Flying With Dog
Sep 7th 2009 | 4:38 am
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Flying With Dog
Hi, I've been doing some research online about taking my dog to Canada and I have found the following requirements:
Domestic or pet dogs may enter Canada if accompanied by an original valid rabies vaccination certificate, which is issued by a licensed veterinarian (a veterinarian who is licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the country of origin) in English or French and which clearly identifies the dogs and states that they are currently vaccinated against rabies.
This certificate should identify the animal as in breed, colour, weight, etc., and indicate the name of the licensed rabies vaccine used (trade name), including serial number and duration of validity (up to three years). Please note that if the duration of validity is not indicated on the certificate, the vaccine will be considered to be valid for one year.
My dog has a European pet passport with the rabies vaccine written in it. Would this be sufficient or do I need to get a certificate from the government vet in my country?
Thanks.
Domestic or pet dogs may enter Canada if accompanied by an original valid rabies vaccination certificate, which is issued by a licensed veterinarian (a veterinarian who is licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the country of origin) in English or French and which clearly identifies the dogs and states that they are currently vaccinated against rabies.
This certificate should identify the animal as in breed, colour, weight, etc., and indicate the name of the licensed rabies vaccine used (trade name), including serial number and duration of validity (up to three years). Please note that if the duration of validity is not indicated on the certificate, the vaccine will be considered to be valid for one year.
My dog has a European pet passport with the rabies vaccine written in it. Would this be sufficient or do I need to get a certificate from the government vet in my country?
Thanks.
Sep 8th 2009 | 4:52 am
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Re: Flying With Dog
As long as the rabies is valid then the pet passport will do as that is what we have for our 2 dogs which we brought into Canada 3 months ago.
We also got the vet to complete the fit to travel section in the passport as near to the date of travel as poss even though Air Canada did not need it.
We paid immigration $36 on arrival for the inspection fee and that was it... very easy indeed.
Air Canada £109 per dog to travel on same flight as us as long as the dog and the crate weigh less than 32kg. There are periods they do not take animals in the hols so I would check with them first if you wish to travel with them.
They were excellent with us and the dogs and we could keep the dogs with us inside the terminal at Heathrow right up to 1 hr before boarding which was great as you prob know you have to check in 3 hrs before the flight and we were a bit worried the dogs would be stuck in the crates for all that time without toilet facilities.
We also got the vet to complete the fit to travel section in the passport as near to the date of travel as poss even though Air Canada did not need it.
We paid immigration $36 on arrival for the inspection fee and that was it... very easy indeed.
Air Canada £109 per dog to travel on same flight as us as long as the dog and the crate weigh less than 32kg. There are periods they do not take animals in the hols so I would check with them first if you wish to travel with them.
They were excellent with us and the dogs and we could keep the dogs with us inside the terminal at Heathrow right up to 1 hr before boarding which was great as you prob know you have to check in 3 hrs before the flight and we were a bit worried the dogs would be stuck in the crates for all that time without toilet facilities.
