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Pet Passports

Nothing beats bringing your dog on holiday with you so if you are planning on taking them abroad & not put them through quarantine then here are some pointers that must be met under the Pet Travel Scheme.

PETS or Pet Travel Scheme (Pet Passports) is run by Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). For the most up to date details and an information pack, please contact the PETS helpline on 0870 241 1710 or visit www.defra.gov.uk

Defra insists that your dogs must be:

• Microchipped.
  
• After microchipping, your dog must be vaccinated against rabies.
  
• After about 30 days, your Vet will take a blood sample from your dog and send it off to test whether the vaccine has worked. If successful, your Local Veterinary Inspector (LVI) will issue your PETS certificate.
• A PETS certificate becomes valid (which means that you can bring your dog into the UK from an approved country) six months after the successful blood test result.
  This means that you will need to leave at least seven months from the rabies vaccination until you plan to come back into the UK from abroad. You must also treat your dog for parasites (certain ticks and a tapeworm) 24 to 48 hours before re-entering the UK. This must be done accurately because you’ll be turned away if you are even a few minutes late.
  

Each of the above points are chargeable by your vet but it's considerably cheaper that going through quarantine and most definitely a lot kinder.