HELP - anyone know what the DOGS passport requirements are to /from France??

[Sassib]

Hi
So have had Dog vaccinated against Rabies since 2005, Blood test fine, had booster last year, which expires in 2009.

We want to take dog to france with us at xmas.

Defra hotline says that she should be fine as her expiry date of booster is 2009

Vet says she needs a yearly booster for france

Conflicting advice, its a blooming pain!!!

anyone know which advice is right???
Please

It depends upon the vaccine that was used and its licence. You will need to contact the vets and check exactly what the brand used was and then if your vet and the defra line are in dispute about it contact a person at defra with exact details about it - or the vet should be able to do this. Yes some dog rabies vaccines are ok for 2 yearly. So long as each and every booster vaccine has been done within the required time for that brand of vaccine (since the rabies blood test was done) within the defra requirements you should be fine. I would also get the vet to check the microchip for you (a nurse can probably do it) before you travel....just in case.

Defra is right and so is beautifulgirls. We took our dogs to mainland Europe in the summer, and we were warned by our vet that the French are different to all the other European countries re pet passports. Because of this, we decided that it would just be far simpler to leave the continent from anywhere but France!

Prob best to have a word with your vet.

How have you found the pet passport scheme?

We came back from Holland, all checked and wormed etc in Holland, arrived in UK, and nobody took the slightest bit of notice despite a van full of barking dogs and noisy children.