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

[Cinder & Smoke]

But Jenn has school on Tuesday and can't miss any more work.

You willing to pick him up, Phred, and drive him home?

What's the 10 day forecast?

Yeah butt ...
Jenn gets out of School early enough to get to Philly before Woody lands -
no time off work required.
REVISED:
OK - *scratch* the above ... weekdays would be bad.

US drive to Philly & then deliver him --- SURE - as long as you buy da GAS!

Another week in Texas??
Dunno if Leslie can hold up that long.
Word hazzit that between Baby Quinn and Puppy Woody - her "strings" are
getting *stretched* pretty tight!

Woody might wind up stuffed inna US Mail collection box with an Airmail Stamp stuck
between his eyes and a "TO: Jenn" tag on his collar.

[AdoreMyDogs]

Just an idea...anyone near the Philly airport that would want to puppy sit Woody a few days? As Phred posted in the previous post, Woody has really stretched me as far as I can go. I can't take it much longer. When I originally got Woody, I expected to have him a week. This is turning into closer to a month and I can't take it much longer. Woody needs more then I can give him and Boone has started jumping the fence in the past week, because of Woody. When all 3 dogs are outside to play and potty, Boone waits until I close the back door and he immediately jumps the fence. I had to resort to getting a chain for him, and he is so terrified of the chain he won't leave the back door. When I let Boone and Kersey out to play together, Woody cries because he wants to go and play with them, and I have to listen to his screaming which is not fun, especially when Quinn's asleep. She wakes up the instant Woody starts his "I wanna play" bark. If I let Woody out by himself he gets lonely (no surprise there) and he barks at the door so I can let one of the dogs out with him. I've been letting Kersey stay out with Woody because she doesn't jump the fence but she is just so unhappy about this situation and I can just see the look in her eye when I send her outside to play with Woody and it breaks my heart. She's never liked him. She tolerates him, but she doesn't like him.

My house pack is really not comfortable anymore. Woody needs more then I can offer him and my dogs are really tired of him. I really can't imagine having him another week. He's a great little dog and a sweet personality, but one person can only handle so much. If I didn't have Quinn, I'm sure it would be 10 times more do-able, but I can't take it much longer. Anyone near Philly airport that would want to pick him up for Jenn and keep him until he can be united at last with his new mommy?

I'm not sure how possible this would be, considering Jennie's info is on the health certificate, but, once the vet opens on Monday, I MIGHT be able to get the info changed IF someone wants to pick up and foster Woody a few days. Just an idea.

[jennielynn1970]

Let me PM Sparks19 and see if we can fly him into Harrisburg. She offered to pick him up there earlier, so maybe she could still do that?? Let me see what she says.... cross your paws!!

[Catty1]

Apropos of nothing - I got the impression that this was a commuter-size plane.

Since when do they have cargo holds? I thought stuff went in the cabin in a secured area.

If the aircraft is a dash 7 or 8, anyway.

[Cinder & Smoke]

Apropos of nothing - I got the impression that this was a commuter-size plane.

Since when do they have cargo holds? I thought stuff went in the cabin in a secured area.

If the aircraft is a dash 7 or 8, anyway.

The "larger" commuter jet flies DFW to Philly ... it's a
McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Super 80 (or DC-9-80), sometimes called the MD-80;
combining the new engines with a further stretched fuselage, increased span wing and other improvements. Launched in October 1977, the Super 80 first flew on October 18 1979. Seats approx 142 passengers. Flight Crew of 2 = Pilot + First Oficer.

From another discussion board:
"... American employees figured out a way to rig up a second smaller hose that funnels some of the cool air from the plane into the cargo hold...
American's working to install the belly coolers at more and more gates ...

So far they have the belly coolers at all of the gates that handle Super 80 airplanes.
The plane with the most cramped cargo hold
and also the most common plane in American's fleet. (Dated August, 2007)
Seems like the Super 80 does have one or more "belly holds".

Again, the issue isn't the temperature aboard the operating aircraft - it's the
possible temperatures during loading / unloading and travel to / from the terminal.

/s Phred

[Emeraldgreen]

Do the regulations for temperature just have to do with the ground time spent between transfer or does it also apply to boarding and deboarding ground time as well? If it just applied to ground time spent between planes, would it be worth it to try and find a direct flight that doesn't transfer from one plane to another? I haven't checked but I'm guessing that the flight that transfers to another plane is less expensive than a direct flight but it could solve the problem. Maybe there isn't a direct flight available though.

[Cinder & Smoke]

Do the regulations for temperature just have to do with the ground time spent between transfer
or does it also apply to boarding and deboarding ground time as well?

... would it be worth it to try and find a direct flight that doesn't transfer
from one plane to another?

1) The Temperature Rules apply to a Live Animal for every second that animal is
in the care & custody of, and is the responsibility of, American Airlines.
They take that responsibility Seriously and do NOT "bend" their own rules.

2) We HAVE checked - there are NO direct or non-stop flights between Wichita Falls, TX
and either Harrisburg OR Philadelphia, PA.

3) The small commuter jet flying out of Wichita Falls does NOT fly on to
either Harrisburg noe Philadelphia - passengers and cargo & Animals must
exit the little Wichita Falls plane at Dallas / Ft Worth and board a lil bigger jet
to get to Harrisburg or Philadelphia.

/s/ Phred