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Taking our pets abroad is EASY but the preparation needs to be done correctly.
Tell your vet that you want to take your pet abroad for holidays
A BLUE passport type booklet is now used and all vaccinations, treatments, microchip details and owners details are recorded in this.
1. Have Pet CHIPPED (before each subsequent stage CHIP will be scanned)
2. Anti Rabies injection (nowadays I believe anti -rabies vaccination maybe done in two stages, it was only one injection when ours was done).
3. A MONTH later, BLOOD TEST (this will let you & vet know if the dog has immunity if not anti rabies will need to be repeated)
4. At this stage you are ALLOWED to Travel abroad with your pet. BUT cannot re enter the UK for 6 months. This is useful to know if you are having an extended trip. This information helps you plan when to have your pet Done! It is also IMPORTANT to know that the anti rabies given in the UK lasts for 2years (some now last for 3 years, but check on validity date).
BUT in EUROPE they require the anti rabies vaccination EVERY YEAR. If vaccinations are due whilst away YOU CAN have them done at a vets in Europe and recorded in the BLUE pets passport.
5. RETURNING TO THE UK Treatment for TICKS & WORMS is required for re-entry to the UK. At the point of 'BOOKING-IN' at the Ferry (sometimes at the kiosk but others at the info desk in the terminal building and for the Shuttle there is a separate building for the pets check just follow the signs)and NOT the sailing time/shuttle departure time the treatment given must be within 24-48 hours.
This the area people are most concerned with. On the first trip it is useful to pre- book your vets appointment. The treatment will consist of FRONTLINE and DRONTAL (or other equivalent).
It is IMPORTANT that it is entered into the Blue Passport correctly and has the vets STAMP, SIGNATURE, DATE and TIME. There have been reported problems if something is missing i.e. time!
If the above is done in order there SHOULD NOT be any problems.
NB:
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT NOT TO LET THE ANTI RABIES VACCINATION LAPSE even by one day. Otherwise you will have to start the whole process 1 to 3 again.
Providing 1 to 3 is done then that is the major expense finished with.
After that only Anti-Rabies boosters are required (Please see the validity date in the Blue Passport) some are two or three yearly, and the return to UK treatment .
Micro Chip £10-£20
Anti-Rabies vaccination ?
Blood Test £70
Return to UK treatment:
I have paid between €26 & €55 depending on whether you take your own Drontal & Frontline.
I would like to add
The great attention and help you get from the Vet in France and the People in Pet Control at the Tunnel make it all so easy for you and your dog.
You Scan for the chip as they hand the machine to you.
Everything went so well as I was very nervous but I really neednt have been.
Just make sure when you leave on your trip that you have followed the instructions above and then enjoy your holiday.
Mavis
À tous mes amis du forum thankyou pour toutes vos pensées agréables et avec son amour derrière moi je lutterai contre mon conflit avec un esprit de postive et le triomphe
Hello
we are making our first European Motorhome tour next month(France, Spain, Portugal) and have dilligently followed the process to ensure Bryan has his passport ready. One point of note in the little blue book is section IX Clinical Examination. Is it mandatory to have this examination? If yes, is it just on the outbound and / or return trip?
Thanks for any help.
It would be great if someone couls detail the process we will go through as we cross the channel each way (we are planning to use the tunnel as it seems to be the most pet friendly route).
When leaving the country there are no formalities at all.
On coming back as you approach the ticket booths at Eurotunnel you will see a sign on your right hand side with a picture of 'paws' and you turn right by this sign, you will see a small building to your left with parking area in front.
Take your pet into the office with the passport and your booking reference. The staff there will check the booking number, confirm that the vet has completed the details of the Frontline and Drontal treatment and that the 24/48 hour requirements are complied with, ask you to use their scanner to check that the number on the microchip matches that on the passport and then they will confirm that you can proceed to go on to the check in booths.
It really is a very simple exercise and when you have done it once you will have no qualms about doing it in the future.
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