Comments on: Taking your pet back to the UK http://almerimarlife.com/taking-your-pet-back-to-the-uk A blog about living and working in Almerimar Spain. All about expats, spanish, travel, jobs, vacations, lifestyle, property and finance. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:04:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Chris Marshall http://almerimarlife.com/taking-your-pet-back-to-the-uk#comment-12346 Chris Marshall Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:23:56 +0000 http://almerimarlife.com/taking-your-pet-back-to-the-uk#comment-12346 Sorry, has taken a while!!! Have you tried the dog home at La Mojanera as they ship dogs all the time, or even a good Vet (the one here may be able to help as I know of people that have taken their animals back). Flights are expensive, I know our friends decided to drive back in the end with their dog. No idea how long at the other end, but having seen dogs and cats come off the planes before I think they are about as quick as the luggage, so no specific delay. Sorry, has taken a while!!! Have you tried the dog home at La Mojanera as they ship dogs all the time, or even a good Vet (the one here may be able to help as I know of people that have taken their animals back).

Flights are expensive, I know our friends decided to drive back in the end with their dog.

No idea how long at the other end, but having seen dogs and cats come off the planes before I think they are about as quick as the luggage, so no specific delay.

]]> By: Lorna http://almerimarlife.com/taking-your-pet-back-to-the-uk#comment-11898 Lorna Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:35:57 +0000 http://almerimarlife.com/taking-your-pet-back-to-the-uk#comment-11898 Thanks for that ...we´ve just been told today that the resultsare back - so it´s all go now! Phew! Am pleased we have them now as with the sunmmer holidays almost upon us.... anyway - now I have to work out where to get an "official" container for my dog, DEFRA approved etc - does anyone know? I also phoned Monarch, the only airline operating with the PETS scheme that flies to the UK outside London (we want to go to Newcastle - this gets us to Manchester at least) and they said it´s 470 pounds to fly my dog! Only 50 euros for me - what a difference! Is thi the norm? Also, does anyone know how long it takes once you are in the UK, as far as getting youe dog back etc - we need to book a train from Manchester back to Newcastle and I don´t know what time to book the train for....anyone have any experience with all of this? It would be much appreciated! Thank you and a wag of my dog´s tail! Thanks for that …we´ve just been told today that the resultsare back - so it´s all go now! Phew! Am pleased we have them now as with the sunmmer holidays almost upon us…. anyway - now I have to work out where to get an “official” container for my dog, DEFRA approved etc - does anyone know? I also phoned Monarch, the only airline operating with the PETS scheme that flies to the UK outside London (we want to go to Newcastle - this gets us to Manchester at least) and they said it´s 470 pounds to fly my dog! Only 50 euros for me - what a difference! Is thi the norm? Also, does anyone know how long it takes once you are in the UK, as far as getting youe dog back etc - we need to book a train from Manchester back to Newcastle and I don´t know what time to book the train for….anyone have any experience with all of this? It would be much appreciated! Thank you and a wag of my dog´s tail!

]]> By: Sandra Marshall http://almerimarlife.com/taking-your-pet-back-to-the-uk#comment-11599 Sandra Marshall Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:42:06 +0000 http://almerimarlife.com/taking-your-pet-back-to-the-uk#comment-11599 Hi I know my neighbour waited over 4 months to get the results back for her dog. It was then fairly straightforward to get the passport document done at the vets, although there was a charge, and I understand that you also need photos of the animal, so it is worth making sure you have everything ready for when the results do come back. Hi I know my neighbour waited over 4 months to get the results back for her dog. It was then fairly straightforward to get the passport document done at the vets, although there was a charge, and I understand that you also need photos of the animal, so it is worth making sure you have everything ready for when the results do come back.

]]> By: Lorna http://almerimarlife.com/taking-your-pet-back-to-the-uk#comment-11585 Lorna Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:12:02 +0000 http://almerimarlife.com/taking-your-pet-back-to-the-uk#comment-11585 Basically in order to get your pet’s passport, the dog has to have a blood test to screen for rabies antibodies. The results of which take 4 months to come back and provided the results are favourable the animal can enter the UK without the need for quarantine, 6 months from the date of the blood test. - Can anyone tell me if it´s true that it takes about 4 months to get the blood test result from the lab in Spain? Our dog´s blood test was done on 29th March, so in theory, the 6 months is up on 29th September, and we would like to return to the the UK then. However, we still haven´t received the results from the lab - nearly 4 months later. Our vet here in Barcelona says that they can´t do anything until the test results come back from the lab in Granada - so we don´t know if we can go ahead and book our flights etc for returning to the UK. Is it possible that the lab results could take longer than 6 months?? I´d like to start organizing our move but am worried that we book everything only to be kept waiting by the lab results. I´m also wondering if the vets here know how to fill out the passport etc when it does arrive - and do they charge for doing this? (We´ve already paid for the blood test etc) Thanks! Basically in order to get your pet’s passport, the dog has to have a blood test to screen for rabies antibodies. The results of which take 4 months to come back and provided the results are favourable the animal can enter the UK without the need for quarantine, 6 months from the date of the blood test.

