Cruising With A Service Dog....everything You Ever Wanted To Know!

[rpclmc]

2 hours ago, rangeley said:

Nancy pants, we were worried Oakland wouldn't be comfortable here. 

I think Halo and Oakland might be twins.  The coloring and the long legs are so similar.  Halo has, what looks like, a lighting bolt down his tail.  Kind of getting on the middle of his back also.

 

Linda and Halo

[rpclmc]

Halo loves sunbathing and thinks the loungers are his.

[wizard-of-roz]

39 minutes ago, rpclmc said:

Halo loves sunbathing and thinks the loungers are his.

Such a handsome dog.  He does remind me of Oakland. 

 

When I first went to CCI in 2000, all I could envision with me was a Yellow Lab.  Now, after two Black Labs, I can't picture me with a Yellow, not that I would ever say NO to one.

[rangeley]

15 hours ago, rpclmc said:

Halo loves sunbathing and thinks the loungers are his.

Awww so cute! He does have the same coloring. But reminds me of Wexler on the lounge. 

[S.S. Cruisers]

OMD (Oh My Dog)  I know I have said it before, but I think we have the most handsome and beautiful dawgs in the world.  Jezzy Lou is tolerating the obnoxious thing that moved into her house!  She has snapped him at least 5 times.  He is a slow learner when it comes to loving his sissy. He wants to play with her some bad he is beside himself.  It is getting better day by day.  Jezzy is allowed to go into Travis' room when she needs a breaks from the noisey little twit.  Jezzy actually brought one of her toys out and gave it to him this morning.  It was very cute.  Had to take it away from him because it is a stuffy and he will shred it.   Kong toys are on the grocery list.  

That is soooo exciting that Cindy, John and Oakland will be cruising together!  What a very special cruise that will be.  ❤️

 

[wizard-of-roz]

2 hours ago, S.S. Cruisers said:

OMD (Oh My Dog)  I know I have said it before, but I think we have the most handsome and beautiful dawgs in the world.  Jezzy Lou is tolerating the obnoxious thing that moved into her house!  She has snapped him at least 5 times.  He is a slow learner when it comes to loving his sissy. He wants to play with her some bad he is beside himself.  It is getting better day by day.  Jezzy is allowed to go into Travis' room when she needs a breaks from the noisey little twit.  Jezzy actually brought one of her toys out and gave it to him this morning.  It was very cute.  Had to take it away from him because it is a stuffy and he will shred it.   Kong toys are on the grocery list.  

That is soooo exciting that Cindy, John and Oakland will be cruising together!  What a very special cruise that will be.  ❤️

 

Reading stories of the "Imp" and "Jezzy" are so much fun.  He has absolutely no idea how annoying he is!  Except, of course, when Jezzy lets him know!

 

If you've ever been lucky enough to witness CCI dogs playing together you'll understand how much fun it will be to watch Horton and Oakland when they meet and have a chance to interact with each other.  And, the totally opposite coloring of these two dogs will be stunning. 

 

I can't wait to finally meet Cindy and John.....we've shared so much over these many years through Cruise Critic, it'll be fun to actually be together.  We found out that Cindy's TA is an old acquaintance of mine who Morey and I cruised with years ago.......it's such a small world.  

[Caribbean Chris]

Wow, go away for a few days and look what happens!  Roz, Horton, Cindy, John, and Oakland are planning to cruise together!! I’m jealous and would be rarin’ to go, too, if we weren’t already cruising with old friends out of Florida in November when you five set sail. You must promise to take lots of pictures. Can’t wait to hear how senior citizen Horty and young Oak get along.

 

Seven year-old Raylene’s best buddy, a two year-old CCI yellow Lab hearing dog named Firenze, came for a play date last Sunday when I invited my three girl pals (all of us adult-deafened with cochlear implants, two of us with service dogs) over for brunch. When these two Labs get together,  the toy herd gets thinned out. But they look so innocent and have so much fun together, I just laugh. 

