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Hi Guys,
Can anyone let me know roughly how much it is to get my dog to Oz. I was going to rehome her but don't think i can do it.
I know half of you are probably thinking ..... its just a dog and believe me i used to be the same till i got her.
Just a rough estimate and how we go about it would be great.
Thanks
Karen
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hi im in the same boat, got two dogs to ship over. i ave emailed several companies but they never get back to me?

was told it would be aroung £4000 for both dogs from my friend in oz.

would be interested to see what people have paid:eek:

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Hi
i have looked into this we have2 GSD and it is going to cost us around £3000 per dog , they have to have been vet checked and bloods taken , and you should not get them vaccinated against omg i forgot what its called please someone help it begins with L
We also conemplted not taking them as £6000 is alot of money but they are fantastic dogs with fantastic temperement also 1 of them is white which are rare so we decided we couldnt go without them .

hope this helps a bit

kind regards
michell

forgot to say they go by weight and size

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Cheers Mitchell,
Thats a great help, now i have an idea how much to put aside. My dog is a German Shep x Collie and is lovely.
I don't think i could leave her behind
Thanks again
Karen

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I have a yorkie so i totally understand hes like my baby so i could never leave him.
Good luck but it will be worth every penny

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oops forgot to add Karen you can get a quote of airpets yhis is the link

http://www.airpets.com/index.html

hope this helps
kind regards
michell

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Hi,

We have two dogs (8kg & 10kg) which cost us $2300 to ship to the UK from Sydney, and so far quotes to ship back are £2300 (which is ouch for us...but we brought them over with us..and back they go - they are aussies afterall :) !)

Cheers

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Ladyhaye is the name of the company that begins with L

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Hiya
no i actually ment sorry that when they have their boosters you need to explain that you are planning on migrating and when he goves their yearly boosters they leave out something that begins with L in it sorry i should have been more specific, i have found it now its called Leptospira they should not have this in their annual immunisation

kind regards
michell

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Hi dog lovers. We have two dogs a 3 year old beagle (basil) and our beloved Westy who is 16 years old. We've had him since a pup and I'm gutted to leave him behind but he is far too old to travel. None of my family like dogs so I've no one to leave him with. How do you find a good home for a 16 yr old dog.:(

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Hi
We took a dog and a cat out to oz 14 months ago and it cost us 2,045 pounds for both.
If anyone wants to know the name of the company i used please private message me
thanks
holly

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its the lepto vacc that needs to be not given. They test for this in the blood and a vaccinated dog will give a positive result and will cause you delay with repeating blood tests, so remember tell him to use sterile water only!
Jenny

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Hi,

We moved to Brisbane in October 2007 and used Par Air to transport our Golden Retriever and cat. Costs were:-

Shipping from Heathrow to Sydney £2,202 - total cost for both animals.

2 x export health certificates £80.00

Import permits - $280 (first permit) plus $60 (additional permit)

Worming treatment - dog (they give this within so many hours of flying) £17.00.

Dogs have to be vaccinated but not against Leptospirosis, make sure this is left out of annual vaccination. They have to have blood tests to test against Leptospirosis, Brucella Canis, Ehrlichia Canis and Canine Leishmaniosis. You need to make sure your vet is recognised to carry out these tests and then they will know all about them. They also have to be treated with frontline within so many days of flying. If you use a company like we did they will give you step by step instructions of when to have things carried out as it is crucial to the date that they travel. Animals also have to be chipped.

On top of this there are quarantine costs of approx. $688.15 per animal for the 30 days and then flight cost to wherever you are - we are in Brisbane so for our cat and dog it was $323.40. They did use the same crates that they were transported with from Heathrow.

Once you get them to Australia there are additional costs as you have to treat animals every fourteen days with frontline to protect against the ticks here which can be fatal and also we had our dog vacinated against heartworm with an annual injection as this is also fatal.

We are so pleased we have brought our pets with us, it is a lot of expense but at the end of the day they are part of our family.

Sorry there is a combination of pounds and dollars in my figures but this is because that is the currency we had to pay. Hope this helps you budget or make a decision.

Nat X

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Contact http://www.oldies.org.uk/ I am sure they would be able to help you :) I have adopted several old dogs, they are the best! :)

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thanks for that. He is a fab dog and we are gutted but are realistic about his age and traveling so far. I'll look up that website and hope someone will want and love him like we do.
Caroline:(

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I am sure they will help you, I have helped them with transport in the past, they are a great team. They will find him a lovely home I am sure :)

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Hello,

We are hoping to move to Perth later this year and will be sending our beloved Westie (Elle, 9) over too.

I am worried sick as she has never been in kennels, let alone a crate. Can anyone answer if she can travel with her bed or toy and should/can we send her ahead of us so we can pick her up on arrival a month later, or would you advise shipping at the same time?
Also, can you visit them and walk them or not?

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

Mick & Bev

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I have 2 dogs that will be getting shipped over as well, but I haven't been through the process yet, I am sure someone will be along to help, but I don't think they can bring anything with them, although I may be wrong?

