I'm sorry I don't have any advice, I've never flown with an animal...

but it does bring to mind one of my favorite jokes:

A woman travels to Israel on her favorite airline. She checks her dog into the cargo hold of the plane.

The woman is very wealthy and is a frequent flyer on this airline, so she is known by the airline staff and gets VIP treatment, such as having her luggage personally unloaded.

When the staff unloads the plane, they discover the dog dead in the cargo hold. They call the manager. The manager panics because he will be fired if this woman makes a complaint. He tells the staff to stall the woman using any excuse they can. Meanwhile he runs to every pet store in town, trying to find a dog that matches the woman's dog in size, shape, coloring... After an exhaustive search, he finally finds the PERFECT dog. An exact match in every regard.

So the manager races back to the airport, puts the new dog into the woman's dog carrier, and tells the staff to tell the woman that her baggage is ready.

When the woman arrives the manager apologizes for the delay, makes up some excuse, and offers the "replacement" dog to the woman, holding his breath.

The woman take only a cursory glance at the dog and says to the manager: "This is not my dog."

The manager feigns surprize and tries to get the woman to take another look, hoping to convince her. She still insists "This is not my dog."

So the manager, wanting to know where he went wrong and hoping to be able to salvage something, asks the woman "Well, what makes you think this is not your dog?"

And the woman replies "Because my dog is dead. I was bringing him home to Israel to be buried."

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Hope that doesn't upset... that just always gets a ton of laughs. Your pup will be fine, I'm sure the doc will have some good advice and that some people here or somewhere will be able to relate some real experiences to ease your mind.

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