Re: If you HAD to re-home your dog(s)...

Lone Hansen wrote:
> "Gwen Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Lone are you sure of this? I would love for you to have
> > him. I would have to arrange for flight and all now.
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> -The most important thing is the pet pasport, and the chip. If he doesn't
> have the injections required he could end up in quarentine for up to a year.
> Not the thing to do with a GSD like Blade.

Yes, but there's another catch to this as well. I'm good friends with 
someone who has been trying to arrange to get a dog over to the UK to 
her sister, who fell in love with him as a puppy. Turns out that sure, 
you can get a pet passport now, and sure, you can ship to England. But 
the cost is astronomical. I think that the shipping costs alone (on top 
of the rigamarole to get the rabies shot timed right, etc.) is going to 
be something like $1,700 American. It has to do with all kinds of 
special USDA vet inspections on top of the regular shipping fee, 
including a USDA vet being required to personally seal the dog into the 
crate, etc.

The sister in the UK is reconsidering because she and her husband are 
retired and that's just a huge chunk of money--and about double what the 
dog cost!

So if you want to send a dog to the UK and avoid the quarantine there, 
be prepared to shell out some majorly large bucks.