# 3,000 miles in a day with a puppy.....

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 16, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-000-miles-in-a-day-with-a-puppy/260051 "2004-08-16T04:46:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Survivor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@Survivor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Survivor)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-000-miles-in-a-day-with-a-puppy/260051/1 "2004-08-16T04:46:52Z")

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Yesterday, I finally flew home to Northern California with my new puppy - [Ethel Merman](http://homepage.mac.com/kevinbishop/PhotoAlbum2.html) … It took all day, and a couple of planes, but she’s no worse for wear… a real trooper 😃

Had a great time, met all kinds of really nice people at the Toronto and O’Hare airports, and decided from now on when I fly I’ll always bring an 8 week old puppy…  
or not…

Now the tough part… raising her!

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**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-000-miles-in-a-day-with-a-puppy/260051/2 "2004-08-16T11:33:57Z")

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Flying with pets is definitely a different experience. I recently brought a friend’s cat back down to Florida from NYC when I went to visit with her as she could no longer keep him.

I’m not generally a very social, outgoing person but I had every single person in Newark and Atlanta Airports stop to talk to me. When I had to duck in and use the restroom between flights I got sent to the head of the line and shooed into the larger stall with the baby change area. As I walked down the concourse to my gate, I left in my wake a chorus of people cooing “awwww”. It was quite a surreal experience.

Kitty did well on the flights too, and I’m glad I could carry him on.

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**Author:** ![smartini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@smartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartini)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-000-miles-in-a-day-with-a-puppy/260051/3 "2004-08-16T14:02:45Z")

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Awww…Miss Merman is a cutie pie 🙂

I can see how she is a people magnet! Oh, and I thought you had a very apt username for a 3000 mile trip with a new pup 🙂

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**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-000-miles-in-a-day-with-a-puppy/260051/4 "2004-08-16T14:38:05Z")

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Precious angel! This board needs more puppy pictures.

Best wishes for many happy years together for you and **Ethel Merman**!