> Check with the airline on blackout dates for animal shipping. Most
> have published range of dates during which they won't ship due to high
> temps on the ramps at airports. May not be a problem if it is a
> direct, non-stop flight.
>
> - Tim
When our dog and cat flew to the US in October 2005 they didn't need any
vaccines to enter and no quarantine. They had to be vaccinated against
rabies within a certain time of entering.
However, the problems will arise should you want to return to the UK
quickly and you don't have a pet passport.
If you have time before you leave, get the rabies vaccine and chip done
under the pet passport regs...it takes about 6 months from start to
finish and it is easier to do in the UK. Then as long as you have
everything documented in the passport while your dog is in Canada, you
should be OK for returning to the UK if you need to, without quarantine.
I can only speak from the US point of view but not many vets here
(in PA) understand the scheme but they are gradually getting
information on it.
The Euro microchips are different to some of the chips here and so we
had to bring our own scanner!
A good pet moving company is Pets on the Move. I have their phone number
somewhere if you need it.
They made sure our animals left the UK and arrived in the US in the
evening when it was cooler and to avoid sitting on the tarmac they had
them boarded at the airport here. They were taken out of their crates,
fed, crates cleaned, dog walked etc and then they were flown onto
Pittsburgh on a dawn flight to avoid the heat.
Pets on the Move tracked them all the time and we could phone at anytime
to check on them.
It was nervewracking but they were fine.
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