Pet Shipping Services

Upon calling Home Alone PPC to make arrangements for transportation for your pets, information can be given regarding:

• Airlines and their 800 numbers for the pet owner to call
• What size approved crate that would fit your pet, and businesses where crate could be purchased by owner, or picked up by Home Alone if needed
• Bedding, signs, bowls, water and food required by airlines
• Health certificates needed for transport
• Pet embargo due to weather if applicable

Other services:

• Home Alone PPC can arrange boarding before or after transport if needed, and bath if needed before Home Alone PPC delivers to Portland area address.

Home Alone PPC will meet with you to make final arrangements. At this time an agreement will be filled out with information on flight times, and involved persons shipping and receiving. Payment to Home Alone will be collected at this time. When Home Alone provides the service of transporting a pet from Portland to any destination in the United States, total charge of shipping by airline will be determined when pet and crate are weighed at the airport. Pet will need to be shipped C.O.D. since Home Alone will not be responsible for charges.

When Home Alone receives a pet at Portland airport, shipping charges would have been paid at departure city.

Any long distance phone call left on Home Alone voice mail requesting a call back for informational purposes will be returned collect only.

Presently, Home Alone is shipping nationally - not international.

Please note: Pet moving expenses are tax deductible. Your agreement with Home Alone will be your receipt.

TIPS FOR SHIPPING YOUR PET

• Kennel should be a manufactured type that is airline approved, does not collapse and not home made, with plenty of ventilation areas.
• Make a sign, secured to top of kennel "Live Animals" along with your name, address and phone number, and a name and phone number of the person picking up your animal at the other end. Make arrows showing "This end up."
• Fit a rug that will not slide in the bottom of the kennel. This will help prevent the cold from radiating up from the metal of the airplane and help absorb urine. A blanket for extra padding is also a good idea on top of the carpet.
• Water and food bowls must be attached to the inside of the door. Tape a bag of their food to the top so they can be fed if flights are delayed. Mark their food and water schedule on the top of the kennel showing the last time they were watered and fed. It is best for your animal if they are not overfed before the flight. You may also want to tape a bottle of water to the top. Most can be offered water from other areas with no problems but some due to the differences of the water along with the experience of the flight may have diarrhea. You may want to consider giving your pet spring or distilled water at the new destination and wean them onto the new water over at least three or four days. Fill their plasic water dish, that clips onto the door, about half full and put into the freezer overnight. As the water thaws this will give them fresh water on the plane before they rech their destination.
• Kennel should contain only one adult dog or cat, no one younger than 8 weeks can be shipped.
• Kennel must be large enough for the animal to stand, move around and be able to lie down comfortably.
• Allow your animal to become comfortable with the kennel at least one week before the flight. Put it in the room most used by you and your pet. Leave the door open and allow them to investigate on their own. Put their favorite toy or an article of yours inside the kennel. Throw treats inside showing them they can go in and out with no danger. After they are comfortable you may want to close the door allowing them to be inside for a short time showing them there is nothing to fear.
• All animals must have a health certificate issued by a veterinarian no more then 10 days before their departure.
• Sedation is not advised unless recommended by your veterinarian. The effects of sedation on animals at high altitudes are unpredictable.
• No collars on their necks, no leashes taped to the outside.

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