gordon&laura

Hi all

Does anyone know if dogs have to have the rabies jag - the paperwork is very confusing - worse than our actual emigration papers.

Also, I know the Government vet is your local vet - who is the Official vet that signs certificate B - is that the vet at Heathrow airport.

Questions, questions, questions - please help!

Laura

Donna&Neil

Hi Laura, how's you? Neil dealt with all this but he tells me no rabies needed. We used Pettravel, a comapny based in Dunfermline, Fife. They kept us right and were not too expensive. Email: [email protected] Donna & Neil

breezeboylan

you dont need the Rabies jab but some people get it anyway because if you decided to come back the dog would need to have it to get back in to the U.K. After that I think it's something like 6 months post injection before they are let back in.
Tracie

gordon&laura

Fab info Tracie - you'r a star!!!!

Laura

jonjelly

Hello, the vet at heathrow airport will sign certicate A and B so dont worry about them. it seems really complicated but its easy once you know what to do. are you going through a company? as they will really help you out. our little man is in quarantine now bless him, im counting days now until we get him. good luck if you need any info just ask....

gordon&laura

Hi there

We are using a company from Glasgow called Arbuckle Smith - to be honest all they deal with is transferring the dog over - nothing else! They were really cheap - £1000 in total.

We thought we would do this ourselves, however it is becoming a bit of a nightmare....

Thanks for your help.

Laura

marvinc

There's lots of info on here Laura to read through

Don't forget when your dog has his normal UK annual vaccination (booster) not to have the Lepto part of it as this causes dogs to fail the blood test just before departure - so if your dogs booster is due less than 6 months (check this timescale it could be a bit longer?) before you go make sure they don't have this part of the vaccination, you'll need to make sure you have all the facts. My vet said that the Lepto vacc comes 'all in' so to not include it they'd need to order in one without it.

I'm sure someone else will come on with a fuller explanation of above but wanted you to be aware.

jonjelly

yes thats right, we werent aware of that when we had our dogs blood tests and he failed, its stressful at the time but looking back now it wasnt to bad, if they fail you just have them re-tested 14 days after the first blood test, but when times not on your side its abit of a nightmare and also when the vet phones the day your leaving to tell you that the dog has passed!! doh. the other thing we found out was that if when you get to oz you get your dog a pet passport which takes about 7 months for blood tests and to be processed etc then if you were to take your dog back to the uk then they wont need to go into quarantine, which is better than 6 months in quarantine.