Moving abroad with dogs

dezzyd

I have three dogs and am looking for any advice on this? Would like to hear from anybody who has had the experience of moving to another country and bringing their dogs with them.
Thank you

belongtojazz

I'm interested to hear what people have to say also.

I'm currently living in the UK but i'm moving back home next month with my 2 dogs. I'm fairly sure my little one will be okay as i've had her since a puppy and she is very well adjusted. But i am concerned for my Springer Spaniel, he's 7 years old but i have only had him since last sept.

He was rescued by a girl i work with from her boyfriends parents house. They had him locked in either the garage or the garden 24/7 and he is therefore a pretty big mess. He has come on in leaps and bounds (literally most of the time ) since i've had him but if he is taken out of his comfort zone he gets hugely stressed i really want to make the move as easy as I can for him, so any advice would be really appreciated

ISDW

dezzyd wrote: »

I have three dogs and am looking for any advice on this? Would like to hear from anybody who has had the experience of moving to another country and bringing their dogs with them.
Thank you

Which country are you moving to?

belongtojazz wrote: »

I'm interested to hear what people have to say also.

I'm currently living in the UK but i'm moving back home next month with my 2 dogs. I'm fairly sure my little one will be okay as i've had her since a puppy and she is very well adjusted. But i am concerned for my Springer Spaniel, he's 7 years old but i have only had him since last sept.

He was rescued by a girl i work with from her boyfriends parents house. They had him locked in either the garage or the garden 24/7 and he is therefore a pretty big mess. He has come on in leaps and bounds (literally most of the time ) since i've had him but if he is taken out of his comfort zone he gets hugely stressed i really want to make the move as easy as I can for him, so any advice would be really appreciated

I would suggest that if he's not crate trained, that you work on that now, it could be difficult due to his past experiences, but would be great if you could do it. Then when you move, you could put his crate in the back of the car and leave him in it while driving and on the ferry, and it will be familiar to him and he shouldn't be too stressed.

Ronan_Eoghan

I suppose it depends on the laws of the country your going to.I brought 3 dogs with me to the US,it was pretty straight forward.All current vaccinations and a letter from the vet.You should be able to check online what requirements are needed for the country.As for booking flights,it's cheaper for the pets if their on the flight that you are on as well.

belongtojazz

ISDW wrote: »

I would suggest that if he's not crate trained, that you work on that now, it could be difficult due to his past experiences, but would be great if you could do it. Then when you move, you could put his crate in the back of the car and leave him in it while driving and on the ferry, and it will be familiar to him and he shouldn't be too stressed.

He is crate trained thankfully, he loves his house I am not so worried about the journey I have already discussed that with my vet as he is truely awful in the due to sheer excitement and has been been known to bark non stop for an hour while travelling (that's the longest journey i've taken him on), so we are going to try and calm him down for the journey, for my sanity as much as his lol (we live nearly 4 hours from holyhead)
My concern is in how to settle him once we are there?

ISDW

belongtojazz wrote: »

He is crate trained thankfully, he loves his house I am not so worried about the journey I have already discussed that with my vet as he is truely awful in the due to sheer excitement and has been been known to bark non stop for an hour while travelling (that's the longest journey i've taken him on), so we are going to try and calm him down for the journey, for my sanity as much as his lol (we live nearly 4 hours from holyhead)
My concern is in how to settle him once we are there?

I'd think that if he's already crate trained, and he sees that as his sanctuary, then it shouldn't really matter which house its in, to him he'll always have his safe place. Maybe get some DAP plug ins for the new house, just to be on the safe side.

Hopefully he will be happy as long as he is with you:D

dezzyd

Hi ISDW, Spain in a few months time so am only just starting a bit of research on this now. Thanks

Kya1976

dezzyd wrote: »

I have three dogs and am looking for any advice on this? Would like to hear from anybody who has had the experience of moving to another country and bringing their dogs with them.
Thank you

I moved from Ireland to Sweden then back again with 2 of my dogs a couple of years back.
Going to Sweden was easy as neither Sweden or Ireland has rabies so they didnt need rabies vaccination.
But heading back was a lot harder, they all off a sudden needed rabies vaccinations and you had to get a specific cert from the department of agriculture before you arrived in the country.

Plus I was lucky that on the way over to Sweden, my ex knew a manager at the airline we were flying with so we got to go for free and I even got upgraded to first class:p

But heading back I think it set me back €1000 or thereabouts. They charge per kilo as far as I can remember.

