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Bramble always comes with us about 5 times a year so you can imagine its a bit pricey. Now, if I understand the DEFRA docs. correctly, then from next year he will not require tick treatment and possibly not worming either. If this is the case (and the worming bit is"under consideration",) what exactly will a French vet do? Do we have to go to a vet atall, if so, what's the 24 - 48 hour wait about?
He's got all the other docs, chip, vaccination etc.
Yes, that's the document that is causing the confusion. If there's no tick treatment and"possibly" no worming then what's the vet going to do. Look at my passport and charge me for it? All ours does extra is weigh him and nod!
They are also supposed to check the dog is healthy and without tics or flees.
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To summarise.
Pets will still require ; Passport and Rabies Vac,however pets new to the system will not require blood test or 6month wait before entering/re entering UK. From 01/2012 they will only need to wait 21 days from date of Rabies jab before re entry.
Pets will not require Tick treatment but UK plus some other countries want to retain worming treatment prior to re entry and this is being decided at the moment. The suggestion is if it is retained for the UK plus others is that this treatment will have to be administered 1- 5 days before entering UK and this treatment could be carried out by a vet or a pharmacy ie; someone who has the authority to confirm this has been done.It appears that the controls at UK entry points eg Eurotunnel will retained as they are at the moment.
Ah, so if worming regulations are in force we need to visit a vet or qualified person to certificate that this has been done 1-5 days before departure. If the EU decides that this is not required , then no vet visit before departure from France?
I've just rung DEFRA (0870 241 1710) to find out what is different to the Vet procedure when returning after Jan 1st 2012 if you already have a Pet Passport.
Not a lot!
And I'm still confused - perhaps it's a Senior moment.
He said that the French Vets don't require a blood test (?) but still have 'quite a bit of work to do'
I must admit his Liverpudlian accent was difficult to follow but apparently everything is the same as now!
Would anyone else like to ring Defra and try to find out what may, or may not, happen next year?
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We've just returned from France with our dog and as usual took her to the vet in Calais for tick and worm treatment.
When we were leaving we said said we would be back again next year and the vet said that it would not be necessary. She said that French vets had been officially notified that from 01/01/2012 they will no longer be required to carry out tick or worming treatment nor health checks on dogs returning to the UK.
We did ask at the Eurotunnel pet check-in if they could confirm this but they seemed blissfully unaware of any changes.
I hope this information is correct as it will make returning to the UK much easier in future.
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