Your Pets and "The Big Move"!

[Sierra]

I think about this all the time. He has a dog, and I have a dog. The problem is, he has a dog I'm allergic too.
So no matter what I'll just take allergy medication and hope it's not that big of deal.

My dog lives with my mom (who lives down the street) because she needs a yard, but I go and get her every day and bring her over here to be with me. I will never leave her, so if the distance was closed with me going out there, I'd bring my dog with me. If he moves here (which is what is looking like will happen), he'll bring his dog.

Other than that, I have some fish, I'd break down the fish tanks and sell them, except for my one beta, who would come with me. I'm not super worried about it, we can socialize the dogs and my allergies aren't thattttttttt bad. It's such a small price to pay.

My boyfriend and I LOVE animals, we both want dogs in the future, so I know there won't be any problems with pets!

[LadyMarchHare]

A few months ago I got a puppy. I was deciding whether to foster it until I found a good home or keep her for good. I was looking into shipping her into Costa Rica and what types of vaccinations, etc she would need. Well in the end my SO hated her so we gave her up. But I told him I'm getting one when we get to CR. I LOVE PUPPIES!!!

Hit your SO on the nose with a rolled up newspaper.

I'm so lucky my SO's a cat person like me. I was always scared I'd date a guy who liked dogs or iguanas and wouldn't want a cat in the house. Now the only problem is he'll have to keep me from bringing in strays.

[lucybelle]

A few months ago I got a puppy. I was deciding whether to foster it until I found a good home or keep her for good. I was looking into shipping her into Costa Rica and what types of vaccinations, etc she would need. Well in the end my SO hated her so we gave her up. But I told him I'm getting one when we get to CR. I LOVE PUPPIES!!!

[13000km]

I still live with my parents and my brother and the only pet we have is a 12 year old turtle. As much as my boyfriend would love having a turtle, I don't think the species I have is legal in the US, so the turtle will stay here in Singapore with them.

My boyfriend lives with his sister and her husband and they have 2 dogs. I generally don't like dogs, especially little ones, and can get scared if they try to jump at me. /: I got to know and love one of them while I was there, but the other puppy they got very recently and is still not toilet trained (he pooped on my boyfriend's bed!). His mum (who I will be living with while I'm there) also has 2 dogs, one who is older and such a sweetheart and the other can get quite wild and is not very smart. Looks like I will have to do some mindset-changing about doggies when I move there!

[Rosebud]

Hmm, tough question. With all our plans for the future it's never really been in the cards for me to be the one to move, so it's not something I've thought TOO much about. But considering it over now, hypothetically if I were to be the one leaving, I think that even as much as it would sadden me, I would leave my pooches behind. They're family dogs more than they are MY dogs, and so I know my older sister especially would not only be crushed but probably flat out not allow it even if I tried! Besides, one of my dogs is super old and I wouldn't want to put her through the stress of making her travel so much anyway.

My boyfriend's dog recently passed away, but I'm sure it'd be the same situation of not wanting to take his family's elderly dog with him when he does come here. However, I'm a complete dog lover and I've never not owned a dog in my life so he already knows when he moves here that we're getting a puppy together. Already have the name picked out and everything.

[PucasKitten]

Im going to have to bite the bullet and get passports for my cat, who turns 9 this year, Ive had him since he was dumped at 2 weeks. he stops eating and goes into separation anxiety when Im gone to long :c Plus hes about the only family I got left <3 Ill also have to bring my dog because hes my baby when I move eventually ^^

[Moon]

Hmmm...reading through, maybe I should clarify that I wouldn't have anyone to leave my spotted sweetie with My daughter has a Chihuahua who'll I'd miss horribly, like heartbreaking horribly, but she couldn't take my Dal, too. My daughter is only 22 and it gets very expensive caring for an elderly dog, not too mention most apartments won't accept a "big" dog, just little ones, like chihuahuas. I'm way, way too old to be living with my parents, and they're retired, with no desire for a dog, since they like being on the go. I'm the only mom she's ever had, and would not do well without me, she's extremely attached! So, I'm here, at least as long as she is. She can be a huge pain in the ass, but she's my baby, my responsibility, and I love her to death If I did move though, and anything happened where my daughter could no longer take proper care of her Chi, I'd have him shipped to me immediately.

