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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Aron Koh

How much is that doggie in the window seat? How we flew from Australia to Europe with our chihuahua

A chihuahua sitting on a suitcase while wearing headphones around its neck
Ruff flight? Some international airlines allow passengers flying out of Australia to travel with a small pet in a crate in the cabin. Photograph: Phuttharak/Getty Images

“Do you have drugs?” the air steward asked us as we sat down. “Yes,” I assured him and he looked relieved. They weren’t for us but for our chihuahua, who was about to join us on a 14-hour flight from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi.

When my husband and I decided to relocate from Australia to his home country, Spain, last year, we couldn’t bear the thought of leaving our chihuahua, Achilles, behind.

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