taking a dog to Alaska

You'll want to leash her for trails unless she is very much compliant to voice commands. Lot's of hazards for little dogs. And realize that Alaska and BC have far more raptors than you are probably accustomed to. We take two 15 pound dogs with no troubles. Thin coated dogs, or dogs like one of ours who has almost no hair on her underside can be miserable from mosquitoes. Advantix flea treatment will repel mosquitoes or/and they make dog t-shirts with built in repellent.

Get a shot record from your vet. Rabies and maybe distemper have to be current. However we crossed twice this summer with two dogs. I handed the shot record to the Canadian border guy and he acted like "what's this for?" And the second time I didn't give the different guy the shot record and he did not ask for it. But better have it just in case.

Other than getting the proper paperwork to take her through Canada, it shouldn't be any different that than taking her anyplace else in a TC. I've been here for over 50 yrs, had six dogs and some of them went in our TC. The only thing that can go wrong is if she's dumb enough to go after a porcupine or moose. Mine were trained to leave them alone.

On the ferry she'll have to stay down below in the TC between ports, but lots of people do that.

Bill