Importing A Dog From America - He's On His Way!!

Hiya,

We've been awaiting the arrival of our new dog from america for several months, he is flying over tonight so i thought i'd do a thread for anyone interested

He was picked up from the breeder a few hours ago, we're using a shipping company so they are dealing with everything from paperwork to getting him on the plane.

He has just arrived at the airport in Chicago and been checked in, got to keep checking the BA website to find out when his flight gets underway, its due to leave in about 4hours but he has to have a vet check and make sure all his paperwork is in order first.

Nerve wracking stuff for us and his breeder, although she exports to various countries regularly, she's never sent a dog to the UK.

His flight is due to land here at 7am so will be a LONG night



Anyway, not sure if this will interest anyone but thought i'd post anyway as its exciting times for me

Very exciting! Have you got any pics? Why are you importing? Why this particular dog? Do dogs get jet lag???

Looking forward to hearing all about him,

J.

Intrests me Hope all goes well with the rest of his joureny to you. Cant wait to see piccies, and hear more about him! Sleepless night for you

Ohhh what breed is he? Any piccys of him from the breeder in the US?

No pics that i can post im afraid.

He's a chihuahua importing him because its almost impossible to get a show quality pup from UK breeders and his lines will hopefully be of benefit to the UK chi's. And this pup... Because he is from lines we love, with great temperments, health and he's been quite a star in the show ring in America

Good luck, that's very exciting! Poor little pup though on the flight, bet he'll be very pleased to see you and be welcomed into your home

Exciting stuff Jess, look forward to seeing pics of him

will he need to go into quaranteen?(sp)

Hope he has a smooth flight with good inflight entertainment

Its all very exciting

Looking forward to seeing pics xx

Good luck with your new pup Jessica

Have to admit it took me 4or 5 days to sort myself out but i did do over 20,000 miles with 6 lots of diff times But i'm sure he will be fine

Hope his flight goes well. To be honest, Im not sure I would want to put a young pup through such a stressful experience but BA do have a good rep for animal transport.