Elderly dog to France

[Simon Meadwell]

Looks like we will be taking Frank with us this summer. Can somebody list what we need to do never taken him before and time scales before travel date.

 

[Marty Gilly and Pup]

Animal Health Certificate. Available at many fleecing veterinary practices (Abbeywell at Folkestone if going on the train (£100 first time). Return journey needs visit to french vet for worming tablet (lots of details on the site in other threads. Price varies between €15 and about €40 for this. Not sure where the latter detail gets recorded if you haven’t an existing pet passport but someone in that boat will likely answer soon. Have to present this info before you travel at the port Train = dog in van = easiest. Ferry possibly includes dog in kennels on board. Again don’t know much about ferries but others will help. Good luck

 

[gus-lopez]

You need a rabies jab first .

 

[Aly1]

Frank will require a rabies jab at least 21 days prior to travel.
An Animal Health Certificate is required, has to be used within 10 days.
I always travel by Eurotunnel as my dog stays with me. You check in at pet reception.
On the return tapeworm treatment is required, 1-5 days prior to travel. This will be recorded by the French vet on the AHC. Check in at pet reception at Calais for return journey.
The AHC can be obtained from a vet in Folkestone for £99 www.animalhealthcertificate.online
You can use other vets but they will probably cost more.

 

[Potty]

Check out the temperatures of where you intend to go - we have had 35+ in May and September, a bit much for an older dog.

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[Carpmart]

We are taking our 14yr old spaniel to Spain with us today. She’s been in Europe every year of her life apart from the last two years. As others have said, older dogs just need a little more thought WRT heat.

 

[HKF]

.......Ferry possibly includes dog in kennels on board. Again don’t know much about ferries but others will help. Good luck

If you take a ferry, your options are;
1. Leave your dog in the car. This could be a very frightening experience, as it's very noisy from the engine and car alarms going off all the time (lots of people forget to deactivate their alarm).
2. Get a dog friendly cabin. There are lifts available as well as stairs.
I hope this helps

 

[HKF]

Bringing your pet dog, cat or ferret to Great Britain

Bringing pets into Great Britain: pet passports, Great Britain pet health certificates, microchipping, rabies vaccinations, travelling with assistance dogs.

www.gov.uk

Here's the information regarding the tapeworm tablet, needed before you travel back to the UK. Make sure the vet records it in your passport and STAMPS the record with the company stamp. If it isn't stamped, they could argue that you could've entered the information yourself. This has been known to happen, so please take care with this.

 

[Spriddler]

If you take a ferry, your options are;
1. Leave your dog in the car. This could be a very frightening experience, as it's very noisy from the engine and car alarms going off all the time (lots of people forget to deactivate their alarm).
2. Get a dog friendly cabin. There are lifts available as well as stairs.
I hope this helps

The first time my son went over Newhaven - Dieppe (4+ hrs crossing) with his caravan and Westie he left him in the car. No dog cabins or kennels on that route. I agree with HKF it is very noisy with vibration, clanging ramps, staff shouting and hammering and dragging stuff, people squeezing past and lorry engines running. It's also very claustrophobic as high sided vehicles pull up very close to the car windows. It's also not easy to leave water without it becoming knocked over by the dog.
He also made a mistake of visiting half way across (with a crew member by arrangement with the Purser) which seemed to upset the dog.
Subsequently he has crossed with the dog in the caravan which was less stressful so I would think that a motorhome is better in some respects.

 

[AG 2602]

We’re doing the same in June our dog is 11 years old. We’ve booked the ferry from Portsmouth to Caen with dog friendly cabin. Given the time of year we’ll probably just trundle around Normandy/Brittany for a couple of weeks where maybe it’ll be a little cooler.

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[Jandz]

Or you could just join trustedhousesitter.com. Give it a Google. I've done it for years.

 

[AG 2602]

Not for us we basically bought the MH for the dog!!

 

[WillH]

My advice is to use the tunnel.

 

[SWW]

We always try to use the tunnel but if going on the ferry we draw the blinds and leave a video or cd playing to obliterate some of the outside noise.
We now have German passports for the dogs but used the Animal Health certificate earlier in the year. My tip is take any paperwork to do with the dog like the microchip documents and the booster information from your vet.

 

[AG 2602]

We always try to use the tunnel but if going on the ferry we draw the blinds and leave a video or cd playing to obliterate some of the outside noise.
We now have German passports for the dogs but used the Animal Health certificate earlier in the year. My tip is take any paperwork to do with the dog like the microchip documents and the booster information from your vet.

Did they qualify because they are German Shepherds?

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[SWW]

No! Our daughter and family live in Germany so we go back and forth a lot and having German passports is better than shelling out over a hundred quid each time!