Transporting our dogs from U.K to the D.R

Hi. We are moveing from England to Puerto Plata in october and are having difficutly in finding a company in England that can fly our two dogs over to us, has anybody over there taken their dogs with them from the U.K?.Any help advice would be greatly recieved.
Regards
Ian

Hi Ian - When we moved out with our Cavalier King Charles nearly 10 years ago, we used American Airlines. There is some form of cessation of livestock carrying during the summer months & they tend to restart about November for some reason. All flights need to turn on the heating system in the hold so maybe the airlines you spoke to don't want to do this!!

Have a word with Virgin (although you will also have to connect with American Airlines to get from US down to Puerto Plata). American MIGHT be more lenient in the US, the flight we came down on asked why we hadn't bought Merenge (our pup) with us in the cabin!!!

Have you tried the charter companies? One of your family could come charter whilst the rest travelled with the baggage on schedule!!! Why not try Air France (although that would have to be into Santo Domingo) or alternatively Britannia who bring in the Thomsons tourists? They MIGHT have room on one of their flights.

Good luck & see you soon - Grahame.