- Can anyone tell me if it´s true that it takes about 4 months to get the blood test result from the lab in Spain? Our dog´s blood test was done on 29th March, so in theory, the 6 months is up on 29th September, and we would like to return to the the UK then. However, we still haven´t received the results from the lab - nearly 4 months later. Our vet here in Barcelona says that they can´t do anything until the test results come back from the lab in Granada - so we don´t know if we can go ahead and book our flights etc for returning to the UK. Is it possible that the lab results could take longer than 6 months?? I´d like to start organizing our move but am worried that we book everything only to be kept waiting by the lab results. I´m also wondering if the vets here know how to fill out the passport etc when it does arrive - and do they charge for doing this? (We´ve already paid for the blood test etc) Thanks!

]]> By: Pam Roberts http://almerimarlife.com/taking-your-pet-back-to-the-uk#comment-8953 Pam Roberts Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:35:38 +0000 http://almerimarlife.com/taking-your-pet-back-to-the-uk#comment-8953 taking pets back to UK In 2000 we drove back to the UK with our 2 ginger moggies - what a performance that was - we had to find THE VET for the area - hidden away in a big official building in the plastics and get this special form for travel signed and stamped - it was the first one he had done at the time and thank goodness we had a Spanish speaking friend with us to help out - he made endless mistakes on the form and we were there for hours - that is after a number of wasted journeys to see him.We eventually set off and let the cats free in the car - Bugsy wound herself around John's neck and Moll sat quietly on my knee for most of the journey. We stopped off at a hotel in Zaragoza and the hotel owner felt sorry for the cats having been stuck in the car and gave us a top floor suite - so that they could run around.Well run around they certainly did - on beds, under beds. on wardrobes behind units - it took us hours to catch the little buggers and set off again.When we got to Calais we had to find a local vet and have them wormed - this had to be done within 24 hours of leaving Spain/France - that cost an arm and a leg but finally got the paperwork done and cats wormed.Then there was the performance of going thru the Animal Customs - they paid attention to every single detail and vaccination report on their Passports - we were just waved thru.We had to get the cats back into their carrying baskets once thru Customs and that took some doing. However the journey back was quite painless and there was no hassle with them at all.Staying in my son's flat with his resident moggy was another story as he wasnt at all happy with my two but that is another story. Good luck Emma with your trip. taking pets back to UK
In 2000 we drove back to the UK with our 2 ginger moggies - what a performance that was - we had to find THE VET for the area - hidden away in a big official building in the plastics and get this special form for travel signed and stamped - it was the first one he had done at the time and thank goodness we had a Spanish speaking friend with us to help out - he made endless mistakes on the form and we were there for hours - that is after a number of wasted journeys to see him.We eventually set off and let the cats free in the car - Bugsy wound herself around John’s neck and Moll sat quietly on my knee for most of the journey. We stopped off at a hotel in Zaragoza and the hotel owner felt sorry for the cats having been stuck in the car and gave us a top floor suite - so that they could run around.Well run around they certainly did - on beds, under beds. on wardrobes behind units - it took us hours to catch the little buggers and set off again.When we got to Calais we had to find a local vet and have them wormed - this had to be done within 24 hours of leaving Spain/France - that cost an arm and a leg but finally got the paperwork done and cats wormed.Then there was the performance of going thru the Animal Customs - they paid attention to every single detail and vaccination report on their Passports - we were just waved thru.We had to get the cats back into their carrying baskets once thru Customs and that took some doing. However the journey back was quite painless and there was no hassle with them at all.Staying in my son’s flat with his resident moggy was another story as he wasnt at all happy with my two but that is another story. Good luck Emma with your trip.

]]> By: Chris Marshall http://almerimarlife.com/taking-your-pet-back-to-the-uk#comment-8934 Chris Marshall Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:27:04 +0000 http://almerimarlife.com/taking-your-pet-back-to-the-uk#comment-8934 I would LOVE to be able to post the email 'thread' that followed this submission from Emma!!! I dare not - at least while she is still living here!!!! Maybe when she goes back I will post it :-) I would LOVE to be able to post the email ‘thread’ that followed this submission from Emma!!!

I dare not - at least while she is still living here!!!! Maybe when she goes back I will post it :-)

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