 

This pic was taken in June when they destroyed the outside of a soft Kong toy squirrel, leaving only the rope in the middle. So far, the hard plastic red & blue one has survived their onslaught. But Firenze’s spending six days with us next month, so we’ll see if it lasts.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 22, 2019 by Caribbean Chris

[rangeley]

2 hours ago, Caribbean Chris said:

Wow, go away for a few days and look what happens!  Roz, Horton, Cindy, John, and Oakland are planning to cruise together!! I’m jealous and would be rarin’ to go, too, if we weren’t already cruising with old friends out of Florida in November when you five set sail. You must promise to take lots of pictures. Can’t wait to hear how senior citizen Horty and young Oak get along.

 

Seven year-old Raylene’s best buddy, a two year-old CCI yellow Lab hearing dog named Firenze, came for a play date last Sunday when I invited my three girl pals (all of us adult-deafened with cochlear implants, two of us with service dogs) over for brunch. When these two Labs get together,  the toy herd gets thinned out. But they look so innocent and have so much fun together, I just laugh. 

 

This pic was taken in June when they destroyed the outside of a soft Kong toy squirrel, leaving only the rope in the middle. So far, the hard plastic red & blue one has survived their onslaught. But Firenze’s spending six days with us next month, so we’ll see if it lasts.

 

 

 

 

 

Omg they are so cute! That Firenze is so familiar to me for some reason. I have a friend in SC who has a hearing dog and seems maybe Firenze visited her at some point. 

 

And yes we are all cruising together. Where was everyone when I lost my mind and booked this cruise?? I've been on here with Roz from the beginning and always felt a connection with her, even though shes a crazy lady.  Lol  Wexler wasnt a good candidate for flying out to LA. But Oakland is so laid back, I think he will do fine. And he doesn't have to potty as much as Wexler. I'm more worried about me flying. I feel I've been in a panic since we booked. 

 

I cant wait to see the 2 dogs together!! These CCI dogs seem to know they came from the same place. I'm sure they will be quite popular on the ship. Lets just hope Oakland uses the box!! He didn't get it on the last cruise until the last few days. 

 

I'm excited and terrified at the same time. 

Cindy

[Caribbean Chris]

3 minutes ago, rangeley said:

 

I cant wait to see the 2 dogs together!! These CCI dogs seem to know they came from the same place. I'm sure they will be quite popular on the ship. Lets just hope Oakland uses the box!! He didn't get it on the last cruise until the last few days. 

 

I'm excited and terrified at the same time. 

Cindy

 

That’s what keeps life interesting!

 

Maybe Oakland will observe elder statesman Horton using the box, take a sniff, and hop right in. ”Ebony & Ivory” are definitely going to be popular on your cruise!

[rangeley]

6 hours ago, Caribbean Chris said:

 

That’s what keeps life interesting!

 

Maybe Oakland will observe elder statesman Horton using the box, take a sniff, and hop right in. ”Ebony & Ivory” are definitely going to be popular on your cruise!

I hope Horty can show Oakland how its done!! 

[rpclmc]

16 hours ago, Caribbean Chris said:

Wow, go away for a few days and look what happens!  Roz, Horton, Cindy, John, and Oakland are planning to cruise together!! I’m jealous and would be rarin’ to go, too, if we weren’t already cruising with old friends out of Florida in November when you five set sail. You must promise to take lots of pictures. Can’t wait to hear how senior citizen Horty and young Oak get along.

 

Seven year-old Raylene’s best buddy, a two year-old CCI yellow Lab hearing dog named Firenze, came for a play date last Sunday when I invited my three girl pals (all of us adult-deafened with cochlear implants, two of us with service dogs) over for brunch. When these two Labs get together,  the toy herd gets thinned out. But they look so innocent and have so much fun together, I just laugh. 

 

This pic was taken in June when they destroyed the outside of a soft Kong toy squirrel, leaving only the rope in the middle. So far, the hard plastic red & blue one has survived their onslaught. But Firenze’s spending six days with us next month, so we’ll see if it lasts.

 

 

 

 

 

When and what ship?

 

I go on the Magic November 3-9 out of Fort Lauderdale.

