No P(ee) in Paris for our Lady the Lab named Josie

Grand merci to our friend Lauren who agreed to take Josie, our lab, to the U.S. with her before our return later in May. There was a problem about the fact that we could not take her as checked luggage on a U.S. domestic flight due to hot weather (the dog was born in West Africa, but that's beside the point, I guess).

Anyway, here is Lauren's story about getting Josie through the airport in Paris from her blog LaurenLaughs.

Here's a snip from Lauren's story:

flying back to the US from cotonou, i had a little extra baggage... her name was josie. her papers said she was a lab, but i'd never seen a lab look like josie before. she was born and raised in cotonou and belonged to a missionary family there. because dogs can't travel (with certain airlines) between may 15 and september 15, the price family (who departs benin after may 15) asked me to bring josie along. this is the story of our adventure together.

josie weighs about 23 kilos. she's really very sweet, though i've only been around her while drugged on sleeping pills (not me, the dog). when traveling internationally with a dog, there are all sorts of hoops to jump through. lucky for me, the prices did most of the hoop jumping. josies shots, papers, and even the little computer chip embedded in her shoulder... everything was meticulously cared for. all i had to do was get her from point A to point B. easy enough, right? eh... no.

Here's Josie before her trip: