3 Things to Look for in a Quality Pet Transport Service

A pet transport service can help you move pets across the city or even across the country without subjecting them to the stress of an airplane ride – although there are some plane transport services – or having to worry about moving them yourself. Decipher the quality services from the poor ones by looking for the following traits:

1. Transports Only Your Pets

A quality pet transport service will offer to transport your pets without any other pets in the vehicle. Even if this means transporting only one pet and no others. Not transporting your pets with other people’s animals can help decrease the stress levels during an otherwise trying experience. You’ll also be able to rest easy knowing that your pets won’t be exposed to other animals who could be potential carriers of disease. (Athough a quality service will require proof of vaccination.)

2. Hotel Rest Stops

Some transport services making trips that require more than one day on the road will save money by pulling the vehicle over at night, requiring the driver and pets to sleep in the car. A quality pet transport service will schedule hotel stops on long trips. That way, the driver is well rested, making him a safer vehicle operator when transporting your pets. The hotels the service chooses should allow pets so that your pets can be taken inside the hotel to stay warm in the winter or cool in the summer and be able to stretch.

3. Frequent Breaks

Besides a once a night stop at a hotel, a quality pet transport service will schedule regular breaks throughout the day. Dogs need walks and bathroom breaks even when on the road, and cats need to stretch and use a litter box as well.