Prefer Pets Privacy Pet Carrier, Chocolate

I have not traveled with this yet. I wanted to point out that the directions for installing the horse-shoe shaped supports need a better drawing, and it should not be shown on an adhesive label stuck to the plastic shipping bag. The illustrations in the directions are annoyingly small, so it's hard to see that there are THREE slip pockets for installing the support- one small pocket on each side of the opening, inside the carrier, near the bottom of the carrier.The THIRD slip pocket runs across the top of the opening on the inside of the carrier. It is a longer pocket, and you'll have to be careful not to bend the support too far, otherwise it will get a crease that may cause the support to fold in on itself. Install, and repeat on the other end of the carrier. Once you install the supports in all 3 pockets, the carrier maintains its shape.What I like most about this carrier is that it looks like a piece of overnight luggage, so that other passengers might not realize there is an animal inside. There is plenty of ventilation after you unzip and roll back all the flaps. The rubberized coating on the mesh has a strong odor, so be sure to air it out before you put your love bug in there. You can carry it by a padded handle on top, or use the shoulder strap. Unfortunately, the shoulder strap isn't long enough to wear the carrier cross-body, or to be easily able to slip it over your head before boarding.My recommendations are: lengthen the shoulder strap, provide more padding on the shoulder strap, provide a better drawing for the instructions, provide a better quality insert and attachment strap for the ID tag, You might also consider providing a way to insert perches, and lock them in place, for parrots so they don't have to walk in their droppings.Other than that, this is a very attractive and well-designed carrier.

I was moving my 17 yo cat 2100 miles and decided to fly him, instead of subject him to a 4 day road trip. I bought and compared 3 different airline approved carriers. This is the one I kept and it worked perfectly! It has a lot of ventilation but still offers a lot of privacy, which is great for nervous cats. It has a couple of pockets to stash small items and at least one (maybe two) zippered openings where you can stick your hand in to pet/calm the cat w/o fear of it escaping. It fit great underneath the Delta seat and was easy to carry. Yes, my arms got tried carrying the carrier with my cat in it through the airport, but I suspect that would have happened with any carrier. I plan to use this as his vet carrier (hopefully no more flights!). Flying with a nervous cat is stressful, but this carrier was stress-free.

This carrier is a high quality piece of merchandise, to be sure, but it is listed as being for a dog up to 20 lbs. My little 13 lb Japanese Chin was nearly twice the size of this carrier's capacity. I can't imagine what sort of 20 lb dog it would accomodate. If your dog is small enough to fit into it, however, it's sturdy, lightweight without being flimsy, and really good looking. I think a dog would be comfortable and feel secure riding in it. I'm sorry it didn't work out for mine.

ALTHOUGH HARD TO FIGURE TO PUT TOGETHER AT FIRST ... WISH THE UNIT CAME WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO PUT TOGETHER ... IT HAS HALF-HOOPS TO HOLD UP THE INSIDE WITH SLIP POCKETS ... I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS UNIT!!!! THE PULL UP AND DOWN COVERS FOR THE AREAS TO OPEN AIR FOR THE KITTY INSIDE. THE COVERS ALLOW FOR MY SHY KITTY WHEN MOVING AND THEN WHEN IN PLACE, I HAVE THE CARRIER IN PLACE ... I CAN LET DOWN THE "CURTAINS." ALSO ... I HAD BEEN SEARCHING FOR A CARRIER THAT, IF I CAN AFFORD TO MOVE CROSS COUNTRY VIA AN AIRLINE, THIS CARRIER WILL MEET AIRLINE REQUIREMENTS ON ANY AIRLINE!!! ALTHOUGH THEY SAY A DOG CAN GET INTO THIS CARRIER, I CAN SEE ANY DOG OF ANY SIZE GET INTO IT!!! THE CARRIER IS OF "OKAY" SIZE FOR CATS ... NOT HUGE BUT OKAY FOR LIMITED TIME MOVEMENT. NEVER GOOD FOR ANY DOG ... I DON'T CARE HOW TINY!!!! NOT STUDY ENOUGH FOR ANY DOG ... MY CAT, COCO, IS A LARGE CAT BUT WILL FIT HIM OKAY BECAUSE HE IS MORE FLEXIBLE THAN A DOG.

Awesome carrier. Love the privacy flaps. My cat was extremely happy on the entire trip (relatively speaking).

we already had bought a carrier for our cat, which he commenced to destroy -- i could see that there was no way i would trust it to contain him on a cross-country flight -- so i began looking on amazon for something sturdier, but which would still fit under the seat as a carry-on -- after looking for hours, this was the only one that met both requirements -- plus an additional bonus of the privacy feature, which i know will greatly help to calm our kitty, and a firm floor with removable pad -- if your cat is real mellow, most any carrier will work -- but if your cat is the nervous type, check the reviews of all the carriers, look at the one and two star reviews, and you'll see the horror stories of animals excaping mid-flight -- i can't see that happening with this carrier, just the screening alone is at least twice as thick as on our previous carrier -- and this is a good company, my proof: we bought this carrier, new, on ebay -- it arrived without the optional supports -- contacted Prefer Pets, wanting to buy them, instead they immediately shipped them to us, no charge!

It's ok for a small, mild mannered cat. However, mine did not like being in such a small carrier and proceeded to chew and claw on the mesh which could not stand up to a cat's teeth and claws. And the plastic pieces that give the case its shape don't stay in very well at all so it always seemed to be collapsing in on itself.