Crossing US border with dog
#1
Crossing US border with dog
Hello,
quick question for those that have crossed the US border with dogs... what do we need to bring? A quick google suggests just a rabies vaccination certificate, is that all? I'll be crossing at Peace Bridge with my dog, and with a British passport I'll have to stop by secondary... assume the dog can accompany me at that point too?
Cheers!
quick question for those that have crossed the US border with dogs... what do we need to bring? A quick google suggests just a rabies vaccination certificate, is that all? I'll be crossing at Peace Bridge with my dog, and with a British passport I'll have to stop by secondary... assume the dog can accompany me at that point too?
Cheers!
#2
Re: Crossing US border with dog
Hello,
quick question for those that have crossed the US border with dogs... what do we need to bring? A quick google suggests just a rabies vaccination certificate, is that all? I'll be crossing at Peace Bridge with my dog, and with a British passport I'll have to stop by secondary... assume the dog can accompany me at that point too?
Cheers!
quick question for those that have crossed the US border with dogs... what do we need to bring? A quick google suggests just a rabies vaccination certificate, is that all? I'll be crossing at Peace Bridge with my dog, and with a British passport I'll have to stop by secondary... assume the dog can accompany me at that point too?
Cheers!
#3
Re: Crossing US border with dog
Thanks, I saw on one of the older threads here that someone mentioned you can't take pets into US secondary... so where will my 4 legged friend go
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Re: Crossing US border with dog
It will remain in the vehicle unless you prefer to tie it up outside to something. You could politely ask if its possible to take the dog inside but I would expect and be prepared for a less than polite answer though you may be surprised. They will probably let you check on it if it appears the wait for processing could be lengthy.
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Re: Crossing US border with dog
If you have your own kennel take it with you might be an option as well.
#6
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You do need to have the rabies certificate but, in umpteen crossings with dogs, no one has ever asked for it. We left the dogs in the car at secondary and popped out to check on them every half hour or so. The tricky bit is that eventually they have to pee and you want to be careful which tyre they choose to aim at.
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Re: Crossing US border with dog
You do need to have the rabies certificate but, in umpteen crossings with dogs, no one has ever asked for it. We left the dogs in the car at secondary and popped out to check on them every half hour or so. The tricky bit is that eventually they have to pee and you want to be careful which tyre they choose to aim at.
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Re: Crossing US border with dog
I've been asked to provide the certificate, and also told that all dog food must be in the original packaging so they can check ingredients.
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Re: Crossing US border with dog
If feeding raw generally those foods are not allowed into the US without proper permits.
As for rabies, we always have the certificate, but have never been asked to provide it, we have been asked if we had it with us, but the officers never asked to see it.
Only time we ever had any issues really with our dog was the first time bringing her back as we got her from the US, the CBSA officer didn't believe we paid such a low price but we had copies of the the ad, as well as receipt, and other proof so in the end we got through and didn't pay any taxes.
Last edited by scrubbedexpat091; Jan 10th 2020 at 12:16 am.
#12
Re: Crossing US border with dog
You just need proof of rabies vaccine. I've never been asked and I've taken my dog a few times. I've only been asked about food once.
As for going inside, I took my dog to Seattle when my family came over from the UK for a visit. I entered the US on my Canadian passport but we had to go inside because of the British ones. Was told to leave the dog in the car.
As for going inside, I took my dog to Seattle when my family came over from the UK for a visit. I entered the US on my Canadian passport but we had to go inside because of the British ones. Was told to leave the dog in the car.
#13
Re: Crossing US border with dog
It will remain in the vehicle unless you prefer to tie it up outside to something. You could politely ask if its possible to take the dog inside but I would expect and be prepared for a less than polite answer though you may be surprised. They will probably let you check on it if it appears the wait for processing could be lengthy.
Thank you all for your responses; we will take the rabies certificate with us to avoid any hiccups. I've also heard the dog food is likely to cause more of any potential problems, so we'll either just grab a smaller bag of what we usually feed him (doesn't seem to have any of the prohibited ingredients) or just grab a bag in the US.
Maybe they have kennels at the door? Some of the Canadian crossings do, we have had to put our dog into kennels a couple of times coming back into Canada, we have only been sent to secondary once going into the US, they let my wife sit outside the door with the dog while I went inside as they were only interested in talking to me, they had no interest in the dog or my wife or even the car, but it was summer and hot and dog couldn't sit inside the car.
If you have your own kennel take it with you might be an option as well.
If you have your own kennel take it with you might be an option as well.
Last edited by ChrisBan; Jan 10th 2020 at 11:46 am.
#14
Re: Crossing US border with dog
Something worth noting is that Buffalo has a great off leash dog park by the river. That could be a good place to de-stress after the border.
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