Long airline flight travel tips with a dog I need to travel with my dog for the first time (Australian Sheperd 6 months old) from South America to USA.It is a 12 hours travel total - 7 hour flight, 1 hour connection + 4 hour flight.It is also my first time traveling with him so I need travel tips of all kinds. I know it should be in the cargo with really scares me including all the horror stories that one finds online.