Taking dog back to UK
 

A friend of mine is moving back to Britain and reckons with the right injections her dog will be able to move back without any quarantine. Does anyone know if this is correct?

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Might be better asking this in the Moving Back To UK forum.:)

http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=61

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we brought our dog back to the UK, they have to have their rabies shot,then stay in the Australia 6 mths before flying back to the UK.

Bluekipper

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Yes it is correct, so long as they plan far enough in advance.

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Moved :)

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once your dog has had its rabies injection, you can stay where you are for six months then bring him back to uk, or if you come back before the six months are up ,then the dog will stay in quarantine untill the full six months from rabies injection when we came back from nz we had to put our two cats in quarantine, for threst of the term which was fiur moths at a cost of £400 per month

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Check the Wiki for the full details - there's a little more to it than just getting a rabies shot (the dog, I mean, not you ;)) and waiting 6 months.

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We're taking ours back. He had his rabies jab a month ago and his blood test last week. We're flying to the uk next month, but didn't want to put him in quarantine in the uk, so he's staying here with a foster family until the pet transport people can pick him up in May. 24 -48 hours before he flies he has to have a health check and flea and worm treatment.
The six month wait is from the date of the blood test. If we wanted him to fly with us he would have to go into quarantine until the six months were up.
This is on the pet passport scheme from Australia to the uk. There are different rules from some other countries - check the DEFRA website to see if your country is covered by this scheme.

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I think this link will take you to the right part of the Wiki:

http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Shippi...Back_to_the_UK

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That's true, you can also leave them in the country they are living to do their quarantine if you need to fly home earlier and then fly them back home...if the pet has not had any rabies vaccs. then they have to have an injection, then blood test...1 month after vacc. if all okay you start the 6 month quarr. the animal also has to have a microchip and up to date with the countries animal vaccs. sounds complicated, the best thing we did was to find a vet that gave the Rabies vac. and they explained everything to us...a lot less confusing we found when being told rather than reading what to do....but then that is us...lol

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Just to make sure this is not misinterpreted, the 6 months begins as soon as the blood was drawn for the blood test ... provided the test is positive, 6 months after the blood draw the dog can go home. There's often a lot of confusion whether it's 6 mths after the rabies shot, 6 mths after the blood draw, or 6 mths after the titer test.

Very nice that your vet explained it to you, but I'd make sure I read and understand the rules myself, because there have been several examples on here of vets screwing it up. My vet even lost the original copy of the posititive titer test.

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We did read Aquis rules and regs first and any queries we had our Vet said he would be only too happy to explain, we have all the original documents our vet has copies just in case....after our delays here we have just had a booster vacc. done for our pet and will keep these vaccs. up to date in the U.K as we will continue to travel overseas and at times take our pet with us.

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Said very well and this is correct, everythign has to be done in proper sequence or it will not be approved.

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just a note this does not apply to every country there are exceptions you need to look at Defra rules

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What does not apply? :confused: