete trust in. I know he's going to have a wonderful life once he gets out of that scary airplane cargo area.

Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Woody gives you a enthusiastic arooooooooooo (Oh my goodness Jenn you're going to LOOOOVOE his arrroooooooo....it's SOOOO adorable I can't even stand it!)

Ummmm.... I work on Friday!!! I don't get out until 1:30pm, so unless he arrives in Harrisburg later than 4pm, that will be an issue, lol. Do you know the schedule?? Is there a Saturday flight??

We've been so excited to get all this done, we totally forgot to talk about day and time, lol!

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Originally Posted by jenn_librarian

I work on Friday!!! I don't get out until 1:30pm,
so unless he arrives in Harrisburg later than 4pm, that will be an issue.

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If Leslie puts him on the flight (#3232) that AA CARGO recommends;
he can one-stop it to either Harrisburg OR Philly - within the layover limit of 4 hours.

JENN: Which Airport do YOU want to use - Harrisburg (MDT) or Philly (PHL) ??
It (destination airport) won't make ANY difference in time or cost.

LESLIE: Did the Vet make a "Certificat of Acclimation" statement stating
how LOW a temperature Woody can handle on his flight? Without that Temperature Acclimation
statement; Woody can't fly if the temps will be below 45* F.

SUGGESTED Flights:

From Wichita Falls, TX (SPS) to Dallas/FtWorth, TX (DFW) = use Flight # 3232 -
depart @ 1:43 pm and arrive DFW @ 2:35 pm (daily flight)

IF going to Harrisburg, PA (MDT) - Connect with # 3847 -
depart DFW @ 5:25 pm and arrive Harrisburg @ 9:15 pm.

IF going to Philadelphia, PA (PHL) - Connect with # 1086 -
depart DFW @ 3:30 pm and arrive Philly @ 7:45 pm.

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Reference about Low Temperature Restriction:

Shipping Warm-blooded Animals in Temperatures Below 45 Degrees Fahrenheit
For all animals, if the temperature is, or is forecasted to be, under 45 degrees at any city on the animal's routing, a Certificate of Acclimation is required in order for your animal to travel. This certificate must be issued and signed by a licensed veterinarian and dated within 10 days of the shipping date. It must include the shipper's name and address, type of animal and to what temperature below 45 degrees the animal can withstand (but not lower than 20 degrees). Your animal may be accepted as long as the forecasted temperature is not below 20 degrees Fahrenheit, or the temperature noted on the certificate, whichever is more restrictive.

A certificate of acclimation with no specific temperature stated on the document (i.e. animal's thermoneutral temperature zone) is invalid and will cause your animal shipment to be refused by American Airlines.

HAPPY FLYIN, Woody!

/s/ Phred - K9 Travel Agent wanna-be

Wow... quite a bit of money going towards getting this highly adoptable puppy to a home hundreds of miles away.


Good luck on your journey, Woody!

Safe journey little man

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Originally Posted by Kfamr

Wow... quite a bit of money going towards getting this highly adoptable puppy to a home hundreds of miles away.


Good luck on your journey, Woody!

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So, are you saying this is a bad thing? :confused:

I said I would drive it round trip, and then others suggested getting donations to fly him as it would be more cost effective than driving when including gas, food, lodging, wear and tear on vehicle.

I'm sure we can have Leslie return the money via PayPal and just have him adopted out down there if many people find that to be more acceptable. I know there are tons of homeless dogs all over the states, I just happened to see this little guy's pics and read about his personality and fell in love with him. Should this not have happened???

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Originally Posted by Cinder & Smoke

JENN: Which Airport do YOU want to use - Harrisburg (MDT) or Philly (PHL) ??
It (destination airport) won't make ANY difference in time or cost.
SUGGESTED Flights:

From Wichita Falls, TX (SPS) to Dallas/FtWorth, TX (DFW) = use Flight # 3232 -
depart @ 1:43 pm and arrive DFW @ 2:35 pm (daily flight)

IF going to Philadelphia, PA (PHL) - Connect with # 1086 -
depart DFW @ 3:30 pm and arrive Philly @ 7:45 pm.

HAPPY FLYIN, Woody!

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I prefer PHILADELPHIA actually. I know my way around that city and that airport.

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/s/ Phred - K9 Travel Agent wanna-be

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You really should look into this Phred, lol. You're really good at it! I have really appreciated all your help with this!

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I'm sure we can have Leslie return the money via PayPal and just have him adopted out down there if many people find that to be more acceptable

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Absolutely, definitely, positively NOT!!! People donated because they wanted to help get you and Woody together.

Don't agree? Don't donate - simple as that

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Originally Posted by Brody's Mum

Absolutely, definitely, positively NOT!!! People donated because they wanted to help get you and Woody together.

Don't agree? Don't donate - simple as that

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I agree with Brody's Mum. We donated because we wanted you and Woody together. You fell in love with him, and we are making it possible for you to have him. We wanted him to stay in the PT family, and he's going to a terrific home. You deserve your puppy.

Hugs to everyone involved in making this possible. This is what makes PT my home online.