Dogs returning to UK from Eire

I travel back and forth a bit and my dogs have a passport and the rabies vaccine but nothing else is required between Ireland and the UK.

The worm/tick treatment is only coming back into the UK from continental Europe

3dogs is absolutely correct, passport and rabies is all that is required between Eire and the UK.

The Irish vet isn't quite right either though, if travelling with more than 5 dogs per person, unless going to a competition, you have to conform to other regulations, but between UK and Eire, those don't include worming and tick treatment, its more about having the vehicle registered for transport etc.

We have travelled over and back to Ireland from the UK and were told initially that we needed a passport and rabies vaccine by one vet- i then rang and spoke to 4 different vets who said it is not needed going to Ireland. I ended up getting it just in case but i have never been asked for it or even had anyone commenting on having a dog in the back seat!

From the dept of agriculture website... as a new user i can't post the link
but it is agriculture gov ie pets
"Pet Travel
Cats, Dogs or Ferrets into or out of Ireland:
Pet Cats, dogs or ferrets accompanied by their owner - Non-commercial movement
Cats, dogs or ferrets to/from other Member states of the EU.
Persons travelling on holiday or to permanently locate their residence (or other non-commercial movement where there is no sale or change of ownership involved) to/ from Ireland to/from another EU Member States may bring their pet cat, dog, or ferret with them provided the following conditions are met:
The pet must be identified by a microchip* (a transponder readable by a device compatible with ISO standard 11785);
The animal must be accompanied by an EU Pet Passport* in respect of the animal which demonstrates that the animal is currently immunized against rabies and in cases where a dog is being brought in from countries other than Finland, Malta or the UK, that it has been treated against Echinococcus multilocularis (tapeworm) not more than 120 hours (5 days) and not less than 24 hours (1 day) prior to scheduled arrival time in Ireland;
In cases where the number of animals being moved exceeds 5, a veterinary health certificate to demonstrate that the animals have been clinically examined within 48 hours of departure is also required unless the owner can show proof that the animals are being brought to compete in a sporting event or other competition"

It is a requirement to have the passport and shot and there are pretty harsh penalties for not having them, personally I can't take the risk with my dogs that they could be taken off me

nuckeythompson wrote: »

UK requires worming within five days of traveling for sure. It's on UK dept of agriculture site. Can't post link. Had ours done a few weeks back. Highly unlikely you will be asked for any paper work either side. The ONLY place to seek this information is the agriculture website of the importing country. Pet transport companies will usually refer you to these also. Vets are cloudy on this with the exception of lissenhall in swords as they act as quarantine here in Ireland.

It states very clearly on the DEFRA website that worming is not needed between the UK and Ireland, Finland, Norway or Malta. https://www.gov.uk/take-pet-abroad/tapeworm-treatment-dogs

I was checked at Rosslare Port on 31st December, they looked at all of the passports and checked the date of rabies vaccination. They didn't however scan the dogs to make sure the passports they saw related to the dogs I had, so its a nonsense really.

Just back from the UK after travelling with one dog over Christmas.

On advice from my Vet and also going by what the Dept of Agriculture requirements are about pet travel, mine had his rabies shot in early November. Then visited the vet 24hrs prior to travel to receive the tapeworm and flea treatment (although looking at https://www.gov.uk/take-pet-abroad/travel-within-the-eu, flea isn't needed for entering UK just tapeworm). A pet passport is needed now (& microchipping) between UK & Ireland.

Vet wasn't too sure about whether I needed to visit a vet for check over within 24hrs before returning to Ireland so I didn't do this, think that might be required if the journey is over 5 days?.

Saying that, for the bother of it, the car didn't even get a glance, it's pure fluke I reckon if you get stopped. But I wouldn't want to be taking a chance.

I know of one person who thinks that competition dogs don't need passports but I can't see any mention of this on Dept of Agriculture and would not be going by hearsay at all.