How Much Does It Cost To Take Your Pet Dog Overseas?
I am thinking of moving overseas from the UK to Spain and I really want to take my 2 Staffordshire Bull Terriers with me. Could anyone please tell me what the cost involved would be for this?
I’ve looked into all the requirements to get your pet a passport and so i’m wondering if anyone has actually done these steps and could please tell me the full cost involved in actually transporting a dog (or two!) overseas and all the necessary steps required to be eligible to do it?
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You can take pets on your flight with you but you must follow certain rules,ie they must be in a proper pet container and large enough for them to stand up without discomfort, the container must have sufficient water absorbent material on its floor. As for the cost you will have to check with the airline concerned because not all are the same. When I done it with Eva Air the cost is classed as extra luggage, you cant use the weight as normal luggage ie where you are allowed 20 kilos you cant have a case with say 17 kilos and the pet with 3 kilos, it will be regarded as 17 kilos luggage and 3 kilos excess which with eva air is 15 pounds per kilo
The DEFRA Pet Travel Scheme (PETS) website has all the information you need about the practicalities and eligibility:http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/quaranti…
For the prices you need to contact the vet who will be doing the identification and passport stuff to see what they charge, and you also need to contact ferry or aircraft firms to see what they charge for transport of a pet.
Your vet should be able to advise you about health problems to look out for on the Continent, e.g. Leishmaniasis, Canine Heartworm and Rabies.
Note that if you decide Spain’s not for you and want to move back into the UK, the requirements are stricter:http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/quaranti…
For most EU countries, entry requires a wait of at least 21 days from when the rabies vaccination course was completed. If you want to return to the UK, a blood sample must be taken 30 days after the vaccination course was finished. If this blood test shows the vaccination was successful, the dog may re-enter the UK 6 months after the date the blood sample was taken. Note that the vaccination must be kept up to date and if it expires then the whole course must be restarted, blood tests and all!
Hope this helps.
Depends on how you travel. GB airways charges them as excess luggage and they will travel in the hold. The containers cost quite a bit of money as the dogs need to have quite a bit of room. you will need to phone the airlines individually as each have different requirements. There are also companies that specialise in the transportation of pets, usually by road. You can find them in yellow pages or the Spanish papers. try costa Blanca news or Round Town News both of which are online papers.
Your vet will be able to give them all the vacinations and provide you with the relevant paperwork. It’s actually quite easy to bring pets over. I brought my dog over to Spain but she is a good traveler.
You need to call the airline, that you wish to fly with.
http://www.filadog.com/html%20docs/Breed…
They all have different prices .In my case it was 220 € for each dog , but my destination was the USA and I came from Germany. So your tickets might be cheaper.
pls also make sure that staffs are not banned in spain.
You also need to put your dogs on heart worm protection and the other dog diseases that are common in warmer countries like spain.
You should talk to your vet about that matter.
IF Staffis are not banned make sure you have the pedigree with you to proof that they are Staff’s.Someone from the cutoms might not know the difference between an English Staffordshire Bull Terrier and an Pit Bull Terrier.
I found a link about the bsl in Spain- all bull breeds are considerd dangerous