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Luckily for dog owners, these animals travel by air better than cats. If the dog is accustomed to car travel, then air travel shouldn’t be a problem at all. Use the following dog air travel tips for safe and pleasant airplane travel with your best furry friend.Certify Your Dogs Health before Air TravelNot only is dog air travel better for your dog if the dog is healthy, but it’s actually the law. Federal law requires that a dog has been certified within 10 days of the trip to be healthy, vaccinated, and free from contagious diseases. This is a very important for any pet travel, large or small.Avoid Excessive TemperaturesEnsure the safety of your dog during air travel by never flying with your dog while temperatures are over 85 degrees or under 35 degrees, on either end of the flight. Many airliners put “heat embargoes” and/or “cold embargoes” on dog air travel during the summer and winter months respectively. This means that the airliners prohibit dog air travel during these times. This shouldn’t be seen as a problem, because the airlines do it to prevent disease or death, and guarantee a safe flight for your dog.Overseas Dog Air Travel May Involve QuarantineFor international dog air travel, keep in mind that some isolated countries, such as New Zealand and England, quarantine animals arriving by air. Before traveling and booking reservations, familiarize yourself with the laws, requirements, and procedures of your particular destination. Unless your flight is non-stop, remember that you may have to deal with regulations in multiple places.Don’t Tranquilize Your Dog During Air TravelAlthough tranquilization may seem like a good idea during canine air travel, it isn’t. Tranquilizers are the leading cause of death or sickness of dogs during air travel. A dog can’t receive immediate or professional medical care during air travel, so unnecessary medications do more harm than good. In fact, many airliners reject tranquilized pets as a safety precaution.Obedience During Dog Air TravelTraining your dog before airline travel is the best way to ensure a good flight. Unfortunately, even short air travel means hours of separation between owners and their dogs (except for service dogs). Your medium to large size dog will be confined to a shipping crate for the entire flight.You can help relinquish the strain and discomfort on your dog by preparing him for dog air travel beforehand. Do this by getting your dog used to being inside a travel crate for extended periods of time. Also, make sure your dog works well with strangers, namely in busy, frantic, or uncomfortable environments. This will do wonders for traveling with your large furry companion.

False Assumption – There is No Need to Have Current Local Information, Demographics, Economics, or Hyper-Local Forecasts, Since Macro Metro Yearly Data Is Adequate.It is inappropriate to assume that the annual macro-level data on home prices is sufficient to make a sound decision about buying a home or investment property. The macro-level data for metropolitan areas, usually presented in terms of average or median prices, is not reflective of specific trends that may affect the local-level housing market. These specific developments or factors, however, could have a significant impact on home prices in a particular local community. For instance, average prices of housing in New York City metropolitan area as a whole are much different than the average prices of homes in the Queens country. Moreover, there are over 14,000 sub-markets or Census Block Groups in the New York Metro area, and there is practically NO correlation of the median of any large group, to the local block level, for ANY local block variable. As differences in home values further channel down to block levels, current local information becomes more and more relevant in making a buying decision and assessing risk. Therefore, substantial research into current local trends is needed in order to make the most appropriate and well-educated decision about buying a home or investing into a property that has a good potential to grow in value.Metropolitan area statistics on home prices are too general to suggest the true value of any property in a local community. Moreover, annual data is too old to be useful in making a decision about home purchase in today’s market. On the other hand, most available home price statistics fail to account for location-specific economic and demographic factors that drive demand and thus have the determining impact on both current and future home prices. Many annual price indicators also allow for a substantial margin of error, ranging up to 10 per cent, which may makes any such global information irrelevant for the current local market.