Tips on obtaining and using an EU Pet Passport

[Chris116]

Hi Maz, can you send a copy of the list please? We’re traveling through France, Italy Switzerland then France back to Calais. Am I correct In thinking a French vet can transfer the (recent) rabies jab info from the AHC to a PP?
Many thanks

 

[maz]

Hi Maz, can you send a copy of the list please? We’re traveling through France, Italy Switzerland then France back to Calais. Am I correct In thinking a French vet can transfer the (recent) rabies jab info from the AHC to a PP?
Many thanks

List just sent.

Any EU vet can transfer rabies vaccination details but many (most?) of them won't. As I wrote in the opening post of this thread:

The second way in which the rabies vaccination section can be completed is to have vaccination details transferred into the Pet Passport from the AHC that you used to enter the EU. Not all vets will agree to use this method, as some will refuse to stamp and sign a vaccination that they have not administered themselves. It is certainly a preferable method from the point of view that your dog is not being given a clinically unnecessary rabies booster, and it is cheaper. However it is also a prime candidate for 'conflicting date syndrome'. It is fine provided that the vet transfers the information properly. This means that they stamp and sign the transferred rabies vaccination details (as opposed to writing something like 'see AHC'). The vet must also complete the date of application or reading in Section III with either the date that the microchip was actually implanted (date of application) or the date of reading stated on the AHC (date of reading). If you wish the 'date of application' to be used, it can be useful to show the vet the Registration Certificate from whichever database your dog is registered on, as this will prove the date the microchip was actually implanted. Unfortunately vets quite often get it wrong and enter the date that they read the microchip themselves, ie the same date as they issue the Pet Passport. This means that the date of reading is after the date of the rabies vaccination, and the Pet Passport is therefore invalid.

 

[Odd-no-more]

The vet I used gave the dogs a booster and filled in the blank passports we got in Spain, but then wanted to put the worming details in the passport. I did get him to put that on the AHC in the end. The passport won't be valid for 21 days.
I wouldn't recommend doing what I did, I didn't intend to get blank passports, the vet in Spain was no honest. Unfortunately the vet is the one my friend uses for his dog and I believe we have been ripped off. But we do now have passports valid for 3 years so it's ok.

 

[maz]

The vet I used gave the dogs a booster and filled in the blank passports we got in Spain, but then wanted to put the worming details in the passport. I did get him to put that on the AHC in the end. The passport won't be valid for 21 days.
I wouldn't recommend doing what I did, I didn't intend to get blank passports, the vet in Spain was no honest. Unfortunately the vet is the one my friend uses for his dog and I believe we have been ripped off. But we do now have passports valid for 3 years so it's ok.

Glad you have finally managed to get your Pet Passports validated. And of course you were quite right that the worming treatment needed to be entered on the AHC and not in the Pet Passport.

For context for other readers, here is the link to your original post on the matter:

Just got our dogs pet passports in Spain BUT. A cautionary tale.

We're in Costa Brava and our friend who lives here here helped me get an appointment with his vet for the passports. The vet speaks English but the receptionist doesn't, we sorted out what we need, the 3 year rabies, cost etc. We got everything done and were given the passports but when I...

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[Chris116]

List just sent.

Any EU vet can transfer rabies vaccination details but many (most?) of them won't. As I wrote in the opening post of this thread:

The second way in which the rabies vaccination section can be completed is to have vaccination details transferred into the Pet Passport from the AHC that you used to enter the EU. Not all vets will agree to use this method, as some will refuse to stamp and sign a vaccination that they have not administered themselves. It is certainly a preferable method from the point of view that your dog is not being given a clinically unnecessary rabies booster, and it is cheaper. However it is also a prime candidate for 'conflicting date syndrome'. It is fine provided that the vet transfers the information properly. This means that they stamp and sign the transferred rabies vaccination details (as opposed to writing something like 'see AHC'). The vet must also complete the date of application or reading in Section III with either the date that the microchip was actually implanted (date of application) or the date of reading stated on the AHC (date of reading). If you wish the 'date of application' to be used, it can be useful to show the vet the Registration Certificate from whichever database your dog is registered on, as this will prove the date the microchip was actually implanted. Unfortunately vets quite often get it wrong and enter the date that they read the microchip themselves, ie the same date as they issue the Pet Passport. This means that the date of reading is after the date of the rabies vaccination, and the Pet Passport is therefore invalid.

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