'She couldn't move anymore': Dog owner distraught after UPS delivery of 55-pound package leads to canine's tragic end

[BobTheSubgenius]

5. What kind of lunatic ships a dog as freight?

I realize these are two different situations, but are very congruent. My wife and I quit taking our late Cairn when we flew. The last time he was shipped, it took him half an hour to quit shaking after we picked him up. Because of completely erroneous info on his pickup, after a 20 minute wait at the carousel, we found out that he was not going to be taken off with baggage. By the time we found out, we had to race to a car rental to get a car to make the trek to the freight terminal. If we had been 15 minutes later, he would have spent the night alone in a crate, unwalked and unfed.

After that, any time we were considering travel, we all either went in the car, paid a sitter a smell fortune, or one of us stayed home. If you love your pets, find an alternative way of getting them there, or stay home.