Transporting a dog back from Okinawa is not for the fain of heart. Nor is it for the light of pocket! With our impending move, we came up with a complicated plan to get Levi back in the least stressful way. And it was still plenty stressful!
Dan had a conference in San Diego to go to. So he bought his tickets and added Levi onto them. Then discovered his plane had downsized and could not take pets. He scrambled and 72 hours before, was able to have reservations. Whew! He had a one way ticket from Okinawa to Osaka on ANA, Cost: $60 for the dog. Then he had a one way ticket to fly JAL from Osaka to LAX. Cost for the dog: $400. That was about double what it would have been with his original China Airlines flight, but whatever. He was going!! This is the photo of Levi chillin' at the Quarantine office in Hana. You have to go there 24 hours before your flight leaves to make sure you have all your paperwork. We did.
Monday, March 9, Levi was off to the USA! Here's my good boy, ready for his flight to Osaka.
This is how he came out at LAX! He was the goodest good boy and did just fine. Hopefully this is his last flight ever! He is off to spend a few months with the grandparents until we can move back and pick him up.
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