Shipping Pets

If you're planning on staying at Privatized Housing contact Mayroad for more information on their pet policy's. No pets will be left unattended in motor vehicles. There are limited pet-friendly rooms available at the High Desert Inn. Dogs and cats are not allowed in the dormitories. Breeding or abandoning animals on Edwards is prohibited.

The Transportation Management Office does not authorize service members’ pet(s) to be shipped. Costs of transporting pets are at owner's expense. Please check with your TMO and/or local veterinary clinic for transporting pets.

Inbound personnel to Edwards traveling with pets must ensure that their pet’s immunization records are current. Pet owners should check with the veterinary clinic and the Transportation Management Office at their current base, as well as with the airport that they are using for other pertinent pet travel requirements.

New Reimbursement Available for Pet Transportation Costs

Effective February 21, 2025, service members who are unable to take their pet to their next permanent duty station may be authorized reimbursement for the cost of pet transportation to an alternative location or designated place.

This change will provide increased financial assistance for service members who are:

• ordered to a permanent change of station (PCS) location where government quarters rules prohibit the possession of a pet,
• ordered to a PCS location where a particular breed that the service member owns is prohibited from being transported to that new PDS,
• ordered from a PCS location where transportation of a pet was prohibited, to a location where transportation of the pet is authorized,
• unable to arrange transportation for a pet to a new PDS due to airline constraints such as breed restrictions, or other factors,
• assigned to serve an unaccompanied tour or unusually arduous sea duty, and the pet will accompany the member’s dependents to a designated place,
• authorized an early return of dependents at government expense.

Reimbursement is limited to:

• $550 per PCS move within the continental U.S. (CONUS),
• $2,000 per PCS move outside the continental U.S. (OCONUS)
• Transporting one cat or dog

To be eligible for reimbursement, travelers must follow all pet import and export rules and, if directed and available, use government transportation for overseas moves. If government transportation is unavailable, the traveler will need a note from the Traffic Management Office or Installation Transportation Office for reimbursement. A note is not required for travelers traveling by privately-owned vehicle.

Pet restrictions

Two pets may accompany you on one of our Pet TLFs. Advance approval from management is required for a third pet. There is a nightly pet fee of $10 that is automatically assessed to your nightly room rate. You must present your pets’ current shot records at the time you check into your unit. Pets are not authorized in any room other than pet TLF. If it’s found that a pet has been kept in a non-pet unit, you will be asked to leave immediately.

Special needs

Contact the High Desert Inn at DSN 312-525-7666 or commercial 661-275-7666 as far as possible to arrange for temporary quarters. The inn is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For members who have families and who have not been assigned permanent housing, there are two- and four-bedroom apartment-type quarters. There are also a limited number of four-bedroom units. The units have cooking facilities, a queen-size bed and a twin-size bed in the bedrooms, and a couch that converts to a double bed and a chair that converts into a single bed in the living room. For families with pets, there are 17 designated pet units.

Contact the Edwards AFB Veterinary Clinic at 661-275-3763 for more information.