It will be worth it, as she will have the rest of her life with you, and it is only a month :)

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Hi,

We are also sending kitty (yep our cat) over. I have done some extensive research about it. The answer is plainly - no. They don't even allow food in the kennel on the plane - all is deemed choking hazard. They do place water with them. Travel is all done in a dark compartment in the plane, which helps the pets to settle down and sleep.

I have been given a great tip by someone (don't recall where from now) - send a t-shirt, or some kind of clothing you have been wearing for a day or so, without washing it, with them. This gives them a re-assuring, known scent to be with them when they travel. (actually makes sense to me) I am unsure if this is even allowed, but i do know you can send them with your own bedding, so it should be.

I am waiting for my booking space in perth to come through, which should be sometime next week. Then I will speak to airpets who is doing the transportation for us. Wil post back here when I know the t-shirt idea is allowed.

As for sending her ahead, we have chosen a 2 week ahead time. This is simply to allow us to finish up with getting rid of our furniture etc, whilst kitty is not around. We feel all the change at home will unsettle her, and then to send her off in a crate after all that is just a bit too much. Figure if we can keep the 'unsettling;' bits to a minimum it would be best for her.

Hope any of this helps.

DO let me know if you get any other pointers/ideas. Not much recent info on taking cats over on the list.

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Hi,

Just got email back from the Perth Quarantine place.
Kitty's spot is booked for end of April. Took 5 days to arrange via email.

To note - We contacted all three quarantine stations, and they all had the same reply about the waiting list - there is none for cats, only for dogs, so if you plan to take a cat, don't get put off by the notice about 5 months plus waiting lists.

Still waiting to hear from AirPets - The person we deal with is on holiday this week.

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Just to add to that, I was told today by my pet relo agent that there shouldn't be a problem getting cats into Sydney but Perth may have a waiting list. Thankfully we need Sydney.

I'm stressing because I have 3 cats and can't have them all together at the quarantine station, just 2. The dilemma being, my young boy idolises my older boy, but my older boy and girl are from the same litter and have never been separated, plus they were hand-raised. My young boy terrorises my girl so that bit's a no brainer. Wondering if I should have them all separate. :confused:

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Yes, the Oldies site is lovely, we get some lovely homes off there for the oldies our breed rescue has on the books.

Try the various Beagle rescues as well, all breeds will have their own breed rescue and often oldies are easy to place as a lot of people love them. I'll find your local one if you pm your area.

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budget all in around £2500 per animal - BUT it will go up the bigger the animal for shipping costs. We shipped Charlie the Shih Tzu in November, used Airpets at £1350 then add $800 for quarantine charges - micro chipping costs, any costs for anything that needs doing before the animal is shipped to get it in top health (VETS fees etc), blood tests are awesomely expensive but they'll be tested for lepto and other things. Remember to add rabies (if you will be taking the animal back to the UK at all - not necessary if you do NOT return the animal to the UK). Plus there are always the extras you didn't think of at the time such as getting the animal to the shipper plus possible overnight costs for that.

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Hi, if you do need Perth, I would double check your info. I communicated directly with Perth, and there is no waiting list for cats.

Hope you get them all into one place.

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They're oldie dog is a Westie I think, and at 16 I bet a real darling, if only I wasn't going as well, I would have him! I think when we have settled in Melbourne we will look to give a home to another oldie, the house isn't the same without them. It is only when our old boy Teddy died last year that we started to plan our move :)

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My cat arrived at Byford today and I cannot wait to find out how he is:o

If anyone is visiting their pet in Byford, keep a look out for a large ginger tom cat called Gordon.:o

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Ah, sorry, no, my post was a bit ambiguous. My dilemma is whether to have two of them share a cell or not and, if so, which two, etc.

Hey Gordon! Han says, have a great holiday. He's packing his bags, too.

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Hi, we recently had Petair transport Archie our Yorkshire Terrier to Melbourne quarantine station. It cost about £2000 in vets fees and his flight etc. There are also quarantine costs of about $700 to pay in Australia.

His 30 days are up this Sunday:thumbsup: and we are driving from Adelaide to pick him up. Its about an 8 hour drive or we can fly him but it would mean 2 days extra in quarantine because of the bank holiday.

Hope this helps.

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Hello
We are moving to Adelaide in June of this year and are shipping our Chocolate Labrador. He's costing us almost £1900 for the crate and flight, plus £300-£350 for the 30 days quarantine plus medicals on top of that. I estimate the total will be about £2500 including everything Although for us we need to add on about £200 more as they don't have a quarantine center in Adelaide so he has to go to melbourne and then be flown to us in Adelaide once the 30 days is up! I know it's very expensive but i could never leave our dog - as sad as it is, he's part of the family!
Hope that helps..

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Interesting about the conflicting info on cat quarrantine at Byford (Perth). I too was told 5 months (by agent not Byford as never asked them).

For whats its worth I choose not bring my two ginger boys (Colin and Dave). I had them from 6 weeks, hand raised at a rescue centre from birth and they were 9 when I left. Very sad.

