Claudie was measured for his travel crate and it was decided he needed a size 7 which is a very large crate indeed, big enough for a Labrador. This is because despite him being only a medium size dog height wise because he is so very long he is German Shepherd sized length wise. Maggie, who is of a similar height to Claude, had a smaller crate that fitted easily inside Claude's crate, so it was easy for Suzan to fit both crates in her truck when she picked them up from the supplier.
Early in the morning of 20th April Suzan took Claude and Maggie to Ercan airport and they were loaded on to the flight for the first leg of their journey, which was to Istanbul. Suzan was in tears at the airport saying goodbye to her charges. She told us that later that day the dogs at the kennels were looking for their friends and couldn’t work out where they had gone and she herself missed both the dogs as they were big favourites of hers.