 

Linda and Halo

[wizard-of-roz]

13 hours ago, rangeley said:

I hope Horty can show Oakland how its done!! 

Since it's all he uses on a daily basis and he has to go potty every 3 hours, he surly is a pro.  My daughter brought over her snooty, little French Bulldog/Chi. mix, who will only pee on a pad and when he followed Horton out the sliding door to his potty box, he too was using the box..my daughter was shocked, as were the rest of us!  It was fun watching him climb up on the box and lift his little leg.

 

Oakland can watch Horty and before you know it he'll be the pro.

 

I know that ebony & ivory are going to love each other and will have a hard time when they're not together.  Horton may be older but he's such a character, Oakland will love playing with him!  I definitely plan on getting lots of professional pictures of the two of them together, as well as camera and phone shots.  It's going to be so cute to see them posing....the other passengers will love them.

 

Chris, I wondered where you were.  I love the picture of the two buds getting into trouble.

 

Cindy, I give you a lot of credit for flying across country with your small parade.  You're very brave!  I promise not to give you too much of a hard time!!!!  

[wizard-of-roz]

6 hours ago, rpclmc said:

When and what ship?

 

I go on the Magic November 3-9 out of Fort Lauderdale.

 

Linda and Halo

Linda, we're on the Royal Princess, leaving out of L.A. on November 9-16 going to San Francisco, Monterey, San Diego and Ensenada Mexico.

 

I did the Magic with my daughter for two weeks to Hawaii.  It's a wonderful ship with a great crew.  

[Caribbean Chris]

26 minutes ago, wizard-of-roz said:

Linda, we're on the Royal Princess, leaving out of L.A. on November 9-16 going to San Francisco, Monterey, San Diego and Ensenada Mexico.

 

I did the Magic with my daughter for two weeks to Hawaii.  It's a wonderful ship with a great crew.  

 

And Linda, we’re on the Celebrity Silhouette, November 14-22 out of Ft. Lauderdale - not long after your Magic cruise. 

 

Lots of November cruise adventures this year. Anybody else?

[wizard-of-roz]

2 minutes ago, Caribbean Chris said:

 

And Linda, we’re on the Celebrity Silhouette, November 14-22 out of Ft. Lauderdale - not long after your Magic cruise. 

 

Lots of November cruise adventures this year. Anybody else?

Chris, I'm going to stay onboard the Royal from the 16 - 23 going to the Mexican Riviera.  I'm hoping that Cindy and John will stay onboard with me.  My Granddaughter will be joining me but it would be so much more fun if we all did another week together.  Anybody out there want to jump onboard?

[rangeley]

Do you think they will have 2 boxes? A stairway will not work for John. If theres 2 boxes, we might have Horton pee in our box to get Oakland going. 

 

I looked up Mexico and its only the health certificate? Thats easy!

 

 Princess has this new Medallion thing instead of a key card. I was wondering if Roz has done this since I know how tech savvy she is? John and I did it. Also signed up for full internet, so we will be able to post some pics. 

 

Roz did you give your TA our reservation number so they can link us for dinner? We were waitlisted #6 but I think we are now confirmed. 

Edited August 23, 2019 by rangeley

[DUTRAVEL]

7 hours ago, Caribbean Chris said:

 

And Linda, we’re on the Celebrity Silhouette, November 14-22 out of Ft. Lauderdale - not long after your Magic cruise. 

 

Lots of November cruise adventures this year. Anybody else?

 

November is going to be a busy month - we are just going to miss you by one day Chris. We will be coming in to Ft Lauderdale November 15th on the Edge Transatlantic from Rome. We are going to Venice first - a bit of pre-planning needed for a wheelchair and Service Dog! Paperwork will be easy this time as we will only need the Italian version of the EU Health Certificate.

 

Dianne

[rangeley]

Chris we will also be heading your way in January. 😁

[rpclmc]

4 minutes ago, DUTRAVEL said:

 

November is going to be a busy month - we are just going to miss you by one day Chris. We will be coming in to Ft Lauderdale November 15th on the Edge Transatlantic from Rome. We are going to Venice first - a bit of pre-planning needed for a wheelchair and Service Dog! Paperwork will be easy this time as we will only need the Italian version of the EU Health Certificate.

