Ontario Bound

Happy New Year everyone!

How are we all doing? Excited MUCH?!

We're looking to fly mid-March (all going well with house sale).

I've been reading the paperwork which came with the COPRs. I know we have to complete 2 personal belongings lists for items we're taking with us and another for any items to follow.

The web address given is www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca and for any food www.inspection.gc.ca

I'm going bananas but i can't find the information i need to do these lists

Please help?

OB

Ontario Bound

The link seems to work now :star:

Jane Barlow

well our meds were sent back to London today so the wait begins all over again and so does the weekly checking of ECAS!!! Hopefully they'll just want our applications done and dusted before the new applications start flooding in!

Dave n Ailsa

We are also playing that game again.

Sent the meds a couple of weeks ago, but only sent the rprf yesterday.

tick.....tock.... lol

Jane Barlow

It's great isn't it ha ha! Oooh your blog's gone all posh!

Dave n Ailsa

Indeed it has, now that I have something to blog about.

Just updated the dog logistics if anyone's interested.

RbjdtbBurwash

Thanks Dave, useful info about the dog. Will check Zooplus out. We need a "Giant" crate for our Greyhound apparently, she'll be rolling round in that I'm sure!
We'd sussed out all the other stuff but must say we had been wondering about what actually happened on the day at check in. Personally I'm just not looking forward to that face staring at me through the bars when they wheel her away!

Dave n Ailsa

Yeah, I'm sure the dog will be thinking... "seriously? all I did was bark at the postman!"

We have had Hemi at the kennels twice in the last month, so he's getting used to being behind bars, as in, he knows we always come back for him.

We plan to put the crate in the back of the car and make him use it when we go anywhere. Just so he know's it's not a punishment, although that could be handy when we get to Canada, lol.

RbjdtbBurwash

Good planning, get them used to it, then it's no big thing for them.

Mind you ours is such a drama queen I'm sure there will be Best Actor nominations flooding in and we'll just get "the look" for weeks after we arrive!

jobop

No dis-respect but I just looked at your blog and your dog crate looks a little on the small side, dogs are meant to be able to stand up, sit down, lay down and turn around comfortable. Did you measure you dog correctly for the crate?

You may have already re-searched this so apologies if I am wrong but they will not let your dog fly out if they think the crate is too small.

Also you may have just been summarising but you need a bit more than just a rabies injection (although I have no experience with flying my dog over yet) I thought you also needed a fit to fly certificate and other export paper work etc. again I presume you checked with DEFRA everything you need. The last thing you need is an unnecessary headache at the airport.

I wish you the best for your trip.

Dave n Ailsa

Hey jobop, no probs, I know you are just trying to help.

Trust me, the crate is huge, lol. Our dog is intentionally dropping his head to make me look like a bad parent. He can easily walk in, turn around and lie down without touching any sides.

I chose the crate size recommended for: Siberian Husky, Golden retriever, Boxer.

With regards to other paperwork...

It's really not that complicated. The defra thing relates more to bringing you dog BACK to the UK, where rules are much stricter.

Here's a link to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (yes, I was a bit worried about that too, lol)

http://inspection.gc.ca/english/anim.../canin3e.shtml

Apart from the rabies jab, it's just a vets inspection at the other side, but as far as I know, I DO have to add the dog to our goods to follow list. Not quite sure of his second hand value though, lol.

Dave n Ailsa

This picture might give you a better idea of the size..

madscots

We also had to get a fit to fly certificate upto 24 hours before the flight. This had to be done by our vet with their stamp etc on it.

Dave n Ailsa

There are various bits I've not added to my blog, as the "fit to fly", and other requirements like that are airline specific. They will tell you when you book the pet in what they require. I just didn't want to over complicate things for people, when they will be given more details at the right time.

misskatpaw

Hi,
Don't know if it will help you, but we brought our Springer Spaniel over here in Sept. Manc-Vanc. We too had no idea what to expect.

Turned up at the check-in area. I left the relatives, husband, dog & belongings outside while I went in and asked what the heck do we do with the dog. They just smiled and said i should just walk her in with us.

We then got to the check-in desk quite quickly as we'd booked priority check-in (AirTransat) and a lovely gentleman called Peter, came over and said, "oh we've been expecting a lovely springer spaniel" promptly making a fuss of her! He then asked if he could take her while we did our paperwork etc., she happily went off with him and she was greeting the queue and getting on the bag weighing conveyor belts, getting stroked by the check-in girls and having a right old time!

Peter then explain everything (where she had to be and by what time and where we could take her for exercise, what was going to happen etc) and he gave me all the stickers for the crate & everything I needed.

We then brought her back to the check-in desk at the required time and she then had to go and have her crate swabbed for narcotics. Don't recall them swabbing the dog! Peter then explained what other animals were on the flight and that she would be in her crate next to another dog who she could talk to! I then left her in Peter's capable hands.

When we were called to the gate for boarding, Peter came to find us to reassure us she'd got on the flight ok and that she was fine. He said the baggage handlers had been making a fuss of her through the bars and that they all knew her name (he'd written it on the label for them, he told us!). I was a little bit emotional due to the whole situation and his kindness and reassuring nature was very soothing!

THEN! Finally, just before the doors were closed for departure, Peter came to see us AGAIN and he had taken a photograph of her in her crate in the hold, with her nose up to the door and he said she was fine and not to worry. So I tried not to worry and to enjoy the flight as much as possible.

I did mean to write to someone about how good he was, but with everything going on, I never did. I hope I said thank you enough at the time.

Hope this helps you in some way.
Katie