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Subject Topic: Dogs, cats on longer ferry routes Post Reply Post New Topic
PersonCastro
24/1/2018 at 2:38pm
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For example, N.Spain: thinking of trips from several hours upwards to overnight... what happens to pets? Is there a special chamber/lockers/cages? Or do they stay in the car like the short crossing? Or are pets not accepted on these long crossings? Haven't travelled with pets before, but more or less understand the procedures for the short Straits ferries and tunnel.
Thank you


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24/1/2018 at 2:44pm
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Right Santander and Bilbo you can pay for pet cabins which are fine, when they need to do their business there is a large area fully fenced in where they can be off lead. Cheaper option is kennels, everyone has different opinions but having seen kennels no way would we put our pouch in their.

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24/1/2018 at 2:55pm
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There are no pet friendly cabins on the Avon and on other ships you are only allowed one pet in the cabin.
The dogs travel in the kennels on board the ship. We have 3 Yorkies and as they are small, they all share one large cage. You need to phone to have one large cage instead of 2 or three depending on size of dogs etc. You can visit them as often as you like. Cats stay in the vehicles.
Many dogs will not want to urinate in the area where you can walk them as the area is not very large. When you get to the port and have passed through immigration etc you will need to find a place to stop for the dogs to get out and this is not always easy with a caravan in tow.
Don't forget that they need passports etc.


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Brittany Ferries is the only company sailing to Spain, so go to their website and type Pets in the search box in the top right hand corner. It will tell you the separate arrangements for every one of their ships - because every one of their ships is different.


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Or you could always provide a link to Brittany Ferries pet info.

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PersonCastro
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Thank you for your advice, everyone who ha responded
It sounds as though dogs have it slightly better than cats.
I'll check out the pointers you offer.


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PersonVal A
24/1/2018 at 8:14pm
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We took our cat in a pet-friendly cabin, with her travelling box to sleep in and her litter tray. She was no problem at all.


PersonGrandad Kenny
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You also need to book well in advance, I enquired this morning for a pet friendly cabin in October, all taken, but I did manage to get a cancellation in March.


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25/1/2018 at 9:42pm
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Thank you, Val and G'Kenny. Those sound promising for the cats. Still weighing up the long-way-round option.


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PersonVal A
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Castro - our cat travels well down through France. We have a house in the Aude and she's quite happy in her box, or occasionally on my knee in her harness. Is your cat used to travelling? Ours hated her journey to the vet, but on our first long-distance trip (in 2015 when we bought a house in France) she calmed down after about half an hour, and seemed to adapt to overnight stops with no problem. The first night at the hotel she was fine and slept in her travel box and used her litter tray.

The first night at our house she 'escaped' via the roof terrace and we were terribly worried, but she turned up at the front door twenty-minutes later - having only used that door once in her box when we'd carried her into the house!

Now she caravans with us around southern France, happily adapting to campsite life wherever we are. I hope it works well for you.

Our cat was a 'thrown out kitten' who arrived in our garden when far too young to have left her mother, but she has adapted really well to being an international traveller.

PS Brittany Ferries give you a complimentary collapsible bowl, and a bag of treats........!


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