if we fly to europe with our dog, does anyone know if there is a quarantine going there, and a quarantine coming back and how long?
thanks.
UK is pretty strict, but the rest of the Continent is not. I would have all vet records with copies available. Not too sure about how to get one but there are now doggie passports with a microchip implant in your dog.
If you have some time I would look into the Passport thing. England is softening on the quarantine thing but is rabies free and probably will charge a bunch of money to bypass quarantine. I am no expert on this ,but living in Hawaii we have been watching UK and Australian law changes as we have similar laws. It costs around $500 to bring a pet into Hawaii and we have several levels of quarantine law, Hope that helps. G
Francois,
I’d instead consider putting the dog in a good kennel while you are away. Will probably be cheaper and a lot less hassle. I do this with my guy when we go away. The dog will survive it fine.
the dog yes, my wife, I am not sure! 
Well, what can I say… Just be sure that you can also bring the dog back without any problems if you take it out of the country.
she was just asking but my guess is that finding a good place for him here is the right thing to do.
Francois – different countries have different requirements. The UK is pretty strict. The rest of the continent is not as strict. The major concern will be your destination country, or which country you disembark the airplane. When I took my dogs to Germany, I had to have a rabies that was no more than 6 months old, a vet-signed certificate of health no more than 30 days old, and all of this had to be annotated on a specific form (that was in both German and English) that I downloaded from the German consulate web-site. Once you are in the EU, travelling around (except to/from the UK) is not a problem since nobody even bothers checking passports, much less cars, anymore.
I’d call the consulate for whichever county you are visiting and get the specific requirements. It’s not hard, you just need to make sure you get it right. Nothing is worse than landing in Europe to find out they are going to quarantine your pet.
If you’re in a town near an Army or Air Force base, (and IIRC, you are) call a couple vet clinics near base. Chances are, they’re used to dealing with the transportation of pets to various parts of the globe, and will have the paperwork on hand and know what sorts of exams you need to get the dog from point A to point Europe.
I know my local vet with a large Air Force client base deals with it all the time. A couple visits back, the office staff was complaining muchly about revisions to the German health certificates and paperworks that were going to be a pain in the arse for them to deal with.
what kind of dog are we talking about
big or small?
It’s too much of a bloody hassle. The drugs made my wife’s old dog go nuts.
I don’t eant to even go through the hassle with my little BooBoo (bunny named Trixie). I have to leave her with someone while I am gone to U.K. next summer. I don’t wanna :^(.