Cook

Thanks all for your replies. Having phoned up to get him booked in for an xray today, typically this morning he seemed a lot better.. so we've left it for now. Much less limping - he is just licking at it a lot. I wondered if he caught the toenail perhaps. We'll see how he goes over the weekend and if still limping/worse again by Monday we will go for an xray. He is a big pansy and had an xray once before, so I reckon he will probably need a full GA- we are over in the UK at the moment and as yet to 'test' the insurance company.. however were quoted the equiv of about $1000 which seemed a lot more than at home. Thanks all.

Hi there, My 3yr old lab has been limping since Sunday. We think he has caught his foot on some wire/metal stairs at a friend's house as he was most reluctant to walk down the stairs the following morning and was limping. No one saw what happened. He seemed ok on Monday to the point I took him for his usual walk/run... but ever since he is limping again. He clearly has pain in his 2nd most outer toe on his front foot. Very tender and now a bit swollen. I took him to the vet on tues who gave him some anti-inflams and said we could xray if no better in case he has a foreign body in there or if fractured- grass seed/piece of glass etc.. I googled (bad idea) about toe fractures and read various info about whether you splint or not to splint etc. The vet on the phone today said that if fractured and displaced on the xray, then they would operate on a different day to put a wire into straighten it. I've also read that you could just leave him alone with rest. Obviously he will need to be anaesthetised to have the xray - so I was after your opinion on whether you would go for a xray in the first instance, or if the treatment is rest then is it worth putting them through the anaesthetic at all.. Also what experience do people have with fractures needing splinting /operations etc? I've got about an hour to decide whether we book him in tomorrow or whether to leave until Monday Thanks.

Thanks Wayrod! So can they get out of the crates in Dubai? Is that what the transit permit is for? Chocolover-we may find that exchange rate being so rubbish at the mo will work in our favour for the way back!!

Thanks everyone for your input for this. Ball park cost= I have had quotes of between $3700-4000 for one way from Melb to Lond. I doubt I've ever paid that much for myself to fly- gives an indication of how spoilt Cook is!! Loraine- I too haven't heard that they can get out of their crates?- every company I've spoken to says they are not allowed out at all in transit becasue of quarentine. I'd love to know if this has changed for Dubai? However jetpets told me they are now only using the qantas flight through Dubai to get to London (as Qantas has now joined up with Emirates, so the previous Singapore/HK routes are no longer an option as they were BA codeshares). She told me they definitely didn't get out of the crate in Dubai.. but I might check again with them to be certain, as I'd love him to be able to get out for a pee. Coming back costwise, I've been told to allow 'at least double' and then quarentine kennels is about $40/day for a month on top of that.. I am so massively saving up at the moment! If anyone had any views on the new plastic big crates over the wooden ones, I'd love to hear? I've heard wooden maybe more sturdy for the bigger dogs (our choc lab is about 1m long)- however from our perspective, if the plastic ones can halve into 2 sections, then would be SO much easier to get into the car at the other end... Dogtainers told me they would use plastic, but jetpets wooden. Any thoughts on that?? Cheers all.

Hi there, I am new to the forum but am after any advice on transporting my 2 year labrador from Melbourne (or Sydney) to London. I've been asking for quotes from the various companies, but wondered if anyone had any recommendations of who to go with/avoid/etc and any tips on how to get him there safely. I've got quotes from Jetpets/Pet Express (petex)/pet carriers international/skypets. Still waiting to hear from Dogtainers. The quotes are all roughly the same cost (a lot!!) so I guess I'd like to go with whoever looks after the dogs the best. I called up Qantas freight to see about organising it myself, but they quoted me not much less than the companies to be honest, just for his flight cost. He has had his rabies vaccine. He is pretty good in the car and can easily sleep for a 12 hour car trip. Any advice would be fantastic.