New Puppy - she's in Seattle...how to bring her home?

[Anonymous]

Weird combo for a mutt. If you wanted a big ass dog that sheds a ton why not just get a purebred Bernese?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We used a flight nanny service. They start with the first flight out and do 1 to 2 layovers, flying standby. Puppy flies in cabin under the seat and gets breaks at layovers. Worked great for us.

Dream job!

We just did this too with a flight nanny. 8 week old puppy, cross country with a layover half-way. Great experience for all. Puppy arrived safe and happy.

Please tell me this is a joke. Please?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Weird combo for a mutt. If you wanted a big ass dog that sheds a ton why not just get a purebred Bernese?

+1

And goldens are amazing wonderful dogs but the breed isn't healthy, too much cancer. Doesn't make sense.

[Anonymous]

I have a blue boxer, or maybe it’s boxer heeler?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I thought OP was talking about an actual breed of dog. Going across the country for a well bred animal makes sense. The best ones aren't always where you prefer them to be. Some made up pretend breed is not the same thing.

Weren’t all breeds a made up pretend breed at some point?

Not exactly. Most breeds were purpose bred; IOW, they were created for reasons other than lining someone's pockets. People developing breeds often had goals in mind, sometimes in terms of functionality, sometimes in terms of looks, often both. A program that aims to establish a breed would start with a fairly wide base of existing dogs that do have the traits that they're looking for, then breed them in a fairly organized manner, to create a creature closer to their ideal. This involves culling, making sure that undesirable genes are not passed on.

What it does not involve, is taking two random dogs, breeding them, and calling their offspring a new breed. F1s of an outcross, does not create a breed, it creates a mutt. You have to essentially create many generations until the dogs are reliably producing whatever your goal is, before it can be called a breed. Because of the time/expense/number of dogs involved, creating actual breeds, is rarely done anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We used a flight nanny service. They start with the first flight out and do 1 to 2 layovers, flying standby. Puppy flies in cabin under the seat and gets breaks at layovers. Worked great for us.

Dream job!

We just did this too with a flight nanny. 8 week old puppy, cross country with a layover half-way. Great experience for all. Puppy arrived safe and happy.

Please tell me this is a joke. Please?[/quote]

It's not! I just googled it. Wow. https://flightnannyqtpettransport.com/

[Anonymous]

Would not bernese mountain mix be happier in a cold climate and not in the hot swampy climate of DC?

[Anonymous]

Send DH out. Skip the kid companion. It will be stressful enough as it is. Don't do a direct flight.

[Anonymous]

I thought the airlines had stopped allowing people taking their pets in the cabin with them unless they were Service Animals. If so, I can't see anyway a puppy would qualify.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought the airlines had stopped allowing people taking their pets in the cabin with them unless they were Service Animals. If so, I can't see anyway a puppy would qualify.

We were allowed to take the puppy out of the crate and hold her on our laps on the plane. It was American, a couple weeks ago. Not sure if this is normal, but they did let us do it.

[Anonymous]

I brought my Rottweiler puppy home on Alaska Air from Seattle when she was 8 weeks old. Our breeder would not ship her (too traumatizing for her). She was fine on the flight, not a peep out of her. She's a happy (almost) 2 yr old moose now, clocking in at a whopping 105 lbs.


Go get him/her. It will be fine.

[Anonymous]

Ship the dog. And now before it gets too hot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - she's a golden mountain dog (bernese mountain/golden retriever mix).

I'm going to have my husband fly out and pick her up.

Thank you for the helpful replies.

OP you are being scammed. No reputable breeder sends an 8 week puppy across country. They are sending too you because of the heat.

[Anonymous]

My two favorite breeds but I think this is insanity. Did you at least get the genetic history on the parents going back 5 generations (standard for purebred breeders)? Did the breeder do the genetic tests on the parents (required of AKC breeders?)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My two favorite breeds but I think this is insanity. Did you at least get the genetic history on the parents going back 5 generations (standard for purebred breeders)? Did the breeder do the genetic tests on the parents (required of AKC breeders?)

it's a mutt so there is no need to worry about AKC standards