Her's the low down on pet passports without the jargon that DEFRA or your vet will give you.
GETTING ONE
Basically you need a pet passport if you want to take your dog abroad and bring it back to the UK or go to international shows be they for conformation or working or agility. Or god forbid finding the spare time to take yourself and the dog on holiday... If you ever find the time.
So here goes.
1. Your dog needs to be microchipped. The date of microchipping must be recorded.
2. He then needs to be vaccinated by your vet, please make sure that the vet is approved of and liscenced before hand. Some vets vaccinate once, some will try to vaccinate twice at a two week interval to insure a good pass rate on the blood test.
3. After 28 days in the UK (120 days for Sweden) the vet will check the mirochip and take a blood sample from the dog. It then goes to be tested. The result has to be at least 0.5 concentration in the blood to pass. If the blood test passes you will be able to go abroad but will only be able to come back into the UK six calender months after the blood test.
ALTHOUGH THE EU REQUESTED THAT BREAT BRITAIN CAME INTO LINE WITH THE OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND REDUCE THE WAIT PERIOD . DEFRA HAVE MANAGED TO STALL PROCEEDINGS AGAIN TILL 2009
Thats it you have the blue pet passport, but we're not quite finished.
The good old ministry for agriculture is extremely concerned that pets coming in will bring nasty ticks and worms with them, therefore you must visit a vet on the continent at least 24 hours before coming back to the country but no more than 48hrs before reentering the UK.
Your dog must be given worm and tick treatment then allow 24 hrs for maximum efficiency before coming back intot he UK. There are specific worm and tick treatments that they accept.
We take our own products as abroad they can use injections which can cause a lump and discomfort.
To give you a rough timeline
If you go abroad for a few days and want to come back to the UK on a ferry or eurotunnel with dog on Sunday at 10am. Your dog must be treated and all relevant sections in the passport filled out at the latest by Saturday 10am. You must have returned into the UK by Monday 10am otherwise you have to do it all again.
GETTING ONE
Basically you need a pet passport if you want to take your dog abroad and bring it back to the UK or go to international shows be they for conformation or working or agility. Or god forbid finding the spare time to take yourself and the dog on holiday... If you ever find the time.
So here goes.
1. Your dog needs to be microchipped. The date of microchipping must be recorded.
2. He then needs to be vaccinated by your vet, please make sure that the vet is approved of and liscenced before hand. Some vets vaccinate once, some will try to vaccinate twice at a two week interval to insure a good pass rate on the blood test.
3. After 28 days in the UK (120 days for Sweden) the vet will check the mirochip and take a blood sample from the dog. It then goes to be tested. The result has to be at least 0.5 concentration in the blood to pass. If the blood test passes you will be able to go abroad but will only be able to come back into the UK six calender months after the blood test.
ALTHOUGH THE EU REQUESTED THAT BREAT BRITAIN CAME INTO LINE WITH THE OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND REDUCE THE WAIT PERIOD . DEFRA HAVE MANAGED TO STALL PROCEEDINGS AGAIN TILL 2009
Thats it you have the blue pet passport, but we're not quite finished.
The good old ministry for agriculture is extremely concerned that pets coming in will bring nasty ticks and worms with them, therefore you must visit a vet on the continent at least 24 hours before coming back to the country but no more than 48hrs before reentering the UK.
Your dog must be given worm and tick treatment then allow 24 hrs for maximum efficiency before coming back intot he UK. There are specific worm and tick treatments that they accept.
We take our own products as abroad they can use injections which can cause a lump and discomfort.
To give you a rough timeline
If you go abroad for a few days and want to come back to the UK on a ferry or eurotunnel with dog on Sunday at 10am. Your dog must be treated and all relevant sections in the passport filled out at the latest by Saturday 10am. You must have returned into the UK by Monday 10am otherwise you have to do it all again.
What happens if the vet forgot to stamp all the sections?
Provided the vet is open (not a Sunday), you can contact the vet who treated your dog. You need to get them to fax a note to a number given you by pet passport staff. The note should contain the dogs ID chip number what they treated the dog with, the date and time that they treated the dog and the vets stamp and signature. You will need to tell them where you are travelling from, ie Eurotunnel and get them to fax it to the number given. It is a UK line and they will confirm to the relevant port if the dog is clear to go or not.
Provided the vet is open (not a Sunday), you can contact the vet who treated your dog. You need to get them to fax a note to a number given you by pet passport staff. The note should contain the dogs ID chip number what they treated the dog with, the date and time that they treated the dog and the vets stamp and signature. You will need to tell them where you are travelling from, ie Eurotunnel and get them to fax it to the number given. It is a UK line and they will confirm to the relevant port if the dog is clear to go or not.
