how easy/difficult would this be re travel?

I can't tell you how easy it is coming this way but I know going out it's not too difficult, my friend sent a pup to Norway in Jan, he arrived at the airport in Norway before she got home :)

I would imagine you just need to ensure the pup has a pet passport as Norway is part of this scheme
ETA - if the pup didn't have a pet passport they would have to spend 6 months in quarantine

Good to know thanks!

Flying seems like it would be less stressful and time consuming than trying to ferry/drive/ferry all the way from Ireland but I did read some threads here about people having to pay fees in excess of 500 at the airport for dogs cming from the  USA... is that just because they were coming from the US?

> is that just because they were coming from the US?

No that's because they come in Cargo and the Authorities at the airport charge for handling and checking paperwork, that's on top of the Cargo charge.

This is why I flew out from Heathrow but flew back to Brussels and got hubby and a friend to drive out and get us, as even with Ferry and Fuel for a 4x4 it was cheaper than to bring her back as Cargo, as we were going bothy ways.

On the other hand it would not have worked out cheaper for my friend to fly out and bring back her pup this way as ti was a one way trip,a and Cargo plus Import charges came to less than person return fare, two charges for the dog plus ferry and fuel.

It really needs totting up case by case, and with Ireland it may still work out cheaper to fly pup in as Cargo to Ireland direct, as I don't think you have a direct ferry route with the continent that is an approved pet entry route.

Also maybe the Irish authorities aren't as expensive as Heathrow are.

So your first check with Irish authorities whether there are any air routes allowing dogs into Ireland, then check with the airlines that cover that airport, and which fly between there and the Norwegian Airport nearest pup direct.  You want to avoid stop overs with an unaccompanied dog if at all possible.

I've just come back from Denmark. The cargo charge was ridiculous so I decided to fly out to Aalborg then fly back to Amsterdam. I then met my OH and we went back on the ferry from Hook of Holland. It was a very long, stressful day & I don't know if I would do it again however it was probably the quickest way of getting back home.