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Europeans have a sensible, healthy attitude about where you can take your pet. I suspect Oz is like Canada where everyone is dog phobic. A few years ago I was travelling to Amsterdam on KLM, which flies out of Montreal, about 120 miles from Ottawa, where we live, but KLM provides a bus to transport Ottawa passengers to the terminal in Montreal. I had a 10 week old whippet pup I was transporting to Germany with me and the KLM coach people told me I could only take the pup on the coach if NO passenger objected to the dog being in the coach. Otherwise, they told me, the dog would have to be carried in the baggage hold with the suitcases under the hold! As there is always at least one phobic person who will claim they are "allergic" to dogs, even if they aren't and even tiny pups like our little guy was, I didn't even contemplate the suggestion and so I got my 80+ year old Dad to drive me to Montreal. Where I live we cannot take our dogs in buses, taxis, trains, into outdoor cafes (except a handful of dog friendly outdoor cafes) and we certainly can't take them into public buildings or inside restaurants as I see all the time in Europe. To be perfectly frank, I would rather be beside a dog anytime, than someone who hasn't washed in a week and reeks from last night's hangover.Claire said:aslan said:They were allowed to take Holly on a coach trip?
Yes it is run by a company who specialise in trips for Show Dogs & their owners to go abroad. The accomodation for the dogs is said to be excellent cant remember the name of the company though :thumbsup:
I am not sure I would take a bus to Poland from England but hey, it was probably way cheaper as a package than taking their own transport and finding appropriate hotels on their own and they won so it is academic! Seems like it was the right thing to do, doesn't it?
Lanny