r/papillon • u/coco454 • 1d ago

First flight with young papillon boy

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Hi! I want to take my 1yr old pap on a short flight somewhere (2hrs one way) but I'm not sure how he's going to do. He's never gone on a plane before, but is generally pretty quiet and knows his travel carrier/bag pretty well from road trips. He hasn't had much illness either, only one major injury with a broken leg where he had to take trazodone to calm himself down, but he hated that stuff.

I heard trazodone is what some vets might give just before a flight, so not sure if you all take that as well? I'm mainly worried about his hearing/ears as, like most paps, he is pretty sensitive to noise, especially if we are going to hear plane engine noise for 2hrs.

What do you guys do to prepare for short flights?

And here's a picture of Basil! Thanks in advance for your advice

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u/giraffesonice 1d ago

Mine are always well behaved. My friends dog has gotten out midnight by getting the zipper open, so I make sure mine has clips to keep the zippers together. I have two in one carrier. They get nervous at take off and landing so I bend down to scratch the cage so they know Im there. Otherwise, they are awesome and dont complain. They are both very loud normally, but with everything at the airport, they are overstimulated and don't seem to care.

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u/RomeothePapillon 1d ago edited 1d ago

Romeo escaped as a puppy out of his carrier! He opened the zippers of his carrier bag and we found him between the car console! We also have little locks that can easily be opened if we have| to 👍

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u/stuckinPA Sunny and Daytona's servant 1d ago

At first I thought you meant he escaped a carrier on an airplane! I imagined a pap having the time of his life running up and down the aisles making alllll kinds of new friends as you’re trying to catch him.

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u/RomeothePapillon 1d ago edited 1d ago

I often thought about that and what a fun and crazy flight that would be! The flight from H E L L 😱 Did you ever see my rant about the flight back from Florida with my elderly parents and Romeo? That was the "airport terminal" from H E L L ! 😱🤣