Please can someone help me .

We are returning to the UK from USA and I'm at the stage where my dog has done his 6 months quaranteen. I understand now I have to get a 3rd country certificate signed by the State Vet. Please can someone tell me where I can get this certificate? I've been searching the web and I'm scratching my head here because I can't find a thing.

Evie

I don't understand. Is your dog in the UK already, and if not, how has he already done 6 months quarantine ?? Did you do the pet passport ??

I am in the USA right now. I'm following the PETS rules and we've completed the 6 months wait after the blood draw results. Now i'm ready to move back to the UK so I need to get the State Vets certificate? I guess that's the Pets Passport?

http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/quarantine/index.htm

Thanks but I know where their website is, what I can't find is the 3rd country vet certificate!!!

Aah right, so no need for any quarantine.

Check out Defra, I'm sure theres a list of approved vets

I moved from Spain with ours so it may have been different, all we had to do was after the six months were up was to have them de-fleed and wormed (passport stamped by vet) then we had not less than 24 hours and not more than 48 to get them into England.

Here's a link for the cert itself:

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/...en00120017.pdf

And another for the page it's on just in case that link doesn't work....

http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/quar.../documents.htm

I'm in the process of doing this from the US myself, so I know how daunting it feels!

Don't forget, you'll also need the International Health Certificate (USDA form 7001, a six-page carbon copy, your vet should have this and will need to fill this out and you send it to the USDA vet with the Third Country cert for endorsement unless your vet already has that authority.) You also need to send the rabies vaccination certificate and the lab results with these.

The Third Country Vet Cert is valid for 4 months, the International Health Cert is valid for only 30 days, so you need to be concious of timing. All the best to you and your pup!

There was an identical post about one week back. I put a link in there for what you need.

Here you go:

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...54#post4977554

Everything you want to know has been covered a dozen times over on this forum. You could save yourself some time and stress by searching for posts with the keyword "DEFRA".

Here's the check list again & a link to the latest post I put it on.

Steps for shipping your pet from the US to the UK

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=458391 )
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Steps:

1. Get the rabies shot
2. Wait about 4 weeks and have your Vet draw blood and send to the Kansas Lab for results.
3. Once you get the results of the titer test wait 6 months.
4. Have the certificate endorsed by the USDA (Federal) Vet ....this is not the same thing as a USDA Certified Vet. A lot of Vets are USDA certified but the Federal Vet works for the USDA......once the certificate is endorsed it's good for 4 months....if you don't leave the country in that time frame, the Federal Vet must endorse a new certificate. Make sure you do not let your rabies vaccination expire. Get it renewed at least a month before it is due to expire.
5. Once you are ready to fly and have your date booked, get a Health Certificate to fly your pet out of the country. It must be issued within 10 days of travel. This is not the same certificate as the UK Pet Travel Scheme one. This is the certificate required by the airline to fly any animal in the US anywhere. This certificate may say that the Federal Vet needs to endorse it as well and British Cargo incorrectly advised us it must be endorsed by the Federal Vet, but the USDA tells us it is not required..........I had the Federal Vet endrorse it anyway (on the day we flew out no less) because after all the wrong advice we got from our Vet and maybe inadvertantly BA Cargo, I no longer trusted anyone to know what they were talking about.
6. Between 24 and 48 hours of travel, have your Vet give the dog the tick and tapeworm treatment. Make sure to read the DEFRA requirements for the proper drug that must be used. Make sure your vet completes the Pet Travel certificate regarding the tick/tapeworm treatment.
7. BA requires that you arrive at cargo with your pet at least 4 hours before flying. .........when you count that extra time, the length of the flight and the time it takes to pet to clear customs, you are probably going to have a somewhat soiled and smelly dog on your hands when you collect her/him. BA was great at Gatwick for helping us to clean our dog Scout up and provided loads of blankets for her to rest on in the car. Our dog messed her crate 5 minutes before we picked her up. If British Customs had been a bit more speedy and hadn't taken 4 hours to clear her we would have been fine. DEFRA cleared her almost immediately, but Customs took their time.

Our dog is blind and diabetic. She was exhausted the day after the flight but has since perked back up a good bit. I would advise a visit to the Vet for any animal with a few days arriving back in the UK to give them a quick looksee.

We faxed our customs forms to the UK several days prior to our flight as BA told us to do, but don't count on that speeding Customs up any.


Good look to anyone shipping their dog over. I have to say, it was the most stressful part of our move.....at least to me.


If I left anything out please fell free to ad to the steps.