Travelling to GB with your dogs...

- long live formalties... - which are even less complicated since 1.1.2012!

If you have travelled around … you can tell stories. If you have had your dog with you – the story becomes very long! And if you wanted to bring your dog into the UK before the Pet Travel Scheme (i.e. before the  Eurotunnel has been built) – you have been declared as crazy or you must have “possessed your soul in patience”…!
Anyway, if you insist in bringing your dog to England, we can give you some advices and links.

                                             General information:

First of all, the dog must be fitted with a microchip and after that it must be vaccinated against rabies. 

If this is the first rabies-vaccination you have to wait for 21 days before your dog can enter the UK (no blood testing anymore). The vaccination has to be signed by an authorised veterinarian in the red Swiss or blue EU Pet Passport.

If your dog already has been vaccinated against rabies, the vaccinations have to be repeated regularly (every 1 - 3 years, depending on the recommendation of the the vaccine manufacturer).

 Before the dog enters the UK, it must be treated by a vet against tapeworms between 24 hours and 5 days before it is checked in for the journey for the UK. These treatment must be recorded in the Pet Passport with date AND TIME (VERY IMPORTANT). No tick treatment necessary anymore.

If you want to study everything more detailed, just have a look under Pet Travel Scheme on the DEFRA-webside: www.defra.gov.uk  ("travelling with pets") or see travel alternatives.