I know what you're saying! I've been running around in circles trying to get my dog Pooh over to Scotland. I just had her microchipped this past Friday and I have to get her a ton of shots, take some blood test that cost $200 dollars, pay the plane ticket which is $900 just about. And the only places where you send pet cargo is to London Gatwick, London Heathrow, and Manchester. So I'll have to get a train from Manchester to Glasgow...toooooooo much. But I cant stand the thought of leaving my dog with my dad who doesn't like her. She's too precious to me.

eeek O_o i couldnt do that! reading that just stresses me out lol, but good luck to you she'll love it there Scotland is an amazing beautiful country, moving there with Denise next year

[Dziubka]

I forgot about that. We definitely want to have pets in the future.
Once we move in together we're going to get guinea pigs and somewhere down the line, if we end up having more space and not living very centrally then we're getting a dog. However we both would like to live in a big city, so I don't know how realistic a dog really is. I don't want to have one while living in the city. I don't judge people who do, but I don't think it's the appropriate place for a puppy.

[kiara_silver]

I love animals but im not a good pet owner sadly... lol i leave my kittens to my siblings to care for when they get older, and then it ended up going to my parents, but right now i have no pets. I asked Nathan recently if we moved together would he let me get a pet he said no lol, not even a fish! isn't that mean? haha no but in reality im not great with animals and then you have these issues, if you go traveling anywhere where you going to leave them? so ehh guess no pets for me.... but thing there so cute!

[CountryGirl]

HA! lol i would have loved to have brought my cats with me when i moved but looking up all the stuff i had to do in order to move them internationally, wouldnt have been worth it too much stress on them, on me, plus a hell of alot unnecessary spending would have gone on if i did. in order to move them internationally you actually have to get them de wormed, microchipped, rabies vaccinated, they have to have there own pet passport, you have to buy them there own plane ticket, there own pet insurance in case something goes wrong, if you want someone to pick them up at the airport or go with them because sometimes they have to take there own flight thats gonna cost you $800 something, and depending on what country you are taking them too they have to be quarantined for a bit especially if you move to australia where a 30 day quarantine is $800 something....so basically you would be spending $3,000 or more just to do this O_o

I know what you're saying! I've been running around in circles trying to get my dog Pooh over to Scotland. I just had her microchipped this past Friday and I have to get her a ton of shots, take some blood test that cost $200 dollars, pay the plane ticket which is $900 just about. And the only places where you send pet cargo is to London Gatwick, London Heathrow, and Manchester. So I'll have to get a train from Manchester to Glasgow...toooooooo much. But I cant stand the thought of leaving my dog with my dad who doesn't like her. She's too precious to me.

[Tanja]

If you really think the car ride is going to be hell for the cats then I recommend you have them sedated lightly for the trip. That way they won't remember it afterwards and they won't be suffering through the car ride. Surely your local vet can give you some options as well? If you stop in a hotel somewhere just make sure what their policy on pets is and bring some of your clothes with you that you can put in their crate so that they can smell you and relax. I know the idea of keeping them in the car for that long is awful but they will forget about it in a day and animals settle quite quickly to a new home when their owner is with them.

Andy LOVES his German shepherd more than anything but he had no choice but to leave him behind when he moved here since the dog also lives with his parents and they love him and would never let him go and because he doesn't get along with other dogs and I have 3 myself It broke Andy's heart and he misses his dog very much but it was something we couldn't really change. If it was up to me Sam would be more than welcome here but seeing as we can't make it happen we've agreed to one day get a German shepherd of our own.

[Dziubka]

When I moved away from home I had to leave my dog behind.
It was very hard and I still love her a lot, but there was just no other option for me. She's living with my mum and her boyfriend now and has become a lot calmer recently (she has moved house three times now and apparently suffered more than us from my parents' divorce), so I think she's 'happy' with where she is right now. Even though I wish I could see her more often.

Anyway... I totally understand that you don't want/can't leave them with your mum.
Maybe you can get them used to being in a cage in the car? I have no idea if this works for cats, but start out with just having them sit in the car for maybe 10mins, then go on short drives and slowly extend them? That way it's going to be less stressful for them when you finally make the move.

HA! lol i would have loved to have brought my cats with me when i moved but looking up all the stuff i had to do in order to move them internationally, wouldnt have been worth it too much stress on them, on me, plus a hell of alot unnecessary spending would have gone on if i did. in order to move them internationally you actually have to get them de wormed, microchipped, rabies vaccinated, they have to have there own pet passport, you have to buy them there own plane ticket, there own pet insurance in case something goes wrong, if you want someone to pick them up at the airport or go with them because sometimes they have to take there own flight thats gonna cost you $800 something, and depending on what country you are taking them too they have to be quarantined for a bit especially if you move to australia where a 30 day quarantine is $800 something....so basically you would be spending $3,000 or more just to do this O_o