The reason I left them is that cats are a real problem in Australia. They are not indigneous and do kill native fauna. This is especially easy as Australia doesnt really have a carnivore equivelant - as such parrots, possums etc arent so alarmed seeing a cat around. Lots of people do have cats and Im sure most are responsible and keep them in at night etc but there are also tales of "cat haters" here who see it as their duty to deal with the migrant cats.

It was awful leaving the biys behind but they have a wonderful home with a someone I know so "keep in touch". I dont however regrer the decision - we have possums living in the garden who we feed and can now get ver close to - seeing a beautiful (and "at risk") animal like that in the wild is wonderful. Another of Australia's gifts.

Of course you must make your decisions but please consider this aspect.

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Hi
I have a Weimeraner and have had quotes between £2700 and £3800..plus the cost from Sydney to Cairns and the quarantine charges!!..and all the vets bills.

They price it by the crate size that is needed for the dog..our dog is large unfortunately!

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Don't know if you remember speaking to me before..off the thread a bit but did you get your new R1 you were planning on buying..I have just sold mine in U.K to pay for dog going over and our flights..boooo hooo!
Liz

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Gorgeous dogs..here is my boy STORM..how could I leave this cutie behind???

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Hi

It makes me so sad to read this thread. This is what i am really dreading, when we finally find out about our visa, we applied in August- so are in along back log. We then have to look into rehoming 2 golden retrievers it isn't fair to look at shipping them the youngest 1 who is 2 can't get in the car without sounding as though he is about to have a heart attack and hates to be seperated from the other 1 for minutes let alone a long flight i don't think it would be fair to put them through this and wouldn't be of any benefit to them.
This said it is going to break our hearts and we will have to find them a home together which just due to the size of them is no easy task. :(

Sarah

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Hello
We are sending our chocolate lab out 3 weeks before we fly so that we only have a week and a half until we can pick him up the other end. We figure this way we can sort ourselves out when we arrive and find somewhere to rent then when he arrives we can just concerntrate on him. It's completely your choice when they fly. We used Jets4Pets and they've been really good, they book the quarantine, got us a contact for flying him from Melbourne to adelaide too. I do know that in the crate they have just water and they recommend you take them for a long walk on the day they fly and definatly don't feed them (because they'll be stuck in the crate for over 24 hours). As someone else mentioned on here and as i posted on the original post, we will put an item of clothing that we have both been wearing that day so it has our scent on it and should help him feel comforted if he's scared!
I hope this has helped, you just have to think -they send thousands of animals every week so they'll be fine.

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A Byford piccie for you. The cats have a 'watch tower' which is really high up, my Gordon loves watching the birds and only comes down with some coaxing.

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Thank you for that. Kitty is now booked and ready to go, pick up is on the 21st April. We will arrive on the 6th May.

You pictures really helped, as it is the first real indication of what the kennels actually look like. She is going to love the watch tower :)

Gordon is lovely :)

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Just got word today that my three have got their import licences approved. I've authorised the pet mover to book their flights for 30 April, assuming they can be booked into Eastern Creek from 1 May.

We're in Sydney at the moment, trying to find somewhere to live, and almost ALL landlords are refusing to take cats. Found a house today that, although in a lovely place, is not perfect, but we're thinking of applying for it mainly because the LL will allow cats. They'd love it, too. :)

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Hello there,

I arrived in Sydney about 6 weeks ago now with 2 cats. Bascially, if they were not moving to Oz, I was not moving!

Firstly, they flew airpets. Fantastic. Can't recommend them enough. Also, we were very impressed with the staff at the Eastern Creek Quarantine station. Our carer was Jessica, and she was lovely. They even advised me when one of my cats put on 300 grams since arrival.

However, be aware of problems while renting - if you are renting. I was a nervous wreck and in tears for the first few days. I do not know what rental markets are like in other areas, but in Sydney it is manic. Flats are out, they are all managed by Stratas, who make up the governing rules, and they all appear to have a no pets rule. We called up loads of Estate agents when we saw houses we liked, loads said no pets. Eventually, we saw one house, and did not even ask the EA about the pet policy. We handed in the application there and then, with a lovely cover letter expaining how good our cats are. We mentioned how we had just had our UK home recarpeted (perfectly true - our Oz move came out of the blue). In the letter, we also offered to have the carpets professionally cleaned when we leave. We also offered 3 months rent up front and offered top dollar rental (be prepared to offer over and above the asking to help you secure). The place we are in was going at $700 per week, we offered $750. This worked, and we got the property.

So, if you are going to bring the pets:

- Do not mention pets to the EA as I do not trust that they even check if they would be accepted. Unless the ad on the internet says no pets, go and hand in your application and see what happens.

- Be prepared to offer over and above the asking rent.

- Have a good cover letter supporting your application.

Good luck!
-

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Thanks, Helen - we're putting in an application this morning on a lovely little cottage in McMahons Point :) (and when I say little, I mean miniscule :( ). We're also looking at some more private houses later.

We got our current LL's star of a property manager to email us a glowing reference that included a note about our cats being no trouble at all. The other day we viewed a fairly new penthouse that had been totally trashed by - allegedly - a toddler. Needs new carpets, paint throughout and water damage to floorboards fixing. My cats wouldn't do anything like that damage. :sneaky: