Ex Mediacorp Child Actress Travels With Pet Dog On Swiss Air Flight For 21-Day Holiday To Europe

Fancy flying overseas for a holiday with your furkid?

Not via cargo, but right next to you in the passenger cabin.

Former Mediacorp child actress-turned-influencer Rachell Ng recently took to social media about her experience flying to Switzerland for a 21-day holiday with her one-and-a-half-year-old Pomeranian Poofie.

Rachell acted in 2007 Mediacorp drama Happily Ever After alongside Chen Liping, Elvin Ng and Joanne Peh. 

A little-known fact is that there are a few countries in Europe which do not require any sort of quarantine for your pet when you travel there with them.

According to Rachell, save for “a little whiny bark” during take-off, and not willing to relieve herself, Poofie was quiet throughout the 13-hour Swiss Air flight. 

The video has over 133,000 views on TikTok with netizens leaving comments like this one: “Don’t bring your dog overseas la, other people need to tahan baby alr[eady] now need to tahan your dog”.

Rachell's response: "Hahahaha true but she was quieter than babies ngl".

In another video, Rachell said she only paid S$170 to bring Poofie on board as an additional carry-on but everything else, including paperwork, cost her about $1,500.

She adds that the entire process was “slightly complicated” and promises to dedicate a future video to that.

Now, it seems Poofie is having the time of her life running along a beach in Cannes to exploring the city within the comfort of her carrier.

In the captions, Rachell reminds fellow pet parents to ensure their furkids are trained and hopes that her videos do not encourage rulebreakers, citing Singapore Airline's (SQ) ruling on not allowing pets in the passenger cabins.

SQ used to allow passengers to fly with their pets but still accommodates passengers who need to be accompanied by assistance dogs.