We moved to Australia in 1996 and they were super strict, so we left our two dogs behind with family. We stayed 5 years. In that time, one dog died (the family member was lax in responding to her distress); the other family bonded with our other dog and wanted to keep her. It would have been heartless to demand her back. So, if you can’t travel with your animal, think of it as adoption to prospective friends/family.
Our return to the US wasn’t as fraught, and we used a service to handle the paperwork and the transfer to quarantine and release. We had to land on the West Coast, which wasn’t our destination, so we couldn’t be there to personally handle the dog’s transport and release from quarantine and placing her on a plane to rejoin us. It was worth remue cost. Such a happy reunion to have our family back together again.
Moving to Canada was a breeze; we drove and although I had all of her medical records they just waved her through. But, I did a lot of preparation beforehand-even in easygoing countries you may get à by-the-book customs agent.
If I can be so bold, just because you lived in x destination with the same breed before, it doesn’t mean the country has not changed their policy or somehow you slipped through the cracks (military, Department of Defense, Ambassador) when you obtained and lived with the breed there before!
This can come as a surprise to former “privileged people” or with the lax travel between EU countries you may not have come into contact with having to enter a foreign country from overseas.
Wonderful presentation of everything we should consider! Thank you Dr. Sami for collecting all the info for us. ♥️
We moved to Australia in 1996 and they were super strict, so we left our two dogs behind with family. We stayed 5 years. In that time, one dog died (the family member was lax in responding to her distress); the other family bonded with our other dog and wanted to keep her. It would have been heartless to demand her back. So, if you can’t travel with your animal, think of it as adoption to prospective friends/family.
Our return to the US wasn’t as fraught, and we used a service to handle the paperwork and the transfer to quarantine and release. We had to land on the West Coast, which wasn’t our destination, so we couldn’t be there to personally handle the dog’s transport and release from quarantine and placing her on a plane to rejoin us. It was worth remue cost. Such a happy reunion to have our family back together again.
Moving to Canada was a breeze; we drove and although I had all of her medical records they just waved her through. But, I did a lot of preparation beforehand-even in easygoing countries you may get à by-the-book customs agent.
If I can be so bold, just because you lived in x destination with the same breed before, it doesn’t mean the country has not changed their policy or somehow you slipped through the cracks (military, Department of Defense, Ambassador) when you obtained and lived with the breed there before!
This can come as a surprise to former “privileged people” or with the lax travel between EU countries you may not have come into contact with having to enter a foreign country from overseas.
So true! These regulations are changing all the time. I always double-check for any changes when I'm assisting clients with relocation.