 

Dianne

I want an update on everything you have to do.  I would so like to do Europe, but with a wheelchair and service dog I have been to intimidated to even try.

 

Linda and Halo

[rpclmc]

8 hours ago, wizard-of-roz said:

Linda, we're on the Royal Princess, leaving out of L.A. on November 9-16 going to San Francisco, Monterey, San Diego and Ensenada Mexico.

 

I did the Magic with my daughter for two weeks to Hawaii.  It's a wonderful ship with a great crew.  

 

8 hours ago, wizard-of-roz said:

Chris, I'm going to stay onboard the Royal from the 16 - 23 going to the Mexican Riviera.  I'm hoping that Cindy and John will stay onboard with me.  My Granddaughter will be joining me but it would be so much more fun if we all did another week together.  Anybody out there want to jump onboard?

I will be back in Idaho, back out west.  What ship?  Unlikely I can join, but I will look at it.

 

Linda and Halo

[DUTRAVEL]

On 8/20/2019 at 3:17 PM, rangeley said:

Haha Roz, Wexler didn't like other dogs either. Oakland loves them! 

 

My dog Henri (from CCI) loves other dogs. She would be beside herself to have another dog to play with.

 

Dianne

[DUTRAVEL]

51 minutes ago, rpclmc said:

I want an update on everything you have to do.  I would so like to do Europe, but with a wheelchair and service dog I have been to intimidated to even try.

 

Linda and Halo

 

I felt the same way until I took my Service Dog to Europe last year. The trip was a bit daunting when I first started researching since we were going to Paris and London before catching a transatlantic cruise that left from Southampton and also visited the ports of Nassau and Bermuda (which meant I needed permits for those countries).

 

For Europe (unless you are going to the UK), you only need one EU form health certificate which is good for four months after you enter your first EU country (it does require endorsement by the USDA). So, you do not need a separate health certificate for every country you visit so long as they are a member of the EU. My only issues were with Henri’s microchip since it was implanted after her last rabies vaccination and the tapeworm treatment that the UK requires no earlier than 120 hours prior to your arrival. We were able to solve those by giving Henri her next rabies vaccination a little earlier and we had the tapeworm treatment done on the way to the airport.

 

I think that someone that has an owner trained dog might have a more difficult time in Europe as I had to produce a letter from the organization that Henri comes from (CCI) outlining the training she has received in order to take the Eurostar from Paris to London.

 

Dianne

[Caribbean Chris]

8 hours ago, rangeley said:

 

I looked up Mexico and its only the health certificate? Thats easy!

 

 

Some recent cruises we took stopped in Costa Maya and/or Cozumel, and I asked my Aphis-accredited vet to do the “Option B” bilingual letter copied and pasted onto their letterhead and signed, as spelled out with a template for the wording on the APHIS website. That was super-easy because it didn’t need to go to a regional office to be countersigned and sealed. The local authorities that came aboard and inspected the service dogs were perfectly happy with it.

 

I hate sending it to the Florida service center to review and return it, but it’s too far to drive - at least a six hour trip Roundtrip. (The Option A health certificate DOES have to be taken or sent to an APHIS office.)

[Caribbean Chris]

4 hours ago, rangeley said:

Chris we will also be heading your way in January. 😁

 

Is that the Nieuw Statendam cruise? I really liked that ship a LOT. 

[Caribbean Chris]

4 hours ago, DUTRAVEL said:

 

November is going to be a busy month - we are just going to miss you by one day Chris. We will be coming in to Ft Lauderdale November 15th on the Edge Transatlantic from Rome. We are going to Venice first - a bit of pre-planning needed for a wheelchair and Service Dog! Paperwork will be easy this time as we will only need the Italian version of the EU Health Certificate.

 

Dianne

 

So another long flight for Henri one way? She is such a good traveler. 

 

Enjoy the Edge and I’ll be interested in hearing how you like it. It has some really cool features, but some oddities.