Happy Tails Alerts
New LIVE Chat!
We are excited to launch our new live chat feature on our website! Have questions about our services? Wondering what the best method of transport is for your pet? Simply click the tab on the bottom right-hand side of our webpage to message us!
Responses will be received as quickly as possible during business hours (7 am - 4 pm MST Mon - Fri). After hours, the chat feature will leave us a message and we will respond the next working day.
Featured Testimonial
"After much research, I selected Happy Tails Travel for my pet ground transport needs. We needed to get our dog Zoe from Florida to North Carolina - and as soon as possible for health reasons.
From the moment that I was connected with my pet travel specialist, Samantha, she was professional, friendly, and answered all of my questions. I was promptly assigned a driver and trip plan. Our driver, Julie, immediately made both myself & Zoe feel comfortable and ready for her adventure.
During the trip, Julie stayed in regular contact and furnished wonderful photographs. I never had a moment of doubt or worry - I knew Zoe was in excellent care.
The choice to go with Happy Tails has been one of my best decisions ever. From start to finish, everything went smoothly and helped to make a difficult time much easier. Excellent communication, professional experience, and friendly service. I highly recommend Happy Tails Travels!"
Make sure to read the rest of Zoe's testimonial and our others here!
Don’t Let the Cat Out!
No pet owner would purposely put their cat in danger, and this blog is intended to give perspective on the risks and dangers when letting your cat outdoors! It is an owner's duty to make sure that their indoor cat has copious daily opportunities for exercise, games, fun and interaction with family members.
Are you worried your indoor cat will miss out on a lot of action? The answer is YES! The average life span of indoor cats is about 14 years, and can live up to 20 years– though this is reduced to 2.5-4 years in cats that are allowed to roam free, exposing themselves to the hazards of outdoor life. This statistic alone should be the deciding factor, and below is a list of some of the things they may miss out by living indoors.
This is especially important when planning to travel with your cat. They are intuitive, intelligent and will know that something is about to change. Often they will get scared and run away as you are readying for shipment of your pet. Please keep them indoors at least 2 weeks prior to and after their airline travel.
- Fights with other cats
- Attacks by free-roaming dogs
- Becoming dinner for a Wile Coyote
- Infections from puncture wounds
- Gunshot wounds
- Fleas, ticks & worms
- Pesticide poisoning
- Feline Leukemia
- Feline Immunodeficiency Virus
- Rabies
- Being hit by a car
- Drinking antifreeze (cats love the taste, and it is deadly)
- Encounters with sick (and possibly rabid) animals
- Being stolen (or kept by someone who assumes that your cat is unwanted!)
- Being trapped and disposed of by a non-cat-loving neighbor
- Being caught in a steel-jawed trap (Illegal in some states, but still legal on private property)
Even if your cat has been an outdoor cat before, it is never too late to become an indoor cat. Just be patient and resist their cry to go out and give them some special attention to divert their desire to go out and get into trouble.
For more information, please visit our website at www.happytailstravel.com or give us a call at 1-800-323-1718 or 520-299-3315. We are always ready and happy to discuss how we can help you to provide a smooth move for any member of your pet family.