The first thing you need to do is to sort a pet passport, which you just do at your local vet.

Good luck:)

dezzyd

Kya1976 wrote: »

I moved from Ireland to Sweden then back again with 2 of my dogs a couple of years back.
Going to Sweden was easy as neither Sweden or Ireland has rabies so they didnt need rabies vaccination.
But heading back was a lot harder, they all off a sudden needed rabies vaccinations and you had to get a specific cert from the department of agriculture before you arrived in the country.

Plus I was lucky that on the way over to Sweden, my ex knew a manager at the airline we were flying with so we got to go for free and I even got upgraded to first class:p

But heading back I think it set me back €1000 or thereabouts. They charge per kilo as far as I can remember.

The first thing you need to do is to sort a pet passport, which you just do at your local vet.

Good luck:)

€1000 :eek: Do you mind me asking which airline that was? - have three big dogs, would dread to know what that would cost per kilo of each of these guys.
They are coming with me, no question of that.
Am I right in saying you had to get the certificate when heading back to Ireland??

belongtojazz

ISDW wrote: »

I'd think that if he's already crate trained, and he sees that as his sanctuary, then it shouldn't really matter which house its in, to him he'll always have his safe place. Maybe get some DAP plug ins for the new house, just to be on the safe side.

Hopefully he will be happy as long as he is with you:D

Thank you... good idea about the DAP plug, I might start that before we leave give him some extra relaxation ammunition (so to speak lol)

Kya1976

dezzyd wrote: »

€1000 :eek: Do you mind me asking which airline that was? - have three big dogs, would dread to know what that would cost per kilo of each of these guys.
They are coming with me, no question of that.
Am I right in saying you had to get the certificate when heading back to Ireland??

haha sorry dont panic just yet. The 1000 was including everything, like the rabies vaccinations, blood tests, health checks,crates and then the flights. Think they charged 5 euro per kilo.:)

Yea you need the cert for when you move back ti Ireland, you can get that from the department of agriculture.

dezzyd

Kya1976 wrote: »

haha sorry dont panic just yet. The 1000 was including everything, like the rabies vaccinations, blood tests, health checks,crates and then the flights. Think they charged 5 euro per kilo.:)

Yea you need the cert for when you move back ti Ireland, you can get that from the department of agriculture.

thanks for that Kya, will look dept of agriculture regarding the cert.

Wisco

I'd suggest getting a pet passport and then doing the rabies and serology bit. Be aware that you can't come back to Ireland with the dogs until 6 months after the result of the rabies serology test. If you never plan to come back to Ireland, it's not an issue. However, there is a bit in the passport that gets filled out before you go saying the pet is fit to travel and healthy and all that which can sometimes be accepted in lieu of a letter version of a health cert.
I nearly moved with mine and looked at AerLingus for flights- they quoted me €140 or something similar for the dog (to the USA) to travel and didn't mention anything about weight. You do have to provide your own travel crate though, and good quality, airline safe ones are not cheap. Also, some airlines will not take your pets if it's really hot at your destination (ie travel in mid summer and waiting on tarmac can get hot)- best bet is talk to the airline and get their requirements.

dezzyd

Thanks Wisco, good advise there!

I was talking to a man in work today who said that his sister moved abroad a few years back. At the time she was referred to a man who lives in Kerry and specialises in moving animals abroad (within Europe). He personaly transports the animals via ferry/car. Far as he knows, the man is German and is involved with a lot of animal associations. Unfortunately, thats all the information he could give so am wondering does anybody know anything about this?? Has anyone heard of someone like that?

User Friendly

i stand corrected here,but as far as i know,if you take a dog out of this country then he/she will not be allowed to return to ireland for at least 6 months.
something to do with the injections the dog was given prior to leaving the country.

dezzyd

User Friendly wrote: »

i stand corrected here,but as far as i know,if you take a dog out of this country then he/she will not be allowed to return to ireland for at least 6 months.
something to do with the injections the dog was given prior to leaving the country.

Someone else said this to me aswell! but saying that when we do go ,we will not be coming home for at least 12 months. However, it would be interesting to know about coming home short term etc?
Oh, starting to sound so complicated :eek:

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dezzyd wrote: »

Someone else said this to me aswell! but saying that when we do go ,we will not be coming home for at least 12 months. However, it would be interesting to know about coming home short term etc?
Oh, starting to sound so complicated :eek:

check with your vet when your dog gets the shots 24/48 hours before you leave ireland;)