Moving To Europe (spain) - What Does My Dog Need?

[MsFigure]

Anyone have any experience relocating from Thailand to Spain with their pet dogs?

Any advice recommendations with pet transport companies here that can help us would be greatly appreciated

[Nienke]

Hi,

First of all I think you need to check if the Dogo Argentino is on the black list in Spain or EU.

Second, you need to send your dogs blood to a registered rabies testing lab in Spain. Will send you the name and address by pm.

Here they will test your dogs blood for Rabies antibodies. once you've got the test results back your dogs still need to stay another three months in Thailand before they can enter Spain.

Next to the document with the test result that lab needs to send you another document called: Veterinary certificate for domestic dogs, cats and ferrets entering the European Community for non-commercial movements (regulation (EC) No 998/2003.

Of course, the vaccinations of your dogs need to be up-to-date, meaning it should have been given to your dogs not less than 30 days or more than a year before entering Spain. The vaccines include: Canine distemper, Parvo-virus, Hepatitis, Leptospirosis and Rabies.

With the vaccinations books, the Rabies document, the 998/2003 document and your passport

you need to get a healthcertificate and an export permit form the Livestock Department at Suvarnabum (sp.???).

From Spain you need to get an import permit.

Of course, an international approved crate and crate training is necessary.

According the pinned subject 'importing pets' EVA Air seems to be a good choice for transporting your pets. You can choose between excess luggage or cargo. Excess luggage (the dogs travel with you) is considerable cheaper.

Hope this helps.

Will send you a pm as well.

Nienke

edit/ forgot to mention the microchips which your dogs need. You can get them at the vet.

Edited November 19, 2008 by Nienke

[MsFigure]

Thanks for that Nienke.

Dogo Argentino are only on blacklists in Australia, NZ and England. Fortunately they are allowed in the Spain and EU!

Kostya will be travelling as excess luggage with us - wonder what they'll charge for 50kg plus crate excess baggage

Thanks for all the other info and will go and talk to our vet and organise all the required vets docs in the next few days to start the ball rolling

Thanks again,

Di

Hi,

First of all I think you need to check if the Dogo Argentino is on the black list in Spain or EU.

Second, you need to send your dogs blood to a registered rabies testing lab in Spain. Will send you the name and address by pm.

Here they will test your dogs blood for Rabies antibodies. once you've got the test results back your dogs still need to stay another three months in Thailand before they can enter Spain.

Next to the document with the test result that lab needs to send you another document called: Veterinary certificate for domestic dogs, cats and ferrets entering the European Community for non-commercial movements (regulation (EC) No 998/2003.

Of course, the vaccinations of your dogs need to be up-to-date, meaning it should have been given to your dogs not less than 30 days or more than a year before entering Spain. The vaccines include: Canine distemper, Parvo-virus, Hepatitis, Leptospirosis and Rabies.

With the vaccinations books, the Rabies document, the 998/2003 document and your passport

you need to get a healthcertificate and an export permit form the Livestock Department at Suvarnabum (sp.???).

From Spain you need to get an import permit.

Of course, an international approved crate and crate training is necessary.

According the pinned subject 'importing pets' EVA Air seems to be a good choice for transporting your pets. You can choose between excess luggage or cargo. Excess luggage (the dogs travel with you) is considerable cheaper.

Hope this helps.

Will send you a pm as well.

Nienke

edit/ forgot to mention the microchips which your dogs need. You can get them at the vet.