Hi,

I've travelled several times with my dog in Africa (4x4) ,including Sahara.

"Disadvantages:
- you can't buy 'dog food' aka a western supermarket after Morocco and meat is also hard to find sometimes, so your dogs will need to learn to eat rice etc (noting as some seem very fussy!) It's not a
big issue, in your car you can carry a lot of dog food and you can always mix it with bread and also with what you don't eat.

- If they get sick you're unlikely to find a good vet or medicine for them (not impossible, but...). They will be 'attacked' by a wide variety of internal (bacteria, viruses etc) and external things (mosses etc) - like you will be - and not all survive the trip as a result.
Close friends had a healthy Rottweiler, became very sick in Benin/Nigeria, lost about 30% of its weight and never recovered, died about a year later.
So consider that your domesticated dog may not have as strong as a immune system as you do etc.

I understand but when my dog was ill I've always find good vet , never been in Benin/Nigeria but Mali,Niger Senegal
- It can be quite stressful for the dogs - a lot of new stimulation, potential threats, some never seem to settle and pine for 'home'. I have felt that its been cruel to bring them along in some cases.
It dépends of the dog, try with a little trip before
- You may not be welcome in some places due to things like: Africans usually don't like them, potential to carry disease into a wild life area, most National parks don't allow them etc etc (Penjari?)
OK for National Parks
- if they bark, wine and cause a problem you become a social pariah :-)
It dépends of the dog, try withe a little trip before
- when visiting embassies, banks etc where can you leave it each time?
(Do you have a vehicle it can be left in with African heat etc)
You have to find a place with shadow and also some kind of openings to let the air come through, and also some water to drink, it's enough
- If you have a medical emergency (emergency flight to hospital etc) or need to return home (parent dies etc) what happens to the dog?

I've asked to my insurance, they manage the return of the dog but you have to pay his ticket and also the cage in the plane


RR.